Nadège du Bospertus

Nadège du Bospertus is a French supermodel and former judge on Italia's Next Top Model. She was the muse of Giorgio Armani and Gianni Versace as a supermodel during the 1990s.

Early life Du Bospertus was born in Montfermeil, France. She studied economics until 1988, when she was spotted on a street in Paris by a young photographer. She is of Réunionnais descent through her mother.

Career

Her first photo shoot was for the cover of the July 1989 issue of 20 Ans, photographed by Barbro Anderson. Four months after du Bospertus started modelling, she was booked by Herb Ritts for a shampoo advertisement, and became known for her very short black hairstyle and haircut. She was featured on the covers of fashion magazines including Vogue, Marie Claire, Elle, Mademoiselle, and Vogue Paris, and worked with photographers such as Albert Watson, Steven Meisel, Patrick Demarchelier, Tiziano Magni, Gilles Bensimon, and Bruce Weber.

She appeared in fashion editorials and advertising campaigns for designers including Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Marco Coretti, Escada, Fendi, Kenzo, Missoni, Sportmax, Strenesse, Emanuel Ungaro, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, Levi's, and Versus.

On the runway, she walked for designers such as Azzedine Alaïa, Karl Lagerfeld, Oscar de la Renta, Christian Dior, Valentino, Marco Coretti, Versace, Dolce & Gabbana, Chanel, Carolina Herrera, Giorgio Armani, Oscar de la Renta, Krizia, Laura Biagiotti, Les Copains, Claude Montana and Roberto Cavalli.

In 1995, she co-hosted the TV series Déjà Dimanche which is broadcast every Sunday on French television.

Du Bospertus made special appearances on the catwalk for Roberto Cavalli's spring and summer 2000 show and the DSquared² spring and summer 2009 show. Mega Model Agency - Hamburg Storm Model Agency London Premier Model Management Milk Model Management London Trump Models New York