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Born Laetitia Marie Laure Casta, on May 11, 1978, in Pont-Audemer, Normandy, France. Reportedly 5' 7", 35C-24-35.
Discovered in 1994 when she was only 15, curvy Laetitia Casta, who has posed for a number of major magazines and ad campaigns, is probably most famous to men around the globe for her work in Victorias Secret catalogs. Why do they especially like her? In simplest, most honest terms, she has a big rack, which is something of a novelty in the fashion industry. Take that away from her, and theres not too much to distinguish her from any other human clothes hanger. With the chest, though, she becomes more than the sum of her ample parts, for suddenly the world becomes willing and even anxious to take stock of her other, less tangible assets that it would otherwise have ignored.
And in fact its these other assets not her chest that more deeply separate Laetitia from the rest of her cookie-cutter kind; after all, Tyra Banks has a pretty good-sized rack now as well. But where women like Tyra, Claudia, Kate, Stephanie, Gisele, and the rest all have a forbiddingly jaded, manufactured, and sometimes even Frankensteinish look to them (what with all the nips, tucks, lifts, injections, and vomiting between meals), Laetitias demeanor of playful innocence and naturally voluptuous curves seem refreshingly unspoiled and down-to-earth. Most people would never imagine they could ever actually meet a runway model in real life; Laetitia, on the other hand, might be someone in their third period class. Shes the mythical girl next-door once championed by Playboy, the beautiful woman whose seeming approachability gives hope to drooling guys next-door the world over.
Sure, the clothes by Vogue, body by Penthouse thing she has going already sets her apart from most models, but with all the silicone competition out there, its her seeming still one of us availability that in the end raises her up into a category of her own, and will probably be her more enduring legacy to the industry.
Well, that and the big jugs, of course.
Also sprach Golem. (More recent commentary below)
The Spirit of Laetitia Casta Thursday, June 4, 2009 To be hot in Italy is to inevitably invite comparison to Sophia Loren; to be hot in France is to be hailed as the new Brigitte Bardot. Semi-retired supermodel Laetitia Casta, whose face and boobs have already stood in for Bardots in the form of Frances Marianne busts, will now be channeling the rest of her on the big screen.... Read more
Back in Business Everywhere but Here Monday, September 1, 2003 After being out of the picture awhile, Laetitia Casta seems to be making a quiet comeback at least in Europe.... Read more
Model, Interrupted Tuesday, October 23, 2001 Just when she was starting to become famous over here via Victorias Secret and the E! channel, Laetitia Casta has now all but disappeared.... Read more
LAETITIA CASTAS FILMOGRAPHY
* Titles in red feature Laetitia in the raw *
Film
- Serge Gainsbourg, vie héroïque (2010) .... Brigitte Bardot
- Visage (2009) .... La star et Salomé
- La jeune fille et les loups (2008; aka The Maiden and the Wolves) .... Angèle
- Nés en 68 (2008; aka Born in 68) .... Catherine
- La déraison du Louvre (2006) .... La visiteuse
- Le grand appartement (2006) .... Francesca
- Errance (2003) .... Lou
- Les âmes fortes (2001; aka Savage Souls) .... Thérèse
- Rue des plaisirs (2001; aka Love Street) .... Marion
- Gitano (2000; aka Gypsy) .... Lucía Junco
- Astérix et Obélix contre César (1999) .... Falbala
Miniseries
- Luisa Sanfelice (2004) .... Luisa Sanfelice
- La bicyclette bleue (2000) .... Léa Delmas
Television
- The Late Late Show (12/3/1999) .... Herself
Video & DVD
- Les Enfoirés: dernière édition avant l'an 2000 (1999) .... Herself
- Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit '99 (1999) .... Herself
- Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit '97 (1997) .... Herself
LAETITIA CASTA-RELATED ARTICLES
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Cosmopolitan (Sep 2002) Secret life of a supermodel
- Laetitias Line
Vogue.com (Aug 12, 2002) A resemblance to the young Brigitte Bardot may be a dream to most women, but Laetitia Casta, whose beauty is often likened to the French screen icon, is determined to make her own impression.
- Laetitia Casta Becomes a Mother
Associated Press (Oct 23, 2001) French actress and supermodel Laetitia Casta now has a new title: mother
- French Supermodel Casta to Quit the Catwalk
Reuters (Sep 6, 2000) Tired of strutting down catwalks for a living, voluptuous French supermodel Laetitia Casta plans to quit fashion shows for the silver screen as soon as her current contracts run out
- Spotlight: French Confection
Vanity Fair (May 2000) Jean-Baptiste Mondino and Ned Zeman spotlight Guess? and Victoria's Secret supermodel Laetitia Casta, whose selection as the new Marianne, France's national icon, has won her a place in history next to Bardot and Deneuve
- France galled by model move
BBC News (Apr 3, 2000) Senior French ministers have weighed in on both sides of a heated debate over the decision by the face of France supermodel to move to London
- Laetitia Casta
Arena (Nov 1999) She's the model with the Marilyn curves who set the Guess? campaign alight. In her native France, where she's starring in a new Asterix movie, she's the most celebrated starlet since Bardot. Forget the hard sell, says Nick Compton, just getafix of that mouth.
- Laetitia Casta
Paris Match (Jul 1997) Le mannequin parle dans son île de Beauté natale
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