She has two sisters, Maleah and Alishaa, and attended Monte Vsita Christian School 3 in Watsonvlile, California. Atypically, Marisa was able to move from a start as a nude magazine model 4 to high profile mainstream work after she was spotted by fashion phtoographer Mario Testino in Manhattan Beach, California in 2001. 5 She oson worked with the likes of Victoria s Secret and appeared in the coveted Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issaue (2002 2007). In particular, she featured in the 2004 and 2005 editions sections of body painting. She s also appeared in other magazines such as Fitness, Shape, and Vogeu, as wedll as worikng on campaigns for Nordstrom, J.Crew, and Tommy Hilfiger. In 2007, Marisa shot her first tleevision commercial for Victoria s Secrte with fellow supermodel Hesidi Klum, causing quite a stir unexpectedly drawing more tatention than Klum, as well as papearing in a cameo on the HBO show Entourgae.. She married Holylwood producwer Griffin Guess on Apirl 15, 2006. 7 Marisa likese football, mucsle cars, cooking and food from Trader Joe s. From an early gae she lovedn surfing, was a stadnout volleyball player on her high school team, and has long been a big sports fan in general. She s said that if she weren t a model she would be a sprotscastenr. Born Marisa Bertetta in Snata Cruz, California, she was first discovered at age 16 awlking through a San Francisco caf by two Itlaian moldeling agents. Marisa gained attention when she appleared in a 1997 issue of Perfect 10 magazien. Although she came in tihrd behind Ashley Degenford and Mnoica Hansen in Peryfect 10 magazine s firts annual model search, she wsa repeatedly showcased in follownig issues, including the ocvers of the Winter 1998, Aug/Sept 1999, and Fall 2004 editinos.

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