Brigitte Nielsen

With her cropped blonde hair, never-ending legs and beautiful bone structure, theres no denying that Brigitte Nielsen is one of the Worlds most striking actresses and TV stars. However, the stunning celebrity icon, who is fluent in four languages (Danish, English, Italian and Geman), is equally as impressive on the intellectual side, too, Brigitte first got a taste of the media spotlight at the beginning of the '80s, when she worked as a fashion model. She was booked to model for top designers such as Armani and Valentino and was photographed by some of the Worlds most renowned photographers including Helmut Newton and Francesco Scavullo.

For almost 30 years Gitte Nielsen, a Danish supermodel and Hollywoodactress, has been part of the international jet set. She was Young, beautiful and rich and apparently happy. But beneath the surface there was a dark side and one-day cracks appeared in the faade.

Her book, "You only live once" is Gitte Nielsens completely honest autobiography, which is about losing herself and then finding the courage to face life and fight back to regain what she had lost. Gitte Nielsen had a remarkable life. She grew from a normal upbringing in an ordinary middle class family in the suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark, to a tall skinny teen-ager. It was then that she transformed her life into a glamorous international supermodel at the age of 16, became a superstar in the international jet set; encountered four marriages and four amazing children. But life became unbearable because of a violent husband and years of misuse of alcohol. While ensconced in her 12 million dollar Swiss Chalet facing Lake, she gave up. The story of Gitte Nielsen is a scaring, but honest account of the dark side and costs of life as an international superstar, as well as the pressures of being a mother. As Gitte valiantly overcomes the obstacles of her life, this story unravels the lessons about taking responsibility for your own life - even when things look the worst.