In 1996, she posed for her first photoshoot, and in 1998 tried contacting Penthouse magazine.

She was chosen as Penthouse Pet of the Month.

[4] "It was a very big surprise for me and I cried like a baby" because "I was the first girl in history from the Czech Republic to win the title as Pet of the Year and the second girl from Europe".

[5] Podkapová was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic).

Pet of the Year: Zdenka Podkapová