Estelle Lefebure, as she was known in the early 1980s, was discovered by George Gallier and managed by him exclusively at Prestige Models in Paris.

French Elle magazine model editor Odile Saron was also instrumental in helping Estelle's career take off.

Over the years, she has appeared in advertisements for Guess?, Cartier, Christian Dior, Revlon, Lord & Taylor, and Samsung.

[3] In 1999, she was one of the candidates to become the official model for the French national symbol Marianne but ultimately lost to Laetitia Casta.

In 2001 she portrayed a model for Gaultier in the Gabriel Aghion comedy Absolutely Fabulous[6] and in 2007 she earned her first lead role in the horror film Frontière(s).