Jade Foret
Belgian model
Jade Foret (born 26 September 1990) is a Belgian model whose family roots are in France. She is married to French businessman Arnaud Lagardère. She announce they are now separated in 2026.
Biography
She is the daughter of Maïté Foret, the fourth child of a family of five. She started modelling at the young age of 12 with the Newmodels agency in 2003. At age 13, in 2004, she became famous in Belgium for a backless picture which was displayed as a gigantic poster for the Levis paint brand (100 m by 20) on the Madou Plaza Tower in Brussels. At the same age, she went on the catwalk for Armani in Italy.
In 2009, she had a short and stormy liaison with soccer player Émile Mpenza, which concluded bitterly. She continued working as a top model and decided to move to New York. She joined the agency One Management.
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