Linda Evangelista

Model chameleon - so called Linda Evangelista for the surprisingly plastic and changeable image. The magazine "Peeple" included the beauty in the top 50 most beautiful people on the planet.

The supermodel, who was joined by world-renowned catwalk hosts Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford and Christy Turlington, was born in May 1965 in Ontario. Linda grew up in the Canadian town of St. Catharines, known for its proximity to Niagara Falls.

In the veins of the beauty flows Italian blood. The parents were immigrants. The men - Linda's father and older brothers - worked at the car factory. The family had Catholic traditions. The only girl, the youngest child, parents adored and pampered. Linda did not want to study, teachers complained about the teenager constantly. But one day the girl told an angry mother, who came from another unpleasant meeting with teachers, that she does not care, will be expelled from school or left to study. After all, Linda will soon be either a cook, or a nun, or a model.

Probably Linda's last mom liked it the most. The woman persistently drove a clumsy and tall daughter, whose shoe size reached 42 sizes, according to castings. There with no less insistently rejected the girl, saying that Linda does not meet the model parameters. But the parent managed to finally conclude a number of contracts with local department stores, and the girl starred for them in advertising catalogs. Thus began the model biography of Linda Evangelista.

It's hard to believe, but the first beauty contest in Linda Evangelista's life, Miss Niagara, was a failure. The girl was excluded from the list of contenders in the middle of the competition. However, the future supermodel was confident that her time would surely come. And I was right. Linda Evangelista's first contract with the modeling agency was taken out of her way. Or rather, one of the scouts of the model agency "Elite" was taken from the sea.

There is a half-legend that the night after the unsuccessful contest Linda broke into the number of scout and threatened that if he did not make a model of it, call the police and announce that the man raped her. Scout laughed and ordered the girl to undress. Now I was surprised by the future model. But the agent didn't have any dirty thoughts. The agent made Linda walk around the room, turn her head, bend over. The morning the haggard Evangelista came out of the room with a draft of the contract.

The way to the tops of the model Olympus was really difficult. The girl was full. At 176 centimetres tall, Linda's figure had "non-model" parameters - waist volume reached 64 cm, and the weight of the girl was approaching the mark of 60 kg. The only thing that could boast of a beauty with a cat's eye cut - is long thick hair.

The Italian advertised hair conditioners. But once the rivals cut off the sleeping Linda luxurious braid. Thus the girl was punished for her prickly character. Fashion hairdresser "Elite" took pity on the crying Linda and made the girl an extreme-short haircut, painting her hair in an incredible color.

The appearance of the model was initially negatively perceived by the couturier, and the girl was refused an invitation to a fashion show in Milan. But the audience enthusiastically embraced Linda's new hairstyle, and soon the haircut "like the Evangelists" began to order in fashion salons. Only then did others notice the incredible benefits of Evangelical appearance. Career has rapidly gone up.

Couturier, given the experience of The Amazing Transformation of Linda, boldly experimented with the appearance of the model. Evangelista went different haircuts, almost all hair colors and styles. In one year, the model could change her hair color 17 times.

From New York, Evangelista moved to Paris. At first, the girl was filmed everywhere they were invited. I took every job. Three years later, Linda was finally lucky. Evangelista starred for the popular edition of Vogue. After a successful photo shoot, Linda was immediately offered to become a model of the publication. Soon the image of the beauty with greenish "cat" eyes appeared on the pages and covers of "Elle," "Marie Claire" and "Harper's Bazaar".

Linda Evangelista's modelling biography has been new pages: the girl was invited to the advertising companies of the fashion house Chanel, Dolce Gabbana, Dior, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein. Among the brands Linda Evangelista worked with were Alberta Ferretti, Anne Klein, Barneys, Chloe, Donna Karan, Gianni Versace, Hermes, Jil Sander, Valentino.

The girl entered into a long-term contract with Kenar and cooperated with the financial company American Express. The model nicknamed "Chameleon" was super in demand. The fan of the Evangelists was the couturier Karl Lagerfeld, who called Linda "the Stradivarius violin in the hands of the master" as well as the most professional model.

In the early 1990s, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell were among the top three most sought-after models in the fashion industry. The girls formed a group called Trinity. The fees of the beauty reached sky-high heights. The evangeliste has the phrase "I will not get out of bed for less than 10,000 dollars a day." Later, after many years, Linda had to make excuses for these arrogant words. In adulthood, Evangelista worked extensively in charity, raising millions of dollars with her own team to fight AIDS and HIV.

After several years of hiatus in the modeling career, which was the result of one novel Evangelista, the girl returned to the catwalk in 2001. And again a triumph.

Linda has a star "twin" - actress Milla Jovovich, whose film career in the second half of the 90s was experiencing a heyday. The girl played in the films of Luc Besson "The Fifth Element" and "Jeanne d'Arc" the main roles. In addition to working in the film, the actress also starred in commercials. Since 1998, Milla became the face of the cosmetics company "Loreal", later, in 2007 - Linda Evangelista also signed a contract with an international cosmetics giant and received the title "Beauty Messenger".

Like her modeling career, Linda Evangelista's personal life has not always gone smoothly. The model first married the director of the Paris agency "Elite" Gerald Marie. But the husband wanted a child, which at that moment - a time of career peak - the model could not afford. It was too difficult to climb the fashionable Olympus, in an instant to give up everything for the sake of simple family happiness. The marriage cracked and collapsed.

Then there was an affair with George Michael. But just before the crowning crisis broke out. The singer confessed to non-traditional sexual orientation. In the early 90's, the world tabloids notified the public about the novel by Linda Evangelista and Cooper's star agent - actor Kyle McLachlan. Young people met at a promotional photo shoot. The romance lasted 6 years, but after announcing the engagement the bride ran away to another.

The new lover of the model was the French footballer Fabien Barthez. For the sake of the goalkeeper Linda was ready for anything: to abdicate from the world of fashion, to the appearance of a child who "spoils" the figure and appearance. But the marriage with Fabien Barthez never happened. At 6 months pregnant, Linda lost her baby. For a while the couple still lived together, but in 2002 the feelings dried up completely.

Short, from 2006 to 2007, the romance with the famous billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault ended immediately after Linda Evangelista's statement about pregnancy. Pinot disappeared, swapping the model for Salma Hayek. Almost simultaneously, Linda and Salma had children. Evangelista gave birth to a son. In 2012, the model disclosed that the father of the child is Pinot, and sued the billionaire a decent amount of money and alimony.

The former supermodel's recent romances are known to be dating billionaire Peter Morton. But that relationship never ended in marriage.

Beginning in 2014, photos of Linda Evangelista began to appear online, which shocked fans. The pictures showed that the model was very fat. The weight gain was provoked by Linda's unhealthy thyroid. The model herself is not shy about her own appearance and often takes a selfie without makeup for a personal page in Instagram.

In 2016, Evangelista returned to form and began appearing on the pages of glossy magazines and advertising for beauty products. In August 2017, Linda Evangelista posed for the anniversary issue of Vogue, which is dedicated to the magazine's 125th anniversary.

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Linda Evangelista Net Worth 2021

Linda Evangelista 's revenue is $1.1M in 2021. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Linda Evangelista and could vary in the range between $551.9K - $1.3M.

Linda Evangelista Net Worth 2020

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Linda Evangelista Net Worth 2019

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Linda Evangelista Net Worth 2018

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Linda Evangelista Net Worth 2017

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Linda Evangelista Net Worth 2016

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Linda Evangelista Net Worth 2015

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