Eva Herzigova gets her curves back

She blamed her sudden weight loss - which put paid to her two most famous assets - on stress.

So Eva Herzigova must be feeling a little more buoyant about life these days.

Emerging from the water in Italy this week, the 34-year-old former model shows a return to the shape that stopped traffic in the 1994 Wonderbra campaign.

Water babe: Eva cooled off during her visit to the Italian coast

Just seven weeks after the birth of her first child, George, she is tanned, toned and bikini-ready.

Motherhood obviously agrees with her. Even before the birth she declared: "I'm just so happy. I want to be pregnant for the next ten years."

Miss Herzigova and her multi-millionaire Italian boyfriend Gregorio Marsiaj, 30, are living in Liguria to relax into their new role as parents.

Then and now: the model was worrying thin in 2003, but is back to her knock-out self

With an estimated £10 million fortune in the bank, Miss Herzigova has retired from the catwalk.

She became a household name after winning the Wonderbra contract, thanks to a 30ft billboard displaying her assets with the caption 'Hello Boys'.

Four years ago, looking decidedly gaunt, she had to deny that she was taking drugs or had anorexia. She claimed she was simply neglecting to take care of herself.

She said at the time: “I've never done drugs, because I see the effects they have on people. I don't like the people they become.”

"Even the day afterwards when you see them, there is nothing attractive about it. It's upsetting to blame drugs on the fashion industry, because they are everywhere. Drugs have never been a temptation. Because I had such strong roots in my family life, I was fine."

Eva was holidaying in Italy with her family in Italy

While she no doubt shed much of her baby weight quickly, she insisted she would not follow the celebrity trend for dramatic post-pregnancy dieting, noting: "I'm not like one of those celebrity people who would die to get back into shape."

Her spokesperson said the couple were thrilled with their new arrival: "The whole family are well, Eva is delighted."

The model showed of her pregnant belly with an Vanity Fair cover shoot

Before the birth, Herzigova said she'd long been looking forward to her new role: "I am so excited. I cannot wait for motherhood.

"To feel a life growing inside you brings out all your femininity. I am also eating like I have never done before. I used to hate desserts but now I can't resist the smell of the cake shop."

Billboards featuring Eva's Wonderbra literally stopped traffic

The 'Hello boys' Wonderbra ad campaign that made Eva a household name