Laetitia Casta is a French supermodel and actress who have been successfully making waves since she landed upon the modeling scene. She was in fact, the most famous pin up girl of web in 1990s and has lent her name to many established brands like Guess?,Victoria’s Secret catalog and Sports Illustrated to name a few. Her popularity was so great in 1999 that she was chosen by a vote of French mayors as the model for new busts of Marianne, the revolutionary symbol of France that appears in sculpted form in French town halls. She has also dabbled in acting and had worked with some famous names.
Laetitia Marie Laure Casta was born on May 11, 1978 in Pont-Audemer, Normandy. Her mother Line Blin is from Normandy and her father, Dominique Casta, is from Corsica. She has an older brother, Jean-Baptiste, and a younger sister, Marie-Ange. She has a keen interest in Judo and is a brown belt in it.
Career in Modeling
Laetitia was discovered while she was just lying down on beach and enjoying the sun with her family in her father's native Corsica. Barely 15, she soon bagged a contract with Guess?clothing after much modeling work. With the advent of internet in the 1990s, she became more popular as the web’s most famous pin up girl.
Casta was the official face of L’Oreal, Dior, and Chanel. She has appeared in and on the cover of Victoria's Secret catalogs, ELLE magazine, and Vogue magazine. In addition she has also been a part of Guess? Jeans and Tommy Hilfiger, XOXO ad campaigns and made an appearance in three consecutive Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Rolling Stone, and a Pirelli Calendar.
Laetitia’s foray into movies like her colleagues was cited as an obvious career choice. She debuted with the 1999 French comedy Astérix et Obélix contre Cesar (Astérix and Obélix vs. Caesar, with Roberto Benigni) and starring in Les Ames fortes (Savage Souls, 1991, with John Malkovich) and Errance (2003).
Her claim to fame again came in the form of Casta getting selected as the new model for the bust of Marianne, an allegorical symbol of the French Republic, which stands outside and inside every French town hall. She was chosen purely based on the voting done by the mayors of all the cities of France in 1999. Barring a minor controversy regarding her shifting base to just after Laetitia became Marianne; her popularity was scaling the heights at that time.
Casta was also prominently featured in the music video for the Chris Isaak song "Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing" and was a part of the Fall/Winter 2007 Miu Miu campaign.
She is currently engaged to Italian actor Stefano Accorsi with whom she has a son, Orlando, born on September 24, 2006. Laetitia also has a daughter, Sahteene (born
On October 19, 2001) from her earlier boyfriend, Stéphane Sednaoui.
