Vanessa Hessler

Vanessa Hessler Introduction

Vanessa Hessler is the envy of most any 19 year old girl. She's tall, hot, and lives in Italy. She's a professional model, and a budding actress.

Vanessa Hessler Life Story

Vanessa Hessler was brought into the world in 1988, in Rome, Italy. You might be saying to yoursef, "Vanessa Hessler? That doesn't sound like an Italian name to me!" That's because her father is American and her mother is Italian. She moved to Washington D.C at the age of eight, but moved back to Italy in 2002 to become a full time model. Her career started off with solely doing fashion shows, but in 2004 she was selected to do an ad for Korff's. She also started doing fashion shows that were televised. In 2005, Hessler's popularity in Italy skyrocketed when she was cast in movie called Natale a Miami. Judging by the cover of this movie, it was a real hoot and a holler.

In 2006, Hessler was a soubrette, or maidservant, at the Festival di Sanremo, which is an Italian singing contest. Hessler is well known throughout Europe because she is the face of Telecom Italia. She's also modelled for Calvin Klein, Ferrero, and Giorgio Armani. She is signed to Elite Model Agency in five different countries. Hessler currently splits her time between Washington D.C, where her dad still lives, and Rome. No matter where she is, though, she's the hottest girl in the room. Guaranteed.

Modelling:

Hessler planned to work in television, and in early 2006 she wanted to replace Alessia Marcuzzi to host Le Iene, but lost to Cristina Chiabotto. Hessler has appeared in advertising for GUESS, Calvin Klein, Giorgio Armani, L'Oréal, and Ferrero SpA. In March 2006, she made her debut as a TV show host at the Festival di Sanremo with Claudia Cedro, Francesca Lancini, and Marta Cecchetto. Hessler was the face of the DSL brand "Alice" in Germany (a service of Telefónica Europe) until late October 2011, when the company decided to terminate her contract due to her personal connections to and public support for the deposed Gaddafi family, stating that she had "failed to distance herself from her comments on the conflict in Libya.

Acting:

Hessler appeared in the 2005 film Christmas in Miami (Italian: Natale a Miami), along with Christian De Sica, and consequently her popularity soared. She plays Greek princess, Irina, in the 2008 Asterix at the Olympic Games (French: Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques), a film that also stars Alain Delon and Gérard Depardieu. She also plays the leading female role in Per una notte d'amore (English: For a Night of Love), which was filmed in Italy and released in 2008 as a 2 part TV special.[3]

Firing:

She lost her biggest client November 1, 2011 after she defended her former boyfriend, Mutassim Gaddafi, and the Gaddafi family in an interview with Italian media. She said that she had a "very beautiful love story" with the son of Moammar Gaddafi who was killed with his father following a U.N sanctioned airstrike and rebel ambush on Gaddafi's convoy in Libya. Hessler also said that the West had made a mistake in backing the rebels who ended Moammar Gadhafi's 42-year reign. "We, France and the United Kingdom, financed the rebels but people don't know what they are doing," Hessler told Italian magazine Diva e Donna, adding that she is disgusted by what is happening in Libya and that "the Gaddafi family is not how they are being depicted, they are normal people."