Linda Evangelista

Linda Evangelista ( born May 10, 1965 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a Canadian model.

Career

Evangelista comes from an Italian family and has been a strict Catholic upbringing. It was discovered in 1978 at the Miss Teen Niagara Contest by a model scout. She then moved to New York City where she worked for the Elite modeling agency. There, she made her big break; then she moved to Paris and was at home on all the major catwalks of the world. In 1996 she won the VH1 Fashion Awards Lifetime Achievement Award.

Evangelista is known for her versatility and her ever changing hair colors and cuts, which is why it has been nicknamed " chameleon ". Outside the catwalks she has become known for an appearance in the music video Freedom by George Michael.

Since 2008, Evangelista made ​​advertising for L' Oreal and was in autumn / winter 2008/2009 the face of the Prada campaign.

Private life

From 1987 to 1993 Evangelista was married to Gerald Marie from the Elite agency. In 1999, she suffered a miscarriage during the relationship with France's former soccer goalkeeper Fabien Barthez in the 5th month of pregnancy. October 11, 2006 Evangelista brought to a boy; Father is Francois-Henri Pinault, who is now married to Salma Hayek.

Quote

Evangelista's most famous quote is "We do not wake up for less than $ 10,000 a day" ( " For less than $ 10,000 a day we are not even on " ), which was published in 1990 in an interview with Vogue magazine.

Awards

  • 2005: Women's World Award - World Fashion Icon Award
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