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 Victoria’s 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 there’s 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 it’s 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), Laetitia’s 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. She’s 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, it’s 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 Bardot’s in the form of France’s “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 Victoria’s Secret and the E! channel, Laetitia Casta has now all but disappeared.... Read more

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

• Luisa Sanfelice (2004) .... Luisa Sanfelice
• La bicyclette bleue (2000) .... Léa Delmas

• The Late Late Show (12/3/1999) .... Herself

• Les Enfoirés: dernière édition avant l'an 2000 (1999) .... Herself
• Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit '99 (1999) .... Herself
• Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit '97 (1997) .... Herself

• Laetitia Casta
  Guess.com
  Biography
• The Inside Scoop on Laetitia Casta
  Guess.com
• Oh La La Laetitia
  Cosmopolitan (Sep 2002)
  Secret life of a supermodel
• Laetitia’s 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

Cyber Temples

• Laetitia Casta Nude Celebrity Movie Reviews
  Mr. Skin
  Bio, filmography, and nude stills and clips from her films

Miscellaneous

• Laetitia Casta Filmography
  Internet Movie Database
  Always up-to-date filmography
• Victoria's Secret
• Laetitia Casta
  Wikipedia
  Laetitia Casta in wikireality