Arab Models Celebrate Italian Supermodel Vittoria Ceretti’s Birthday
DUBAI: Part-Arab models Loli Bahia, Nora Attal, and Mona Tougaard paid tribute to their fellow Italian supermodel Vittoria Ceretti for her birthday this week.
The three models took to Instagram Stories to share moments with the birthday girl.
Tougaard — who has Danish, Turkish, Somali, and Ethiopian ancestry — wrote, “Happy bday to my other half,” and in the following picture added, “my Italian queen.”
Among the pictures she shared were two of Ceretti with US Dutch Palestinian model Gigi Hadid on set.
Vittoria Ceretti and Loli Bahia. (Instagram)
French Algerian model Bahia shared a picture that appeared to be on set for a brand shoot, while the British Moroccan Attal posted a throwback picture of her and Ceretti from when they were younger, captioning it, “Baby V+N.”
This week, Ceretti was on a birthday getaway and shared pictures from her celebration with her 1.6 million Instagram followers.
In one shot, she posed in the desert wearing a hot red, form-fitting dress with three-dimensional floral designs on the midsection and a plunging neckline. She also shared photos of the flowers she received for her birthday, a sunset dinner, a horseback riding experience, and a cozy evening by the fire.
Mona Tougaard on set with Ceretti. (Instagram)
“Happy, grateful, in heaven, and a year older,” she captioned her post.
Ceretti, who grew up in Brescia, a small town outside Milan, began her modeling career at the age of 14 at Elite Model Look, one of the world’s most prestigious international modeling competitions. She was chosen as a finalist and signed with the agency.
Since then, Ceretti’s career has been marked by continuous success.
She has walked for Versace, Dior, Celine, and Louis Vuitton and has fronted beauty and fashion ad campaigns for brands like Tory Burch, Dolce & Gabbana, Bulgari, and Prada.
Her latest campaigns, unveiled in May, were for Calvin Klein and Marc Jacobs. For Calvin Klein’s summer collection, she wore monochromatic white pieces, while for Marc Jacobs, she donned a colorful pink knit sweater paired with the brand’s white “Sack Bag.”