Letizia Maria Laura Casta (Casta Laetitia) was born on May 11, 1978 in the “Norman Venice”, in French elegant and cozy small town of Pont-Odemer, near the English Channel.
She spent her childhood in these beautiful places in northern France. She quickly matured and “poured like a ripe apple”, but beauty in school was not considered. She, as a teenager, had problems with the bite due to improperly grown teeth. Perhaps this caused excessive shyness and dreaminess. Her father is Corsican by birth and raised his children alone. In addition to Letizia, the family had an older brother and sister, raised in the spirit of submission to family traditions, honoring elders, independence and rebelliousness. The daughter lived quietly and modestly.
At the age of 15, being with her father in Corsica, she won the title “Miss Lumio”, played out in the small village of Lumio – the homeland of her father. A couple of days later, agents from the capital’s modeling agency Madison Models came to her, but the girl’s father initially refused them to take test pictures of her daughter, taking visitors for scammers. After some time, the uncomfortable situation was resolved, and the photographer who arrived with the agent took several test shots of Letizia for the agency in Paris. In the photo, the girl was without makeup in old home jeans. But the founder of the Agency Vincent Peter with dignity appreciated the potential of the applicant. He personally took care of the fate of the young talent and took her to the audition manager of the popular Elle magazine Odel Sarron. In less than three weeks, a photo of Letizia Casta appeared on the cover of the Italian magazine Glamour. From that moment began the rapid rise of her modeling career.
It was shot for Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Sports illustrated and many other fashion magazines. After 5 years from the beginning of her career, she received the title of Model of the Year. Now she was trusted to advertise the products of famous companies: Guess, Victoria’s Secret, L’Oreal, Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel, Ralph Lauren, Givenchy, perfume “Baby Doll”, perfume “Allure”, perfume “Fleur d’Interdit”. The release of the Pirelli calendar with a photo of the girl in 1999 gave her the chance to get the status of a top model.
In the same year, she starred in the film Asterix and Obelix, where she plays the role of the beloved hero, played by Gerard Depardieu himself. The film received a huge box office. Here's a TV movie with her.
Blue Bike (2001) went unnoticed, although there she played a rather complex and profound role.
Now cinema has become the passion of life for the top model. The first films were followed by
"Pleasure Street" (2002)
Louise San Felice (2004), the actress has a dozen films.
But as a model, Letitia began to lose her prestige. There was real bullying in the media against her. Billboards with her image began to be banned first on some streets of American cities, then canceled the display of underwear with her participation. Scandals were born in a “level place”, where no one even expected them. The girl decides to leave the scandalous France to London, but she is getting all sorts of obstacles. Then the young actress decided to advertise herself and her lifestyle through her own website on the Internet. No one can stop the Symbol of France!