Video: Supermodels of the 1990s: Why Linda Evangelista has changed beyond recognition
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
In the 1990s. they were called the “great five”: Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Christy Turlington and Linda Evangelista were the most successful, sought-after and world-famous models at that time. Linda Evangelista was called a chameleon model for her ability to transform and was included in the top 50 most beautiful people on the planet. Almost 30 years have passed since then, new stars have long been lit in the world of the modeling business, and the former supermodel is now not recognized in photographs even by fans …
Linda Evangelista was born in 1965 in Canada to a family of Italian immigrants. Probably, only her mother believed that a tall and awkward girl could become a model, who endlessly took her to various castings. On almost every one of them, they heard the same thing: Linda does not have model parameters. Despite this, they managed to secure several contracts with local department stores, and she starred for them in advertising catalogs.
At the very first beauty contest "Miss Niagara" Linda was excluded from the number of participants in the middle of the competition, but this failure did not stop her. She managed to convince the scout of the Elite modeling agency that it was necessary to sign a contract with her. He agreed, despite the fact that her parameters at that time were really far from perfect - she weighed 60 kg, and her waist was 64 cm. Her main advantage was luxurious long hair, but once she lost this trump card: according to legend, due to her difficult nature and constant conflicts, other female models decided to teach her a lesson and cut off her braid while she was sleeping. According to another version, more prosaic, she was simply offered to have a short haircut by the stylist. Be that as it may, her new image shocked many, and she was not taken to the fashion show in Milan, but soon a short haircut became her trademark, and in beauty salons the girls asked to have them a haircut, "like the Evangelists."
Her experiments with appearance did not end there. It was not for nothing that the evangelist was called a chameleon model - she knew how to transform herself beyond recognition, she could change haircuts and hair color up to 15 times a year. The only thing that remained unchanged was the amazing cat-like shape of the eyes. She soon moved to Paris and at first participated in all the shows and filming that she was offered. Three years later, Linda's photos appeared on the covers of the most popular fashion magazines: Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire and Harper's Bazaar. She was invited to participate in advertising campaigns for the famous brands Chanel, Dior, Calvin Klein and others.
Legendary couturier Karl Lagerfeld called her "a Stradivarius violin in the hands of a master" and the most professional model - she had the rare gift of instantly changing in front of cameras and performing all the tasks that were assigned to her. Her face was called a canvas on which an artist can paint anything. In the early 1990s. Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington were among the three most successful and highly paid models, their fees were fabulous. The media endlessly quoted Linda's phrase: "". Over the years, she was very ashamed of being so greedy and arrogant in her youth, and was actively involved in charity work, directing millions of dollars to the fight against AIDS.
Her successful modeling career very often became a serious obstacle to personal happiness. Her first husband was the director of the Parisian agency "Elite" Gerald Marie. This marriage collapsed due to the fact that the husband dreamed of children, and Linda was focused on her career and could not afford to pause. For the second time, the supermodel was going to marry the popular singer George Michael, but just before the wedding, a huge scandal erupted: her chosen one confessed to non-traditional sexual orientation. The next engagement did not end with a wedding either - the bride left actor Kyle McLachlen for football player Fabien Bartez. This time, Linda Evangelista was ready for a lot - both to renounce a modeling career and to have children, but this relationship did not lead to marriage. In the 6th month of pregnancy, the woman lost her baby, and the couple broke up shortly thereafter.
After a break in her modeling career associated with dramas in her personal life, Linda Evangelista again triumphantly returned to the catwalk. And after 5 years, her dreams of children also came true. True, she did not manage to build family happiness: the billionaire Franus-Henri Pinault disappeared from her life as soon as she found out about pregnancy. After the birth of her son, the model had several more novels, but none of them ended in marriage.
In 2014, the pages of many publications flew around with shocking photos of Linda Evangelista, in which the former supermodel could not be recognized even by the most devoted fans. On them, she looked very old and plump. As it turned out, she began to have health problems, and malfunctioning of the thyroid gland led to changes in her appearance. Linda did not hide this fact and herself continued to publish her photos on social networks. She was never shy of her appearance and even in adulthood is not afraid to show herself in a photo without makeup.
In the summer of 2017, she posed for the magazine's 125th anniversary issue of Vogue, but in the past few years, Linda Evangelista rarely appears at social events and no longer appears on the catwalk. In the fashion show Versace, where all her supermodels of the same age of the 1990s were invited, she refused to take part.
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