A little Bio About Me,

Laetitia , whose name means "joy" in Latin, first found happiness in the lush green countryside of Normandy, France, where she spent her early childhood. To this day, she remains a country girl at heart. " I lived for ten years in absolute simplicity, surrounded by nature with very few neighbors. I could play with the frogs in the river or wander through the woods with absolute freedom. It was fantastic. Even today, I love to sometimes throw my arms around a tree. It gives me energy and makes me feel close to nature."
This love of nature, as well as family and friends, often leads her back to the exquisite Mediterranean island of Corsica, where she maintains a home. Her father, Dominique, is of Corsican descent and she grew up infused with Corsican values. Family, loyalty, independence, as well as a touch of rebelliousness, are all of paramount importance. If you know Corsica, Laetitia will tell you, then you know her.
Creative right from the start, Laetitia loved to draw and write stories in school. But she was also a dreamer, paying frequent visits to a world of her own making. "I was a daydreamer, absentminded and distracted. My teachers told me I wasn't as smart as my brother. I was already a bit insecure and stubborn as a mule, so when I heard this, I withdrew even further into my private little world, my bubble."
Her bubble burst around the age of twelve, when her little sister, Marie-Ange was born. "I forced myself to grow up for her because I felt she was my responsibility, she admits" I just wasn't ready to grow up before then. The idea that I could be a role model for Marie-Ange was a great revelation for me.
Laetitia was maturing in other, more apparent ways, too. "At twelve, my breasts began to grow and I had to wear a bra. But my friends weren't wearing them yet and the kids at school began to tease me. They would sit behind me in class and pull my bra straps and laugh. I felt awkward and self-conscious and embarrassed about my body. I was really just a child inside and I was very intimidated when people looked at me. Boys never approached me. I remember being alone, watching them from a distance, too afraid to say anything. I really didn't consider myself very interesting to them."
It was around the age of fifteen that she discovered just how wrong she was. It was then that she was elected Miss Lumio, which is the little Corsican village where her father was born. A few days later, she was spotted on a nearby beach by a photographer and an agent from Madison Models, an important Paris modeling agency. Immediately taken with Laetitia's natural grace and beauty, they asked her father, who was also on the beach, if she could do some test photos with them. Naturally, he was skeptical, figuring it was a scam. After a bit of convincing, though, he agreed to bring her into the agency to take some test shots. Talk about a good move.
As Vincent Peter, the founder of Madison Models tells it, "Laetitia arrived around lunchtime with her father, wearing blue jeans, a T-shirt and no makeup. It took about half a second for me to see that she had something rare and very special. It's indescribable, that instant recognition that you have something fantastic on your hands. Laetitia was not quite fifteen and shy and, I would say, a little nervous, but only because it was unfamiliar territory. She knew nothing abut modeling or the world of fashion. It was something that just happened to her."
Vincent Peter immediately took Laetitia to Odile Sarron, the casting director for the French edition of Elle. "Odile is a very busy woman who is difficult to reach by phone and it's almost impossible to get an appointment with her. But I was sure that Laetitia would stop her in her tracks, so I took a chance and showed up unannounced. Odile had exactly the same reaction to Laetitia as I did, and that's how it all began."
A few weeks later, Laetitia appeared in an Italian issue of Glamour.magazine. Although she was dressed up like a clown, her career was about to be shot out of a cannon.
Laetitia Casta quickly established herself as a world famous super model appearing in major advertisments and magazines for Sports Illustrated, Victoria's Secret, Vogue, etc. She is no doubt, one of the most sought after and beautiful models of her genre.