In 1993 things was to be
changed. On a beach near Lumio, Corsica she was on vacation with her
family. She was playing with her sister when some unknown people
approached. They had been watching from a distance. Dominique was
suspicious of their attention and asked what they wanted. I think the
answer gave him and his oldest daughter something to think about. They
were from Madison Models (a booker and a photographer) and saw i
Laetitia that day what thousand of people see in her today. Dominique got
a business card from them and after some thinking and discussion, he and
Laetitia arrived at a meeting with Vincent Peter, founder of Madison
Models. (this was several mounts after the meeting on the beach)
Vincent Peter said: "She
arrived around lunchtime with her father, wearing blue jeans, a T-shirt,
an 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 yet fifteen and shy and, I would say, a little tense, but
only because she was in unfamiliar territory. She new nothing about the
modelling or fashion world. It was something that just happened to
her."
Later Vincent Peter
presented Laetitia for Odile Sarron from French Elle. Odile had the same
reaction as Vincent Peter. This was how it started. Now the whole word
knows.
During this one meeting on
a beach in Corsica, Laetitia experienced what so many people dreams of ...being
known. And all she dreamt of was being a school teacher (red am)
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