Linda Evangelista: “I want to look not young, but good. These are completely different things
Linda Evangelista (English) Linda Evangelista; genus. May 10, 1965, San Catarina, Ontario, Canada) – Canadian-born supermodel. On models.com she is on the list of The Supers, the highest category of the resource.
During her career she concluded great amount contracts with various cosmetic companies, among which the most significant is probably the contract with L’Oréal, and photographs of the fickle beauty have graced more than 600 covers of glossy magazines.
In the fashion world, her name has become a legend. Linda is gifted with an extraordinary ability to control her body, which allows her to create more and more new images for everyone. She is full of inexpressible charm and charm, which continues to make her in demand, despite her no longer a model age.
Biography and career
Linda Evangelista was born on May 10, 1965 in San Catarina, Ontario, into an ordinary working-class family (both her brothers and her father worked at an automobile plant). The future parents emigrated to Canada from Italy and raised their children in strict Catholic traditions, and daily gatherings at a common table for meals were considered mandatory. Thanks to this, their family has remained close-knit to this day. Even now, when Linda is far away, she communicates with family and friends every day using a webcam.
Linda knew she wanted to be a model from the age of 12. She had already gained some fame by posing for local department store catalogs. However, a fateful incident occurred in 1980 when she competed in the Miss Teen Niagara beauty pageant. Even though Linda didn't win the competition, an Elite representative took notice of her and gave her his business card. But the girl’s mother felt that Linda was not yet ready to start modeling career, and only after her daughter graduated from school did she allow her to dial the agency’s number.
The girl boldly went to New York and signed a contract with Elite, and after a while she left for Paris. However, her career in Europe was not as successful as she would have liked. Worthwhile work were not offered, and Linda was forced to take on any one. Until 1987, she posed for catalogs. However, the young beauty did not give up. She continued to work on herself and her appearance and did not sit idly by. Evangelista went to famous photographers and invited them to look at her, hoping that they would want to work with her.
Thanks to her tenacity and perseverance, the girl finally received consent from Peter Lindbergh, who was especially popular in fashion circles, and soon starred for one of the most popular fashion publications. After this, the demand for the beauty with gray-green eyes began to grow with amazing speed.
The almost wasted three years of her life paid off with interest. In addition to the fact that her photographs appeared on the covers of glossy magazines around the world, Linda began to be invited to fashion shows such famous ones as Alberta Ferretti, American Express, Anne Klein, Barney’s, Bloomingdale’s, Donna Karan, Gianni Versace, Perry Ellis, Jil Sander, and . She signed a long-term contract with Kenar.
However, despite the fact that Linda's dream finally came true, she faced severe trials associated with reverse side modeling business. Namely, with drugs, which made her disillusioned with her profession for some time. The girl first encountered them in Japan, and a little later in Milan one of her colleagues died of a cocaine overdose. This incident shocked Evangelista so much that she vowed to herself never to touch drugs in her life.
At the end of 1988, the legendary photographer Peter Lindbergh and the equally famous Julien D'Ys suggested that Linda cut her hair very short, so that the resulting haircut would look like a boy's. New look The evangelists shocked many; she was even denied entry to Milan, since her haircut did not match the slender rows of traditionally bushy-maned girls. However, such negative perceptions quickly disappeared, and the fashion world began to enthusiastically discuss Linda's trick. Soon, fashionistas all over the world began to style their hair “like Evangelista’s.”
This event was the first in a further series of experiments by the model with her appearance. She dyed her hair 17 times in four years. Evangelista is a brunette by nature, but she tried all possible shades on herself, thanks to which in the fashion world she was nicknamed “Chameleon”. It must be said that it was not for nothing that she earned herself this nickname, but this applies not only to her ability to change the length and color of her hair: Evangelista has the magical gift of changing in front of the camera. The presenter of the Chanel company (Karl Lagerfeld) once said about her:
“She's like a tool. Like a Stradivarius violin. You can play it like you can't play any other instrument. She is like a taut bowstring and at the same time relaxed. She is tough and at the same time very touching, and this is the secret of her success.”
