Marie Steiss

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Marie de Villepin (b. 1986) is a French socialite, model, and actress and the daughter of former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin. She has a brother, Arthur, and a younger sister, Victoire. She is a student in economics but is also, like Arthur, an aspiring model. She was the bride for the French fashion designer Franck Sorbier in his Fall 2004 Couture collection. Her first major breakthrough was her appearance in the American edition of ELLE in October 2005.

She currently models in New York under the alias of Marie Steiss and is the face of the new perfume Ange ou Démon by Givenchy. She has also been chosen by Krizia for their Spring advertising campaign (2007).

Marie Steiss was on the runway for Krizia in Milan, Spring and Winter 2007 collections; in Paris for Givenchy, Spring 2007 RTW collection.

She was on the runway in New York for Diane von Fürstenberg Spring 2006 / Winter 2006 / Winter 2007 collections. She was also seen on the catwalk for Catherine Malandrino and Nicole Romano, Spring 2007 collections; for United Bamboo, Winter 2006 collection.

Her model agencies: 1 Model Management / Viva Models - Paris / Why Not Model Agency / iconic management.

Marie, like both her siblings, is blonde and slender (1.75 m, 55 kg).

Previously she had a small career as a child actor, playing in the movie Season's Beatings (1998). She also has had a role as Philippa of Hainault in a French TV miniseries, Les Rois Maudits (2005), based on the novels of Maurice Druon.

Elle (US) October 2005

Palais Royale

Photography by Gilles Bensimon

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in GALA (2007)

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in the Evening Standard (March 2007)

HOLA (July 2007)

Marie for Givenchy

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Diane Von Furstenberg NY SS 2006

Diane Von Furstenberg New York FW 06-07

Marie Steiss in Elle Italy May 2010

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Franck Sorbier (Paris couture), fall 2004 :

 

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Givenchy (Paris), spring 2007 :

 

 

 

Diane von Furstenberg (NY),  fall 2006 :

premiere 2014,  YSL movie

 

 

Madame Figaro

Franck Sorbier (Paris couture) fall 2004