What is Celebrity Number 6? Reddit mystery solved as identity of pop-culture phenomenon revealed as model Leticia Sarda

The identity of Celebrity Number 6 was uncovered on September 8, 2024, finally resolving the long-drawn mystery on Reddit. The celebrity was revealed to be Spanish model Leticia Sarda. This was confirmed by the Spanish photographer Leandre Escorsell, after user @u/IndigoRoom tracked them down.

Questions about Celebrity Number 6's identity started flooding the platform in January 2020 after a Finnish Redditor TonstaH made a post on Reddit. She posted under multiple subreddits, stating that in 2008, she had bought fabric curtains from a local store, adding that they had "pop-art style illustrations" of eight celebrities. She explained that she wanted to identify all eight of the celebrities.

Over the years, netizens managed to identify seven of the celebrities, which included actors and models. While Adriana Lima was identified as Celebrities 1 and 3, Josh Holloway was Celebrity 2, with Jessica Alba being identified as Celebrity 4. Meanwhile, Travis Fimmel was Celebrity 5, Ian Somerhalder was Celebrity 7, and Orlando Bloom was Celebrity 8.

However, Celebrity Number 6's identity was a mystery until recently. As mentioned earlier, the celebrity was identified as Spanish model, Leticia Sarda.

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All you need to know about Celebrity Number 6’s discovery

Since January 2020, Reddit users were invested in finding the identity and source behind one of the pictures uploaded by TonstaH. The user had shared pictures of fabric curtains with pop-art like illustrations of eight celebrities. While people were able to identify most of the celebrities, the identity of Celebrity Number Six was a mystery.

This led to the formation of the subreddit r/CelebrityNumberSix and users began suggesting names and speculation about the gender of the person. While 65 percent believed it to be a female model, the rest 35 percent considered it to be a male model.

After nearly half a decade, last week, a Redditor u/stefanmorse claimed that Celebrity Number 6 is a model named Leticia Sarda. The user stated that the model was featured on the supplementary cover of the Spanish Woman Magazine n°162. They also added that Leticia bore maximum possible resemblances to the mysterious lady in the fabric curtains.

Another Redditor u/IndigoRoom seemingly conducted more research and confirmed on Sunday that Celebrity Number 6 was the Spanish model Leticia Sarada. The user explained in a lengthy post that she went and examined the magazine cover, adding that she was able to locate the photographer, Leandre Escorsell.

Information about the finding of Celebrity Number Six. byu/IndigoRoom inCelebrityNumberSix

The user also sent an email to Escorsell in Spanish asking him to verify the identity of Celebrity Number 6. A section of its English translation reads:

“We are writing to you from an internet forum (https://www.reddit.com/r/CelebrityNumberSix/), which is looking for the identification of a specific photo that we believe you may have taken. I attach the photo that I am talking about with the name "CelebrityNumberSix."

The email added how the photo reflected the face of a person with “bluish tones” and how Redditor TonstaH uploaded it after finding it in one of the fabric curtains she purchased. It noted that "after years of fruitless searching," they believed that the person in the photo was model Leticia Sarda.

They said that they believed that the image was from the Tendencias Woman magazine's "free supplement for number 162." The Reddit user said that according to Productionparadise.com, Escorsell had created the cover for that issue.

u/IndigoRoom attached the magazine cover alongside the name and mentioned how the community didn’t have access to the entire magazine. The user concluded the email by asking the photographer if he recognized the image. She also asked him if he was the person who had captured it for the photoshoot.

Leandre Escorsell promptly replied to the email and stated that he was the one who took the picture.

“Yes, I recognize the image, it is the face of one of the photographs I took for the Woman magazine editorial with Leticia. I don't know who used this image, without authorization, I think... to use it on fabric,” the email read.

u/IndigoRoom also sought permission from the photographer to “share this information with other people” in the Celebrity Number 6 community. She then asked whether Escorsell had access to the supplement of the original magazine cover photo. Leandre responded and added a screenshot of the source image, stating it would hopefully "successfully close their search."

As of writing this article, there isn't a lot of information available about Leticia Sarda, but it is confirmed that she is the mysterious Celebrity Number 6. Several Redditors matched the original photo against the illustration with the help of AI detectors, side-to-side comparisons, and image overlays.

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Notably, Milan-based model Olga Serova was one of the people previously thought to be Celebrity Number 6. Netizens believed that it was her picture from her feature from the 2007 Olympus Fashion Week, Spring. Canadian actor-model Taylor Kitsch was another name that was also speculated.

Redditor HughWattmate9001 carried out a week-long search of the entire Getty Images database from 1998 to 2007. However, they were unable to get a 100 percent confirmation on any one individual.

Celebrities like Olivia Wide, Kristen Bell, Kate Hudson, Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, Hilary Duff, and Angelina Jolie were also believed to be potential candidates for Celebrity Number 6. Several people believed that Wilde was the most eligible candidate.