birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
fréjus , var , france french 26 april 1977 casey legler
 casey legler artist , model
casey legler

casey legler -lrb- born 26 april 1977 -rrb- is a french former swimmer who competed in the 1996 summer olympics .
she is an artist , working in new york city , and is the first woman with a contract as a male ford model .
legler was born in fréjus , var , in the south of france .
she attended school in florida , and began competitive swimming at the age of 13 .
she competed in the 1996 summer olympics at the age of 19 , where she came 29th in the women 's 50 metres freestyle event and 10th in the women 's 4x100 metres freestyle relay event .
she gave up the sport two years later and subsequently studied architecture , obtained a scholarship for law school , and began medical school , before moving to new york to focus on a musical and artistic career .
she was signed by ford model after her friend , the photographer cass bird , showed them photographs of her .
