Leighton Meester Photo Shoot

Leighton Marissa Meester (born April 9, 1986)is an American actress and singer. Meester first garnered attention and critical acclaim for playing Blair Waldorf in the CW's teen drama television series Gossip Girl. She most recently appeared in the 2010 country drama film Country Strong, the 2011 thriller The Roommate, and the 2011 romantic-comedy Monte Carlo.

 

Meester has fronted many charity as well as advertising campaigns. In 2008, she was a spokesperson for Sunsilk's "Life Can't Wait" campaign to motivate women to pursue their dreams and collaborated with Safe Horizon to raise awareness about and prevent domestic violence. Early in 2009, Meester partnered with Reebok to model their new Top Down sneakers. Outside of Gossip Girl, Meester has worked with co-star Ed Westwick in a Nikon Coolpix series camera advertisement and both were faces for a Korean clothing line called ASK Enquired. In 2010, Meester signed on to be the spokesperson for Herbal Essences hair products.In the same year, Meester took part in Bulgari's humanitarian efforts for the Save the Children organization with Isabella Rossellini and Maribel Verdútaken.
Vera Wang has also chosen Meester to be the face of her newest scent Lovestruck, breaking in summer of 2011, stating that the actress's "beauty, talent and spirit will inspire all the young women that I hope will enjoy this passionate, new young fragrance." In 2011, Italian fashion house Missoni revealed they have tapped Meester to be part of their Spring/Summer 2011 campaign. She fronts another South Korean brand, this time a beauty campaign, called eSpoir.^[48] Leighton is additionally the new face of Vera Wang's scent "Lovestruck" which was first sold in Harrods on June 9, 2011. In May 2012, she became an endorser for Philippine clothing brand Penshoppe's campaign "All Stars"

"I wanted to give Leighton a sexy, glamorous look without doing the typical smoky eyes," said makeup artist Brigitte Reiss-Andersen, above. She started with a little foundation and rosy blush on the actress's cheeks. She smudged gold-flecked brown shadow over Meester's lids, then rimmed her top and bottom lash lines with a dark brown pencil, smudging it at the outer corners. Reiss-Andersen's final touch was a matte orange-red lipstick, which she painted on with a lip brush. "The color is so rich that you don't need a pencil, and the brush keeps it very precise."

For years, the actress has batted away speculation of friction between herself and Gossip Girl costar Blake Lively. "It's unfortunate when women are pitted against each other," Meester says. "Like with Sex and the City. People say, 'They're jealous of each other.' Come on! They're all rich, successful, great actresses." In a breathless voice, she mocks the male-driven stereotype of the Hollywood catfight: "'When women fight, it's usually with pillows and in bras and panties! Sometimes, they accidentally kiss!'"