Editing Laetitia Casta (section)

=== Marianne controversy ===
In 1999, Casta was ranked first in a national survey ordered by the French Mayors' Association to decide who should be the new model for the [[Bust (sculpture)|bust]] of ''[[Marianne#Models|Marianne]]'', an [[allegory|allegorical]] symbol of the [[French Republic]], which stands inside every French town hall.<ref name="Marianne">{{cite web |url=http://www.consulfrance-newyork.org/The-Marianne |title=The Marianne |publisher=Consulate General of France in New York |access-date=19 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203129/http://consulfrance-newyork.org/the-marianne |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Casta became the focus of a controversy<ref>[http://archives.lesoir.be/la-fugue-casta-affaire-d-etat_t-20000404-Z0J24X.html La fugue Casta, affaire d'Etat] (in French), ''Le Soir'', 4 April 2000.</ref> when, after being selected to be Marianne, newspapers in Britain and France<ref>[http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites-monde/2007-01-16/quand-marianne-s-exile-a-londres/924/0/1143 "Quand Marianne s'exile a Londres"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722155400/http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites-monde/2007-01-16/quand-marianne-s-exile-a-londres/924/0/1143 |date=22 July 2018 }} (in French), ''Le Point'', 31 March 2000.</ref> reported that she had relocated to [[London]] where taxes on high earners are lower. Casta's father said she went to London for professional reasons; on a TV show, she also said that she rented a flat in London to be near her boyfriend.<ref>[http://www.liberation.fr/medias/0101332655-marianne-impots-ou-intox-a-la-une-laetitia-casta-s-est-defendue-hier-sur-canal Marianne: impots ou intox a la Une] (in French), ''[[Libération]]'', 6 April 2000.</ref> The French minister of the interior spoke about Casta on [[Le Grand Jury|the radio]];<ref>[http://www1.salon.com/people/log/2000/04/17/laetitia/index.html "Au revoir, les taxes"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202011721/http://www.salon.com/people/log/2000/04/17/laetitia/index.html |date=2 February 2011 }}, ''Salon'', 17 April 2000.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/09/weekinreview/the-world-zut-alors-a-national-treasure-flirts-with-heresy.html "Zut Alors! A National Treasure Flirts With Heresy"], ''The New York Times'', 9 April 2000.</ref> comparing the advantages of living in France with regard to the drawbacks of London<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/699264.stm  "France galled by model move"], BBC News, 3 April 2000.</ref> after political opponents used Casta's relocation to London as an opportunity to criticise the government.<ref>[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=128843 "Symbol of France prefers London"], ''The New Zealand Herald'', 5 April 2000, also in [https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article511165/Eine-Falschmeldung-loest-in-Frankreich-einen-Steuerkrieg-aus.html ''Die Welt''] (in German) on 10 April 2000 quoting the ''[[Daily Mail]]''′s title ''Marianne Unfaithful''.</ref><ref>[https://www.economist.com/node/300055 "The disloyalty of Marianne"], ''The Economist'', 6 April 2000.</ref>