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Linda Evangelista Profile |
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Birth Date: May 10, 1965
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Birth Place: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Birth Name: Linda Evangelista
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Height: 5'10"
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Biography |
Known as one of the five original supermodels, along with
Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington and
Naomi Campbell, this 5'9" beauty was born on May 10th, 1965,
in St. Catharine's, Ontario, Canada. Linda was raised in a
working class, traditional Italian Catholic family and knew
that she wanted to pursue a modeling career by the age of
12.
Linda's big break came when she participated the 1988 Miss
Teen Niagara Contest at age 15, when a modeling scout
discovered her. Although she didn't win, entering the
contest was what ultimately led to Linda's successful
modeling career.
Although discovered by a modeling scout, Linda's rise to the
top of supermodel stardom was not an easy one. Her career
began in New York, where she signed with the Elite Model
Agency. Before finally getting a job booking with high
profile fashion magazine Vogue, Linda moved to Paris to try
to develop her career.
The three-year wait that Evangelista had to endure before
getting the job at Vogue was worth it, since the string of
jobs that came later made up for lost time. Linda's
beautiful facial structure and striking blue-green eyes have
appeared on practically every fashion magazine cover on an
international scale.
Not only has she graced a slew of magazine covers around the
world, but Linda has also appeared in advertising campaigns
for the following companies: Alberta Ferretti, American
Express, Anne Klein, Barney's, Bloomingdale's, Calvin Klein,
Chanel, Chloé, Dolce & Gabbana, Donna Karan, Gianni Versace,
Hermes, Perry Ellis, Ralph Lauren, Jill Sander Valentino,
Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior makeup, and Jones New
York. She also signed a long-term contract with Kenar.
Although she has been seen in practically every hair color
possible (she has dyed her hair 17 times in four years),
Linda's natural hair color is brown. Not only has she gone
from every shade of hair possible in the blonde, red and
brown categories, she is also known for her boyish haircut.
Like fellow supermodel Helena Christensen, who appeared in a
wicked music video for Chris Isaac, Linda has been in two
George Michael videos: "Freedom 90", featuring the other top
supermodels, as well as the video for "Too Funky". Following
with the video trend, Linda has also appeared in Unzipped,
by Isaac Mizrahi, and Catwalk, a documentary produced by
Christy Turlington.
On the topic of fellow supermodels, Linda formed The
Trinity, with Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell,
completing the trio. These three were the elite supermodels
that dominated the fashion industry in the early 90's.
When not on the catwalk, Linda uses her fame to help in
causes that she believes in, most notably raising awareness
for breast cancer research. Both her grandmother and a
family friend suffered from the disease, and Linda joined
Bryan Adams in hosting a charity fundraiser in aid of breast
cancer research.
As for her love life, Linda has been romantically involved
with Andre Rau, and was formerly engaged to Twin Peaks actor
Kyle MacLachlan. She was previously married to Gerald Marie,
the former head of Elite Paris. Named one of People
magazine's 50 most Beautiful People in the World, Linda was
honored with the VH1's Fashion Awards' Lifetime Achievement
Award in 1996.
Little known facts: Linda plays poker with fellow models
Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss, and she plays the accordion
(she once showed off her accordion talents on The Tonight
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Other
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Has four dogs Coco, Willow Flower, Enzo, and Willy.
Recieved a special lifetime achievement award at the 1997
VH1 Fashion and Music Awards.
Was ranked #2 (after Cindy Crawford) on MTV's "House of
Style" (1989) list of the top models of the 1990's.
Cousin of Vanessa Evangelista, who also models.
Entered the 'Miss Teen Niagra' beauty contest at the age of
12 and lost.
Named by people magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful
People In the World" (1990).
Met actor Kyle MacLachlan on the set of an ad for Barney's
New York in 1992 and they began dating that year and became
engaged in 1994, but seperated in early 1998.
Has changed her hair color a minimum of twelve times.
Her father, brother, and uncle all work for General Motors.
Is of Italian decent.
Plays the accordion.
Measurements: 34B-24-34 1/2 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth
magazine)
Received a star on the Canadian Walk of Fame in Toronto in
June of 2003
In Portuguese and Spanish, her name means "beautiful",
"pretty".
One of the five supermodels. The others are Claudia
Schiffer, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, and Naomi
Campbell.
In Portuguese, Spanish and Italian her surname means "gospel
singer"; "gospel writer".
Was ranked #8 in Channel 5's "World's greatest supermodel".
Confirmed she is expecting and is due in autumn 2006. Her
first pregnancy, in 1999, was stillborn. |
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