Nadège du Bospertus

Nadège du Bospertus
Nadège du Bospertus (Vienna 2013)
Born	March 16, 1968 Montfermeil, France
Occupation	Model, TV personality
Modelling information
Height	5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m)
Hair colour	Black
Eye colour	Brown
Agency	d'management group (Milan)

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

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.

Her first shooting was for the cover of the July 1989 issue of 20 Ans, photographed by Barbro Anderson. Four months after Nadège started modelling, she was booked by Herb Ritts for a shampoo advertisement. From there, her modelling career took off. She was regularly featured on the covers of fashion magazine including Vogue, Marie Claire, Elle and Mademoiselle, to name a few, and worked with the most important fashion photographers such as Steven Meisel, Patrick Demarchelier, Tiziano Magni,Gilles Bensimon]], Bruce Weber, Herb Ritts.

She was featured in fashion editorials and advertising campaigns for top designers including Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Marco Coretti, Escada, Fendi, Kenzo, Missoni, Sportmax, Strenesse, Emanuel Ungaro, Versace and Versus.

Simply known by her given name Nadège only, she went on to become one of the most sought-after models in the early 1990s. She appeared on the covers of Vogue Paris and British Elle as well as in ad campaigns for Chanel, Ralph Lauren, Yves Saint Laurent, and Levi's.