Linda’s career flourished during the so-called “era of supermodels,” which captured the time period between the late 80s and mid-90s of the 20th century. Linda's and Christie's names were known to the whole world. They were so popular that they didn't even need last names. Three of them, namely Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell ( Naomi Campbell) and (Christy Turlington), formed a special group "Trinity", earning the most money and receiving the most lucrative contracts.
Linda Evangelista belongs to famous phrase, which is usually translated as “I don't get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day,” although it was originally said a little differently: “We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day.” wake up for less than $10,000 a day"). The phrase was said in 1990 to reporter Jonathan van Meter in an interview for Vogue magazine, in a conversation about how she and some other models were trying to impose their own rules of the game during photo shoots.
During her career, Linda Evangelista has walked the runway for all the most famous fashion houses and has taken part in countless advertising campaigns. Probably the model’s biggest fan, Karl Lagerfeld, explained her success this way:
“There is no other model in the world who is as professional as her... She is the best.”
Despite the fact that from the outside it may seem that everything was too easy for Evangelista, this is not so. Linda suffers from panic attacks. One of her most common fears is the fear of flying in airplanes, another is the fear of people and social communication. When she walks down the runway, she works and pays no attention to those who are looking at her, but as soon as she steps backstage and finds herself in a room full of stylists, photographers, journalists and models, a wave of fear washes over her. This feature of the top model’s behavior was displayed in documentary film(Isaac Mizrahi) “Unzipped.” Linda's favorite type of work is posing in front of the camera, since only here she can not be afraid of the crowd of people working around her.
Increasing panic attacks forced Linda to abandon her troubled modeling career. In 1998, she fulfills her long-cherished dream of living a normal, everyday life with an unfamiliar sense of daily routine. For three whole years, Evangelista leaves podiums and cameras, and only re-released photographs where she is next to her lover, the French football player Fabian Barthez, occasionally grace various tabloids. Perhaps another reason why Evangelista left the fashion world for such long term, her failed pregnancy appeared (Linda lost the child when she was in her sixth month).
Having never been able to overcome my passion for modeling business, she returns to business in September 2001 at a completely indecent age for a model - 36 years old - appearing on the cover of American Vogue. Now she's back for good. Even another pregnancy in 2006 could not cool her ardor. As the model herself stated, there will be no “return” after the birth of the child, because she does not plan to leave. In August 2006, already heavily pregnant, she posed for the next issue of Vogue. However, Linda makes the prudent decision to cut back on her workload by making a list of the projects she really wants to do.
On October 11, 2006, her long-time dream came true - Linda gave birth to a son and named him Augustin James Evangelista. For a long time the model refused to give a name biological father his child, however, in July 2011 The New The York Post reported that Augustine's mysterious father is French billionaire and Salma Hayek's part-time husband, François-Henri Pinault. These data were confirmed in August 2011, when Evangelista appealed to the Manhattan Court of Justice family matters, demanding that Pino pay monthly alimony of $46,000 to support his son.
Evangelista, like many other models, is widely involved in charity work. Most She spends her time and money fighting AIDS. Linda is very concerned about this problem, since it was from this disease that her first agent died.
Linda Evangelista interview with W magazine by Haven Thompson (October 14, 2009)
H.T.: What was it like working with Maurizio Cattelan?
L.E.: It was damn fun. I have to say that this is absolutely new experience for me. He is like a boy - funny, determined and cheerful.
H.T.:He described you as an actress with an endless range of expression.
L.E.: Wow, did he really say that? I don't even know, I really wanted to be like that. I never got an answer from him about what exactly he wants to do. It was his own art. You can interpret it however you like.
H.T.: How about a photo where you seem to be walking through a wall?
L.E.: Perhaps it means the goal I am striving for. It contains many messages.
H.T.: Photos of chickens also raise many questions.
L.E.: Well, I grew up in Canada, in an area where everyone had chickens. That is, it was a residential area, we didn’t have to start a household, but we did it. Besides, when I went to Italy, my parents' homeland, there were chickens there too. So you could say I know a lot about chickens.
H.T.: But you probably never imagined you'd be photographed with them, did you?
L.E.: Yeah, we had to run around them. I was told that we had to work quickly because in the evening the chickens would simply fall asleep. You know, there are moments in life when you think, “How did I get to this point?” It was just such a moment.
