FACE IT: Marina Asenova was shocked to see her face on these beauty products.
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A leggy European model struck it big in New York several years ago — but she is just now discovering the magnitude of her success.
That’s because Marina Asenova’s modeling agency, MC2 Models, never told her that she’d been made the face of Coty Cosmetics’ hair-care products several years ago — and never paid her, court papers say.
Asenova had left New York to model in Europe in 2006.
“I guess they figured she’d never find out about it,” said her lawyer, Tom Mullaney.
He has filed a big-bucks lawsuit against MC2, charging the agency with breach of contract and unjust enrichment, contending that 80 percent of the cash the company has pocketed should be hers.
The comely cover girl is not sure how much that is, because the agency allgedly is refusing to tell her how much the deal is for and is refusing to show her its contract with Coty and its predecessor, Sally Hansen Cosmetics.
“To say they’ve given her the runaround would be kind,” Mullaney said.
A rep for the agency did not return an e-mail for comment.
The Bulgarian beauty discovered the deal during a trip to the Big Apple, when she stopped into a Duane Reade and was astonished to see her own face smiling back at her in the hair-care aisle.