Linda Evangelista
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Linda Evangelista | |
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 Linda Evangelista, August 12, 2004. | |
| Born | May 10, 1965 St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada |
| Years active | 1984-1998,(retired) 2001-present |
| Modeling information | |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] |
| Hair color | Dark brown |
| Eye color | Blue-green |
| Agency | DNA Model Management Models 1 Agency |
Linda Evangelista (born May 10, 1965) is a Canadian model. She has been featured on over 600 magazine covers and has garnered work on numerous modeling assignments with companies, most recently with L'Oréal.
Early years
Evangelista was born to Italian parents who emigrated to Canada and was raised in a working-class, traditional Roman Catholic family in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, where she attended Denis Morris Catholic High School.[3][dead link] She knew she wanted to become a model when she was 12 years old. Evangelista began modelling when she was discovered by a talent agent at the 1978 Miss Teen Niagara beauty pageant.
Career
Evangelista later moved to New York City and signed with Elite Model Management. She then moved to Paris to further her career. She also appeared in music videos with George Michael.
Evangelista once uttered the quote, "We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day",[4] (often misquoted as: "We don't get out of bed for less than..." or "I don't get out of bed for less than...") Spoken in Vogue (1990) to Jonathan van Meter, talking about money and how she and a few other models were calling the shots and changing the game.
In the late 1980s, she cut all her hair off to brandish a little-boy-style haircut and was promptly cancelled from her runway shows that season.[5] This was the first of many dramatic hairstyle changes. Within months, she appeared on magazine covers everywhere and many women emulated the hairstyle.[6]
In 2007, she signed a multiple-year exclusive contract with the cosmetics company L'Oreal Paris. It was announced in early 2008 that she would be featured in the Prada Fall 2008 campaign seen in magazines internationally.[7]
She is signed to DNA Model Management in New York City, and Models 1 in London.
In June, 2010, the New York Post reported that Evangelista will be the new face of Talbots.[8]
Personal life
At the age of 22, Evangelista married Elite executive Gerald Marie,[9] who was many years older than her. They were married from 1987 to 1993, but only saw each other on occasion as Evangelista traveled the world as one of the top supermodels. After separating from Marie in 1993, she began a 6-year relationship with actor Kyle MacLachlan, and then divorced Marie.[10]
Throughout her career, Evangelista expressed her desire to have children. In 1999, she became pregnant by French soccer player, Fabien Barthez. At 6 months pregnant, she delivered a stillborn baby. The couple then broke up and Evangelista left modeling for several years to recuperate.[11]
On October 11, 2006, she gave birth to a boy, Augustin James, refusing to name his biological father, which sparked numerous rumors.[10] While pregnant, Evangelista appeared on the August 2006 issue of Vogue (magazine). She was the first non-actress/singer model to appear on Vogue in over a year.
Around 2007, Evangelista began dating Hard Rock Café founder Peter Morton, who was 19 years her senior. In November 2009, she was seen wearing an engagement ring, sparking rumors of an impending marriage. In October 2010, it was reported that Evangelista and Morton broke up at the end of summer 2010.
In July 2011, The New York Post reported that Evangelista's child was fathered by billionaire Frenchman François-Henri Pinault, the husband of actress Salma Hayek.[12] One month later, on August 1, Evangelista appeared in Manhattan Family Court, seeking monthly child support from Pinault for her son, Augustin.[13]
References
- ^ "Profile at DNA Models". Dnamodels.com. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
- ^ Linda Evangelista Profile in the FMD-database. Accessed 2008-06-14.
- ^ Linda Evangelista Biog[dead link]
- ^ The World's Top-Earning Models Forbes. Retrieved July 20, 2007.
- ^ "Linda Evangelista". New York Fashion. Retrieved 8/3/11.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "The Boyish Hairstyle that Catapulted Supermodel Linda Evangelista to Success…". Retrieved 8/3/11.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Models.com Database - Linda Evangelista Campaign and Editorial reference
- ^ Posted: 12:28 AM, June 7, 2010 (2010-06-07). ""Linda Evangelista the new face of Talbots"". Nypost.com. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Linda Evangelista: Biography". Vogue. Retrieved 8/3/11.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b Profile Hello magazine
- ^ Linda's Delight As She Confirms Baby News
- ^ "Salma Hayek's hubby fathered Linda Evangelista's son" 1 July 2011, New York Post
- ^ "Linda Evangelista asking for $46,000 in monthly child support". Retrieved 8/3/11.
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