She was born in Bratislava, Slovakia. She grew up in a village in western Slovakia, called Zohor. Despite appearing in a television commercial as a child, she didn’t start modeling until age 16. She was a contestant on the 2007 reality television show, A Model Life, hosted by Petra Němcová on TLC. Dvorská was a beauty pageant titleholder as the 2000 Little Miss World. She has appeared on the covers of Vogue, Elle, L'Officiel, Madam Figaro and Harper's Bazaar. Lucia splits her time between New York, Slovakia and Brazil. The 2009 Sports Illustrated was her first appearance in the Swimsuit Issue.