Linda Evangelista
Linda Evangelista. She was born on May 10, 1965 in St. Catharines (Ontario, Canada). Canadian top model of Italian origin, one of the supermodels of the 1990s.
Parents are workers, Italian emigrants.
The family was poor. The father worked at a car factory, and the mother was raising her daughter.
As a child, I was sure that I would become a fashion model. She was supported by her mother, who considered her daughter the most beautiful and was confident that Linda’s future was definitely connected either with television or with the modeling business.
Linda recalled: “As a child, like all girls, I loved leafing through fashion magazines, looking at pictures and imagining myself in the place of models. When my mother left, I put on her outfits and could spin endlessly in front of the mirror. That’s when I realized that a career as a fashion model was my most cherished dream! Become an artist or actress? I never even had such thoughts. Since childhood, I dreamed of becoming a model, wearing beautiful dresses and be in the lens of photographers. Now I understand that it was absolutely right choice, because the best thing about my job is being involved in the creative process and communicating with amazingly talented people.”
From an early age, her mother took Linda to various castings, and also sent photos to various auditions.
Young Linda had already given up hope for a successful modeling career, because at every casting she heard that her cheeks and feet were too big. The most work the girl received was posing for catalogs of small department stores.
But at the age of 15 she became the winner of the local Miss Niagara beauty contest and received an offer to try her hand at a New York agency "Elite".
This was a real revolution in her destiny.
It is in New York that the career of the young model begins. Her first orders were photographs for famous magazines:
Harper's Bazaar
Vogue UK
L'officiel de la mode et de la couture
Donna Italia
Marie Claire.
After several months in New York, the girl goes to Paris, but her expectations were not justified. In the city high fashion Linda received only small part-time jobs, most often these were photographs for various catalogs.
The model was often called names because of her figure: at that time with a height of 178 cm, she had a waist of 64 cm in girth, and such volumes are not acceptable for the modeling business.
Linda's only real pride at that time was her thick and long hair. When she was practically cast in a hair product commercial, her rival, without thinking twice, cut off her gorgeous hair.
By the way, during her modeling career the girl Changed my hair color 17 times, for which she was nicknamed "chameleon".
She conquered the catwalks of the most prestigious fashion houses.
In 1990 I came to list "50 most beautiful girls".
Linda took on any job and worked hard at each one. full force, that’s why both brands and fashion publications liked to collaborate with her.
Behind incredible ability to reincarnation and permanent shift Her hairstyle and hair color were nicknamed “chameleon”. She participated in many advertising campaigns, the most unforgettable of which were the “Opium” ads from Yves Saint Laurent and “Fidji” by Guy Laroche. Then there was collaboration with Calvin Klein, Chanel, Chloé, Versace, Ralph Lauren.
In 1996, Linda signed an exclusive contract with the cosmetics company Yardley and starred in two George Michael videos: “Freedom” and “Too Funky.”
Linda Evangelista clip Too Funky
She became the first model who was offered super fees just for the sake of attending a fashion event. She owns it catchphrase, subsequently replicated by all publications: “For less than ten thousand dollars, I won’t even get out of bed.”.
Linda Evangelista on the catwalk
In 2013, she starred in the biography film Mademoiselle Si, directed by Fabien Constant, which tells the story of one of the most influential figures fashion world - former editor-in-chief of Parisian Vogue magazine Carine Roitfeld. Besides her, the film stars Carine Roitfeld, Anna Wintour, Marion Cotillard, James Franco, Kirsten Dunst, Liv Tyler, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Heidi Klum, Beyoncé Knowles.
Linda Evangelista's drug problems:
During her modeling career, the girl had problems with drugs, because this area is not as simple as it might seem, and drugs turned out to be the only way to relax during a break between filming.
The only thing that could stop the girl from using it was the death of her colleague due to an overdose. Then Linda swore to herself that she would never take illegal drugs again.
Linda Evangelista's height: 176 centimeters.
Linda Evangelista parameters: chest volume - 92 cm, waist volume - 64 cm, hip volume - 89 cm.
Personal life of Linda Evangelista:
In 1987, she married the director of the European branch of Elite, Gerald Marie, whom she divorced in 1993.
They had great love, however, after 6 years of marriage, the couple separated. This happened because Marie wanted full-fledged family with children, and Linda at that time was not ready for such a serious step.
