Linda Evangelista is a Canadian supermodel who was one of the most successful in the fashion world in the 90s. Her photographs have appeared on the covers of glossy magazines more than 700 times. Linda had a unique gift for transforming herself in front of cameras, for which she was greatly appreciated by fashion designers.
Biography facts
Linda was born in 1965 in the small town of St. Catharines, which is located near Niagara Falls. The family of the future supermodel was very ordinary. Her parents, Marisa and Tomaso, were Italians and immigrated to Canada, where they began working at the General Motors automobile plant.
Evangelista began her career as a teenager, she attended classes at a modeling school and began acting for the catalogs of a local department store. 1980 was a fateful year for the girl, it was then that she took part in the beauty contest "Young Miss Niagara". Here a 16-year-old girl with an expressive appearance was noticed by a representative of a well-known agency. But before Linda turned to the agent, she had to finish school at the insistence of her mother.
After receiving her certification in 1984, Linda Evangelista went to New York and signed a contract with Elite Models. She soon began posing for fashion magazines. Over the next few years, her performance was “mediocre,” as Linda referred to her career.
The big changes began after she changed her image. In the fall of 1988, after taking advice from photographer Peter Lindbergh, Evangelista cut her long hair and did a short bob. This new image shocked the designers, and organizers canceled 16 of the 20 shows she was supposed to take part in.
But, as it turned out, the decision was correct, everyone started talking about her image, and work appeared in large projects. Evangelista soon appeared on the cover of Vogue, and short hair became fashionable. The model began to appear regularly on the covers of glossy magazines, and the most famous fashion designers began to invite her to participate in shows.
As one of the most recognizable faces in the world, Evangelista was not immune to "star fever." She uttered a phrase that became the winged in the fashion world. Linda said in an interview that "models like her don't get out of bed for less than $ 10,000 a day."
In 1997, the beautiful Linda Evangelista received a special award for her achievements at the VH1 Fashion and Music Awards. In addition, on the MTV charts, she was ranked second on the list of the best models of the 1990s.
The desire to become famous and rich came true, but the medal also had a downside, at the peak of her career, the supermodel began to have problems with drugs. At the same time, Evangelista began to burn out professionally, she became disillusioned with her work. After her colleague died of an overdose in Milan, Linda decided to end her addiction. In 1998, she decided to end her modeling career and start living a regular life. For three years, Evangelista did not appear on the catwalks and in pictures in glossy magazines, but in 2001, at the age of 36, she returned to business.
Personal life
The first marriage was with the head of the Elite agency in France, Gerald Marie. The couple legalized their relationship in 1987, but the family lasted only 6 years. After moving to the United States, Linda Evangelista had an affair with actor Kyle McLaughlan. The young people announced their engagement and lived together for several years, but the wedding never took place.
Linda Evangelista's next marriage to France's goalkeeper Fabian Barthez. It was during this period that the supermodel announced the end of her career, as Linda was pregnant and decided to start a family. But the child was not destined to be born, she had a miscarriage, and this misfortune destroyed the couple.
Now the model lives with her son Augustine James. She gave birth to a boy in 2006 at the age of 41. The father is François Henri-Pinault, but the couple do not live together.
