FACTS AND TRIVIA
After moving to New York City, Leighton worked as a model with the Wilhemina agency.
Leighton has worked with famous photographer Sofia Coppola.
Leighton is a published poet; her mom is a writer.
Leighton dyed her hair brunette even before she got the role of Blair on Gossip Girl, she is a natural blonde.
Leighton is 5'5" tall.
Leighton's last name, Meester, is Dutch, and means "Master" or "Teacher". The "ee" is pronounded "ea", the same way as the "ea" in "ear".
Leighton's real-life brother was a US Air Force Academy cadet who was accused of raping an eighteen-year-old female cadet in 2002.
Her younger brother had a brain tumor, but is OK now.
