Linda Evangelista is a successful Canadian supermodel. She is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential models of all time, and has been featured on over 700 magazine covers.
Evangelista is primarily known for being the longtime “muse” of photographer Steven Meisel, as well as for the phrase: “We don’t wake up for less than $10,000 a day.”
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).
Linda 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.
Who is Linda Evangelista ?
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.
Linda 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, Linda 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 net worth
Linda Evangelista is an extremely successful Canadian supermodel who has a net worth of $40 million.
Earnings
During the 1990s, Linda Evangelista was one of the highest-paid and most-popular super models on the planet.
In the 1980s Linda famously proclaimed that she would not get out of bed for less than $10,000 for the day.
In the 1990s she earned $25,000 per day. At her peak she regularly earned $5-8 million per year.
In 1994 Linda Evangelista signed a multi-year deal with Clairol that paid $5 million per year. In 1996 she landed a $7.75 million contract with Yardley of London.
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