Linda Evangelista and Gerald Marie
The model left Jareld for Hollywood star Kyle MacLachlan. Almost everyone glossy magazine printed on its pages joint photos this beautiful couple. However, this relationship also exhausted itself after 6 years.
Linda Evangelista and Kyle MacLachlan
While filming George Michael's videos, Linda began an affair with the famous singer.
The couple even thought about getting married, but unexpectedly George publicly admitted his gay. This was a big blow for Linda.
Evangelista had romantic relationship with the famous French goalkeeper Fabien Barthez, but this relationship did not end with marriage. In 2002, they broke up, although Linda even temporarily stopped her modeling career for the sake of her beloved.
Linda Evangelista and Fabien Barthez
From September 2006 to January 2007, she met with billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault, son of Francois Pinault, owner of a fashion empire that includes brands Yves Saint Laurent, Gucci and others. Pino broke up with Evangelista as soon as he found out about her pregnancy, and later became her husband.
Linda Evangelista and Francois-Henri Pinault
Started in 2012 trial about paying child support to their son, born in 2007.
According to the court's decision, Francois must pay a monthly amount of 46 thousand dollars. This amount was called the largest alimony in history.
Filmography of Linda Evangelista:
2013 - Mademoiselle C - cameo
Linda Evangelista is a Canadian supermodel whose colossal successes cannot be surpassed even by best model modernity. This woman was considered both chic and crazy, and her crazy actions always made the front pages of the newspapers.
Linda captivated all customers and fans with her extraordinary appearance, and also became the first model to receive fabulous bonuses for her presence at fashion events.
Childhood and early years
The future celebrity was born on May 10, 1965 in the modest city of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. As a child, Linda couldn't boast great fortune their parents, because family values were in the foreground.
Linda Evangelista childhood photo
Her dad worked at a car factory, and her mother was constantly raising her daughter.
As a child, the girl did not yet know what she wanted to become in the future, but everything was already clear to her mother.
She always considered her daughter the most beautiful and was sure that Linda’s future was definitely connected either with television or with the modeling business.
From an early age, her mother took the girl to various castings, and also sent photos to various auditions, but, unfortunately, luck did not smile on her anywhere.
Young Linda herself began to hope for a successful modeling career, but at every casting she heard the same thing. The fact is that back then the girl was no different beautiful appearance, but on the contrary, she had too large cheeks and feet, which is why no one saw her as a model.
The most work the girl received was posing for catalogs of small department stores.
A real revolution in her life happened thanks to her participation in the Miss Niagara Teen beauty pageant in 1980. Although Linda Evangelista did not win it, she was remembered by representatives of the New York agency and received a business card from them.
The girl dreamed of calling the representatives back immediately, but her mother, considering this a serious step, forbade her to do this until she had completed her secondary education. Therefore, immediately after graduating from school, Linda, without hesitation, set off to conquer New York and signed her first contract with the Elite agency.
Beginning of a modeling career
It is in New York that the career of the young model begins. Her first orders were photographs for famous magazines, namely:
- Harper's Bazaar;
- Vogue UK;
- L'officiel de la mode et de la couture;
- Donna Italia;
- Marie Claire.
Not bad at all, as for a beginner who is not exactly a pretty girl. Linda Evangelista has always improved both externally and professionally, so the initial a small amount of Every day the work grew into truly busy filming days.
After several months in New York, the girl goes to the capital of France - Paris, but the expectations were not justified. In the city of high fashion, Linda received only small part-time jobs, most often these were photographs for various catalogs.
The model was often called names because of her figure; at that time, with a height of 176 cm, she had a waist of 64 cm in girth, and, as you know, such volumes are not acceptable for the modeling business.
However, after a while Linda had to thank her competitor for such a rash act, which ultimately brought the model to the very top of the modeling business.
The best hairdresser of those times took pity on the upset girl and made her a very fashionable hairstyle and changed his hair color, which radically affected the model’s image. After that she began to be noticed fashion houses, and eminent publications urgently wanted to post a photo of the rising model.
Linda Evangelista herself was delighted with the new image, but now, no longer afraid, she agreed to any experiments. During her modeling career, the girl changed her hair color 17 times, for which she was actually nicknamed the “chameleon.”
