Linda Evangelista is a Canadian fashion model. Linda Evangelista was one of the most famous supermodels in the 90s.
She has been featured on more than 700 magazine covers and was the longtime muse of photographer Steven Meisel.
Evangelista’s modelling career began in 1984 when she signed with Elite Model Management after having moved from her native Canada to New York City.
Upon the suggestion of photographer Peter Lindbergh, Evangelista had her hair cut short in 1988.
The haircut, nicknamed “The Linda”, not only sparked many copies worldwide, but it also benefited Evangelista’s career and helped usher in the era of the supermodel.
Described as the “chameleon” of the fashion industry, and as a key figure among the five supermodels (Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer and Cindy Crawford).
Evangelista was one of the most famous women in the world during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s.
Unlike her colleagues, Evangelista chose not to diversify into other ventures outside of modelling.
She retired from her career in 1998 and made a comeback three years later, this time working only sporadically.
Her achievements as a model led to her being voted as “The Greatest Supermodel of All Time” by the viewers of the television show Fashion File in 2008.
Linda Evangelista Biography
Linda Evangelista was born on May 10, 1965, in St. Catharines, to a working-class Catholic family.
She is the second of three children of Marisa and Tomaso “Tom” Evangelista (1940–2014), who were Italian emigrants from Pignataro Interamna.
Her father, who immigrated to Canada in 1957, worked for General Motors, and her mother was a bookkeeper.
Evangelista has an older brother, Jim, and a younger brother, Danny. She attended a self-improvement course in a modelling school at the age of 12, where she was taught things such as poise and etiquette, and she was advised to attend a modelling course. She attended Denis Morris Catholic High School.
As a teenager, Evangelista started modelling locally in her hometown., she took part in the Miss Teen Niagara beauty pageant.
While she did not win the pageant, she caught the eye of a representative from Elite Model Management.
At the age of 16, she flew to Japan to model there, but an unpleasant experience involving nudity during an assignment made her want to stop modelling altogether.
She returned to Canada, and two years went by before she decided to try her hand at modelling again.
Linda Evangelista Husband
Linda Evangelista was married to Gérald Marie, who was the head of Elite Model Management’s Paris office.
The former couple wed back in 1987, when she was 22-years-old.
But the marriage only lasted six years and they were divorced by 1993
Linda Evangelista Children
The former couple did not have children together.
Linda gave birth to her only child, son Augustin James, in October 2006.
At first she wouldn’t name the father of her child, but it was later revealed to be billionaire Frenchman François-Henri Pinault.
The pair had dated briefly for four months in late 2005 and early 2006.
He is now married to actress Salma Hayek.
Linda Evangelista Parents
Her father, Tomaso Evangelista, worked for General Motors Corporation while her mother, Marisa, was a bookkeeper.
Linda Evangelista Siblings
Born second of her parents three children, she has two brothers called James and Dan.
Linda Evangelista Family
Spouse/Ex-: Gérald Marie (m. 1987–1993)
Linda Evangelista Father: Tomaso Evangelista
Linda Evangelista Mother: Marisa Evangelista
Siblings: James Evangelista and Dan Evangelista
children: Augustin James Evangelista
Linda Evangelista Net Worth
Linda Evangelista is an extremely successful Canadian supermodel who has a net worth of $40 million.
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