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Supermodel Eva Herzigova, 48, hits the runway after COVID-19 battle

Eva Herzigova is back.

The legendary supermodel, 48, hit the runway for Missoni on Friday during Milan Fashion Week, wearing a long-sleeved Lurex maxi dress and red boots.

She also made an appearance on Thursday’s Blumarine catwalk, closing the show in a slinky black velvet gown.

She wasn’t the only famous face in Italy; Iris Law also modeled for Missoni, while Gigi and Bella Hadid, Kendall Jenner, Kaia Gerber and more have popped up in other designers’ shows over the past few days.

It’s the first time Herzigova has hit the runway since falling ill with COVID-19 in December 2020, grappling with symptoms that lasted for many months.

In January 2021, she posted on Instagram that she was “getting stronger every day,” but the following month, she checked into a medical spa in Switzerland to recuperate, writing, “I felt like my body can’t manage on its own to get rid off [sic] the lingering symptoms.”

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Herzigova also closed the Blumarine show in a black velvet gown. Getty Images

As Herzigova told the Sydney Morning Herald last year, even walking the red carpet at July’s 2021 Cannes Film Festival was a struggle.

“It was real; it was serious … I had symptoms forever, like forever,” she told the outlet.

“It’s very debilitating when you realize how much energy you actually need to speak. It’s hard when you just can’t manage. This virus has a far-reaching effect.”