Born and raised in Normandie and Corsica, France, in the middle of an
animal-filledforest, Laetitia has a down-home charm that's truly
infectious.Her discovery by Paul Marciano, the president and creative
director of GUESS, Inc. has brought herinternational exposure and
worldwide recognition. At age 15, Laetitia's interest in modeling
wassparked when she was discovered by a photographer while laying on a
beach with her family. While ona trip to Paris shortly after, Paul
Marciano selected her to make her debut with GUESS in anadvertising
campaign shot by Neil Kirk in Jamaica in October 1994.Since then, she
has worked for GUESS in many campaigns as the GUESS Girl. Now 20, her
latestGUESS campaign, ''Stretch,'' was shot by photographer Dewey
Nicks, in beautiful Palm Springs andLaguna Beac, CA. Happy and
healthy, she currently lives in Paris with her mother, father, older
brotherand younger sister.When her hectic schedule allows, Laetitia
enjoys car racing with her friends, traveling, cooking with hermom and
spending time with her 7 year old sister. Laetitia also has a brown
belt in Judo.She feels that her experience with Judo has helped her in
her modeling career to have control, to setlimits for herself, to not
be aggressive and to think with her mind not with her emotions.With a
great sense of humor and a good head on her shoulders, Laetitia looks
forward to a brightfuture. For now, Laetitia ''would like to continue
modeling for as long as she can'', but she is interestedin getting
married and having a family someday.She said that acting is also
something that she would be interested in doing in the very near
future.Confident and self-assured, her motto remains, ''If there's
someone knocking at my door, I will open it.''