Born the 11th of May, 1978, Laetitia Maria Laure Casta is the middle child to father Dominique and mother Line. Dominique, raised on the island of Corsica, moved to Normandy where he met Laetitia's mother. Laetitia (which means "joy" in Latin) enjoyed drawing and writing stories at an early age, and admits that she was quite a daydreamer in grade school...
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Pamela Denise Anderson was born in Ladysmith, British Columbia, on July 1, 1967. Literally born into the spotlight, she was the first baby to be born on Canada's 100th birthday, earning her the title of "The Centennial Baby." Her landmark birth was chronicled in the local newspaper and her parents, Barry and Carol, were awarded with cash prizes for the birth of little Pamela...
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Elle Macpherson was born Eleanor Nancy Gow on March 29, 1963, in Sydney, Australia. Elle's original plan was to study pre-law at Sydney University, but when the 18-year-old, six-foot beauty was discovered in Aspen, Colorado, she was immediately signed to her modeling agency...
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Heidi Klum was born on June 1, 1973, in Bergische Gladbach, a small city in Cologne, Germany. In 1991, while she was still in high school and doing well in mathematics and art, Heidi was encouraged by her friend Karin to participate in a modeling competition. Although Heidi was reluctant at first, she finally gave in...
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Catherine Zeta-Jones hails from Mumbles, Wales (a tiny fishing village just outside Swansea in the UK), where she was born on September 25, 1969. Her name stems from two different grandmothers; one grandmother is named Catherine, while the other is "Zeta," named after a ship that Catherine's grandfather sailed on.
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Elsa Benitez was born in Sonora, Mexico in 1977. She got her modeling start after winning a model search in Costa Rica in 1995. With Linda Evangelista as one of her childhood idols, Elsa would also have a chance to follow her dreams.
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Angela Kay Everhart was born in Akron, Ohio on September 7th, 1969. Her parents, mom Ginnie and dad Bobby, raised Angie to be the well-rounded person she is today. Her mom is even the one who kick-started her career by taking one of Angie's pictures to a local modeling agency...
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Maria Grazia Cucinotta was born in Italy, in the Sicilian town of Messina, on July 27, 1969. Her good looks came early and, when she was 16, she started modeling on the catwalks of Milan. At that age, she was already voluptuous, which contrasted with the other models of the era....
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Born on June 10, 1965, in Hampshire, England, Elizabeth Hurley is the daughter of an army officer and a schoolteacher mother. While growing up in Basingstoke, England, Hurley dreamed of becoming a dancer, which prompted her to attend a boarding school that specialized in ballet at the age of 12...
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Cynthia Ann Crawford was born February 20, 1966, in De Kalb, Illinois. Cindy's big break stemmed from a lucky meeting she had with a newspaper photographer when she was 16 years old. During their chance encounter, the photographer insisted on taking a picture of Cindy, who was pollinating corn at the time. The photo and the positive feedback...
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Claudia Schiffer is one of the original five supermodels of the early 1990s. She gained her popularity and worldwide recognition among men (and women) by appearing in sexy Guess? advertisements in early ’90s and her sultry looks have boosted her recognition internationally...
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Rebecca was born in Hazard, Kentucky, on August 12, 1972, although she was raised in Pinetop, Kentucky, where the population is roughly 800 people. Rebecca is a former model and can attribute much of her good looks to her parents', Curtis and Floneva, mixed blood, which includes Italian, Irish, German, and Cherokee descent....
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Born on January 2nd, 1969, in Walnut Creek, California, Christy's initial interest was not in the fashion industry, but rather, she had an undeniable passion for horses and horseback riding. By the age of 13, her encouraging father entered young Christy in local competitions. She continuously trained in Coral Gables. . .
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Born on August 14, 1966, in Cleveland, Ohio, Halle Maria Berry and her older sister, Heidi, were raised by their mother, Judith, a psychiatric ward nurse. Halle Berry's father walked out on the family when she was only 4 years old. Although living in a single-parent household was somewhat tough, Halle's mom managed to move the family out of the inner-city neighborhood and into the suburbs of Cleveland...
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Stephanie Seymour was born on July 23rd, 1969 in San Diego, California. Seymour's rise to fame as a model began early on when she was only 14 years old. Modeling for local newspapers and department stores in her San Diego hometown, Stephanie was entered in the Elite Look of the Year contest and won first place....
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Jennifer Love Hewitt -- "Love" to family and friends -- was born in Waco, Texas, on February 21, 1979, and raised by her mother (her parents got divorced when Hewitt was a mere 6 months old). Since childhood, Hewitt had a passion for singing and by the time she was 10, she was able to add dancing to her talents. Although the young Jennifer Love Hewitt had already performed at shows and toured with the Texas Show Team, she had bigger aspirations: She wanted to take on Hollywood.
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Rebecca Romijn (pronounced "romaine"), was born on the 6th of November 1972, in Berkeley, California. Once a college student who was born to hippie parents, Rebecca's fashion sense did not go further than her Birkenstock sandals. Now, the only Birks she's wearing are on her fingers, earlobes and neckline.
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Born October 14, 1970, and raised in the Czech Republic, Daniela Pestova grew up in the midst of political bedlam. Lucky she came from an upper class family and by the time she was 19 years old, she ended up getting discovered by the Madison Modeling Agency's Dominique Caffin in Prague...
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Born on February 17, 1971, in Downers Grove, Illinois, Denise Lee Richards moved to Oceanside, California, with her family when she was 15 years old. After graduating from El Camino High School in 1989, Denise began modeling in Paris, Tokyo and New York. But despite the fame she had achieved. . .
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Michelle Yeoh was born Yeoh Chu-Kheng in Ipoh, Malaysia on August 6, 1962. Although she learned to speak Chinese later, her first languages were Malay and English. A tomboy and an athlete as a young girl, she became interested in ballet at the age of 4...
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