Thursday, April 12, 2007

Petra Nemcova’s Happy Hearts Honor

Petra Nemcova hasn’t skipped a beat since splitting with James Blunt in February. The couple’s break-up was announced amidst sightings of Blunt partying with Lindsay Lohan. Not at all fazed, the beautiful Nemcova rather enjoys the single life.

“I am having a great time!” the 27-year-old model told People on Tuesday at the Br!ck Awards, which honor young people working toward social change.

Since the split, Blunt has been busy hitting up the Hollywood club scene, and was recently spotted partying at Les Deux with Robbie Williams and at Teddy’s with Lindsay Lohan, Kelly Osbourne and Amy Winehouse, according to People.

Nemcova has taken a different route, keeping busy with her philanthropic effort, the Happy Hearts Fund, which was honored at the Br!ck Awards for helping children affected by natural disasters and other hardships.

Her inspiration for the charity… the Czech model’s longtime boyfriend, photographer Simon Atlee, was killed in Thailand in the 2004 tsunami, and Nemcova herself was badly injured.

“We opened up a school and a computer center in Thailand just three weeks ago,” she said. “Fifty (kids) were trying to hold me and bring me to show me the classrooms. They were so excited – when we got there, we were jumping around. It was amazing to see that it really touches their lives and makes them really happy.”

Meanwhile, we want to know “What was James thinking?”