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LINDA EVANGELISTA

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Linda Evangelista was born on May 10, 1965 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Her mother enrolled her in modeling school when she was 12 years old because of her striking resemblance to Joan Severance.
Arthur Elgort first photographed her because of her resemblance to Joan Severance whom he referred to as his “muse.”.She is one of the most popular and influential models of all time, and has been featured on over 700 magazine covers. Evangelista is mostly known for being the longtime muse of photographer Steven Meisel.
She is credited with helping to spark the supermodel craze of the late 80’s and 90’s. She is often called “the chameleon” for her frequently changing hairstyle and ability to transform in front of the camera.
Also she is an actress, known for Mademoiselle C (2013), Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (1999) and Catwalk (1995).
Recieved a special lifetime achievement award at the 1997 VH1 Fashion and Music Awards.
Was ranked #2 (after Cindy Crawford) on MTV’s House of Style (1989) list of the top models of the 1990’s.
Entered the ‘Miss Teen Niagra’ beauty contest at the age of 12 and lost.
Named by people magazine as one of the “50 Most Beautiful People In the World” (1990).
Received a star on the Canadian Walk of Fame in Toronto in June of 2003
One of the five supermodels. The others are Claudia Schiffer, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, and Naomi Campbell.
Was ranked #8 in Channel 5’s “World’s greatest supermodel”.
At the age of 41, she gave birth to her first child. Her son, Augustin James Evangelista was born on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 in New York City. The father was not revealed until 2011 when she filed court papers for child support against her sons biological father, François-Henri Pinault.
Enjoys cooking, yoga, hiking, skiing, and pilates.She has 4 dogs.
CBC/Fashion File honored Linda with its viewers choice award for Greatest Supermodel of All Time in March, 2008.
In 2005, was recipient of the World Style Award by the Women’s World Awards in Leipzig, Germany.
In 2013 was named the exclusive face of the new fragrance Loewe Aura.

Her Personal Quotes : — It was God who made me so beautiful. If I weren’t, then I’d be a teacher.– “We don’t wake up for less than $10,000 a day.” (Spoken in Vogue in 1990 to Jonathan Van Meter, talking about money and how she and a few other models were calling the shots and changing the game.)– I don’t diet. I just don’t eat as much as I’d like to.– People think modeling’s mindless, that you just stand there and pose, but it doesn’t have to be that way. I like to have a lot of input. I know how to wear a dress, whether it should be shot with me standing or sitting.[In 2005, retracting her statement about not getting out of bed for less than $10,000 a day.]– I can’t stand the way this follows me around. I said it a long time ago, and I hope today I am a different person. Now I get out of bed for a much better reason. I’m part of a team that raises millions of dollars and raises awareness of HIV and AIDS all over the world.

 

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