She conquered the catwalks of the most prestigious fashion houses, including Versace, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana and many others, and was also the face of the Clairol brand, and in 1990 she was included in the list of “50 most beautiful girls”.
Linda tries to take on any job and works at every job to the fullest, which is why both brands and fashion publications like to collaborate with her.
At that time, the model managed to appear in a couple of George Michael’s videos, after which they began an affair.
The couple was thinking about getting married, but the day before, the young man publicly admitted to being gay. This was a big blow to Linda, who was in love, and to heal the wounds from broken heart, the girl completely immerses herself in work: she takes even more fashion photos for magazines and takes on large quantity impressions
Options:
- Height – 178 cm;
- Weight – 59 kg;
- Figure parameters – 88-62-88 cm.
Drug problems
During her modeling career, the girl had problems with drugs, because this area is not as simple as it might seem, and drugs turned out to be the only way to relax during a break between filming.
The only thing that could stop the girl from using it was the death of her colleague due to an overdose. Then Linda swore to herself that she would never take illegal drugs again.
Personal life
1 First serious relationship The model had a relationship in 1987 with Gerald Marie, director of the Parisian agency Elite.
It was in him that Linda found her “guardian angel.” They had a strong love, but after 6 years of marriage, the couple separated.
2 The model left Jareld for Hollywood star Kyle MacLachlan, who doted on her. Each magazine published joint photos of this beautiful couple on its pages. Surprisingly, this relationship also exhausted itself after almost 6 years.
3 However following relationships They turned the girl's whole life upside down. This time her chosen one was the French football player Fabien Barthez. 35-year-old Linda, for the sake of her beloved, temporarily stops her modeling career, exchanging it for home family life.
During this relationship, the girl becomes pregnant, but, unfortunately, in the end the model loses the child
Only her husband helps her get out of deep depression and return to a full life. Despite the support and mutual understanding, the couple ended their relationship in 2002.
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At the age of 12, Linda firmly decided to become a model. Her mother entered her into the Miss Niagara Teen pageant. Linda did not receive a single nomination in the competition, but she was noticed by a scout from the Elite modeling agency. For Linda, this was more important than all the victories, but her mother insisted that the girl must first finish school.
After graduation, Evangelista went to New York, where she signed her first contract with the Elite agency, then she was invited to Paris. Linda took on any job that magazines and clothing catalogs offered her. Linda, she said, was happy to do work that she would have agreed to do for free, but she was paid money for it. After three years of modeling, Linda was invited to shoot by Vogue. Her face appeared in almost all the world's glossies: Vogue, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar and Elle.
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From the very beginning of her career, Linda was very moody. More often she refused interviews, explaining that during shows she was relaxed, but behind the scenes she was immediately overcome by shyness.
Over the 4 years of her career, she changed her hair color and hairstyle 17 times. For this she was nicknamed a “chameleon,” and designers call Evangelista a universal model for her ability to transform into all sorts of images.
In the early 90s, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell and Stephanie Seymour became the most sought-after models in the fashion industry. Once upon a time, Linda recklessly said: “I won’t even get out of bed for less than 10 thousand dollars.” All fashion magazines commented on this phrase, and Linda now regrets what she said. “These words follow me everywhere. I said this a long time ago, and I hope that today I am a completely different person. Now I get out of bed for much more important reasons.”
Personal life of Linda Evangelista
In 1987, Evangelita married Gerald Marie, head of the Elite agency in France. After 6 years, their marriage broke up, and Evangelista moved to live in the USA, where she met actor Kyle MacLachlan, known for the film “Sex in big city" Kyle and Linda got engaged and lived together for several years, but they never got married.
A year later, 35-year-old Linda Evangelista announced the end of her career. She met French national team goalkeeper Fabian Barthez and decided to start a family. The model was expecting a child from Barthez, but she had a miscarriage in the sixth month. This misfortune destroyed the couple.
In 2006, 41-year-old Linda Evangelista gave birth to her son, Augustine James Evangelista. Father's name is Francois Henri-Pinault. He broke up with his lover immediately after he found out about her pregnancy. In 2012, Linda sued Francois for not paying her alimony for her son.
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