Casta's modeling career reportedly began when she was discovered by the photographer Frederic Cresseaux,[REF] during a family holiday in her father's native Corsica, at age 15 [REF].
Casta became the focus of a controversy[REF] when, after being selected to be Marianne, newspapers in Britain and France[REF] reported that she had relocated to London where taxes on high earners are lower.