Laetitia Casta (Hardcover)

~ Christopher Heath (Author), (Author)

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Product Description

Revealing the infinite variety of the "World's Hottest Woman" (Rolling Stone)

She's the hottest French export since Brigitte Bardot. She's graced the runways of Galliano and Gaultier and appeared on hundreds of magazine covers worldwide. And in a world of gaunt, underfed, pale models, she's a bodacious, curvy, voluptuous breath of fresh air. She's Laetitia Casta. Called "the sexiest model" by Details and "the most beautiful woman in the world" by Paris Match, Laetitia Casta is on her way to becoming the supreme supermodel of the decade.

Featuring the stunning, revealing, and erotic photography of Ritts and Isserman, Laetitia is filled with the most sensuous photographs ever taken of this modern-day Aphrodite. Complete with accompanying essays on Laetitia's world and her outlook on life, and including previously unpublished photographs and a full-color poster, Laetitia is the sexiest book in bookstores this year.

Already a frequent cover girl, Laetitia is the new face of L'Oreal and a featured model for the Victoria's Secret catalog. She has starred in ads for Chanel, Ralph Lauren, Isaac Mizrahi, and several Guess campaigns. She made her screen debut in this year's film Asterix and Obelix, with Gerard Depardieu, and she has appeared in three Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Studio; 1st Edition. edition (September 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0670888192
• ISBN-13: 978-0670888191
• Product Dimensions: 13.1 x 10.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #431,168 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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38 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars "Laetitia" is like a great beauty with spinach on her teeth., October 26, 1999

By	Leonard Cook (Fremont, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Laetitia Casta is, of course, a spectacularly beautiful and shapely model, and the photographers represented in the eponymous book are among the best and most fashionable in the world. Alas, the photos are vandalized by the worst reproduction and printing quality in a photo book in recent years. Previews of the book in "Photo" and other magazines carry greatly superior reproductions of the images which here are out of focus and muddy. "Forms", by Patrick Demarchelier, carries several of the same images and a comparison of the two books is utterly humiliating for the dreadful Laetitia. As for the color images -- well, only the mini poster glued to the back cover offers anything worth viewing. Don't buy the book without seeing it first, so you can be sure of what you are -- and are not -- getting.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars escapist, December 23, 1999

By	Evan Osborn (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This book caught my eye while I was working in the Amazon.com Seattle Distribution Center wharehouse. I love to see pictures of models when they were younger or "off duty." I guess I do this wondering how much of what I see is real and how much is done with make-up and the camera. What i found was that Laetita is just as alluring in her youth and without the aid of fashion experts. Her family photos were the most amazing. The Mediterranean back-drop and Laetita's haunting eyes seem to melt into one. For God sakes, put me on a plane and get me out of here! I highly recommend this book to those interested in beauty.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Casta is wonderful and her book is great!, November 13, 1999

By A Customer

I love this book! I have always perceived that Laetitia Casta is beyond a supermodel. Unlike her supermodel peer, Casta seems to be very down to earth. Her quotes are very refreshingly honest. More, Casta is also physically capable as some of you might already know that she has successfully finished a boot camp training session in the French army. Yes, Casta is hot and some of her pictures are revealing. However, she is much more than a beautiful face and wonderful body. Casta is an intelligent, strong, professional woman.