You Can Simply Refer To Rosie Huntington-Whiteley As Rosebud

June 17, 2014
PETERLANDAU

If you've seen "Citizen Kane" then you know that the main character Charles Foster Kane, a media tycoon loosely based on William Randolph Hearst, opens the film with his dying last word, the cryptic "Rosebud." Well, that mystery is finally solved, as we learn that English model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley has that as a nickname.

We've learned this titillating fact from the site Violet Grey (link below), the spelling of its URL revealing its English origins. What better place to learn about the British babe than from a media outlet in her backyard, a place we'd love to lie about and spend a quiet afternoon, or a loud one.

Her supermodel stature was never something she had to grow into. By the age of 16, she signed a contract with an agency. By 21, she was wrapped up in textured trench coats for Burberry’s fall campaign and soon became the face of Burberry’s fragrance, Body. She has appeared on numerous magazine covers including British Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar UK, and was summoned to walk the runway for the likes of Marc Jacobs (Louis Vuitton) and Olivier Rousteing (Balmain).

Those, of course, are the facts, but when appreciating this beauty of Rosie we need not waste time with useless data to feed our brains which, regardless of the saying, are not the sexiest organ. For our connection with Rosie is on a deeper, less articulate level.

Via Violet Grey