Adriana Sklenaříková was born in Brezno, a town in central Slovakia.

While studying medicine in Prague,^[1] Sklenaříková entered and won a modelling contest.^[1]

In 1998, she was hired as one of the models for the Wonderbra campaign.^[2]

In the United States, she modeled for Victoria's Secret.^[1]

In 2008 she participated in Rendez-vous en terre inconnue on France 2.

In 2011 she was a contestant in the first season of the French Dancing with the Stars.^[3]

Sklenaříková met French football player Christian Karembeu on a flight from Paris to Milan in 1998, and they were married in December that year.

On 9 March 2011, in an interview to French magazine Paris Match, Adriana revealed that she's separating from her husband.^[4] Adriana stated that the causes for the separation were the couple's constant exposure in the media and their "hectic lifestyle" as well as him being "upset to see photographs of [her] with other men appearing in the press and speculation that [she] had a lover".^[5] Christian Karembeu refused questions from the media about the divorce, stating that he would not comment in public about his private life.