Du Bospertus was born in Montfermeil, France. She studied economics until 1988, when she was spotted on a street in Paris by a young photographer.
Career
Her first shooting was for the cover of the July 1989 issue of 20 Ans, photographed by Barbro Anderson. Four months after Nadège started modelling, she was booked by Herb Ritts for a shampoo advertisement. From there, her modelling career took off. She was regularly featured on the covers of fashion magazine including Vogue, Marie Claire, Elle and Mademoiselle, to name a few, and worked with the most important fashion photographers such as Albert Watson, Steven Meisel, Patrick Demarchelier, Tiziano Magni, Gilles Bensimon, Bruce Weber, and Herb Ritts. She was featured in fashion editorials and advertising campaigns for top designers including Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Marco Coretti, Escada, Fendi, Kenzo, Missoni, Sportmax, Strenesse, Emanuel Ungaro, Versace and Versus. Simply known by her given name Nadège only, she went on to become one of the most sought-after models in the early 1990s. She appeared on the covers of Vogue Paris and British Elle as well as in ad campaigns for Chanel, Ralph Lauren, Yves Saint Laurent, and Levi's. On the runway, she walked for leading designers such as Karl Lagerfeld, Oscar de la Renta, Christian Dior, Valentino, Marco Coretti, Versace, Dolce & Gabbana, Chanel, Carolina Herrera, Giorgio Armani, Oscar de la Renta, Krizia, Laura Biagiotti, Les Copains, Claude Montana and Roberto Cavalli. In 1995, she co-hosted the TV seriesDéjà Dimanche which is broadcast every Sunday on French television. Nadège made special appearances on the catwalk for Roberto Cavalli's SS 2000 show and the DSquared² SS 2009 show. In 1999, Mercedes-Benz featured her in their European television advertisements for the revolutionary Smart. In April 2002, she returned to the runway to celebrate 25 years of Gianfranco Ferré at his star-studded fashion gala. That season, she was also featured in the ad campaign for the noted Italian cashmere house Maria di Ripabianca, photographed by Michelangelo Di Battista. In 2007, she became a judge on Italia's Next Top Model as the most-demanding among the judges. She stayed for three seasons and was eventually replaced by former model Antonia Dell'Atte. In early 2009, she catwalked for Etro during their AW09/10 Men Show and was featured in a series of pictures shot by Bob Krieger that were exhibited during the opening event at First, the Vicenzaoro jewellery fair. Most recently she has been the testimonial for Enzo Fusco’s advertising campaign which was shot by Settimio Benedusi. Based on her long and established career in the fashion industry, in 2012 Nadege collaborated with AMICA and she wrote a special fashion diary dedicated to SS 2013 women collections and she also had her first experience as a stylist for a fashion editorial dedicated to kids. In May 2013 she has attended the Life Ball fashion show in Wien as a special guest of Roberto Cavalli
