Who is Linda Evangelista? what happened to Linda Evangelista? – She models part-time for brands like Chanel, Ferragamo, Alberta Ferretti, and Yves St. Laurent. She’s currently living in England and is known for holding the record of the model with the most magazine covers. … After retiring for a few years, Evangelista eventually returned to the modeling world.
Linda Evangelista was one of the original 1990s supermodels and, alongside f Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell, dominated the catwalk and fashion magazine covers in the 80s and 90s. However, she says she is “permanently deformed” after a non-surgical cosmetic surgery gone wrong.
In a post on Instagram, Evangelista said after having a procedure known as “CoolSculpting” (which involves “freezing” fat on the body and is similar to body conturing) she developed complications which have resulted in a radical change in her appearance.
“I have developed Paradoxical Adipose Hyperplasia … (it) has not only destroyed my livelihood, it has sent me into a cycle of deep depression, profound sadness and the lowest depths of self-loathing. In the process, I have become a recluse.”
The model says that she has kept to herself for five years. “I have been left, as the media has described it, ‘unrecognisable’.”
Writing in the comments of her post, members of the fashion community showed support for Evangelista. “You are and always will be a supermodel,” wrote the fashion designer Jeremy Scott. Marc Jacobs, another designer, said: “I love you dear Linda.” The editor of British Vogue, Edward Enninful, echoed the sentiments saying: “Always brave and inspiring.”
Naomi Campbell wrote: “I applaud you for your courage and strength to share your experience and not be held hostage by it any more. I can’t image the pain you [have] gone through mentally these past 5 years.”
Evangelista’s post mentioned a lawsuit and she said she intended to move “forward to rid myself of my shame.”
The Guardian have approached Allergan, owners of CoolSculpting, for comment.
Linda Evangelista (Italian: [evandʒeˈlista]; born May 10, 1965) is a Canadian fashion model and one of the top supermodels from the 1990s. 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.” She holds the record for her multiple appearances on the cover of Vogue Italia, all of which were photographed by Meisel.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
Described as the “chameleon” of the fashion industry, and as a key figure among the five supermodels, 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.
Career
1984–1987: Beginnings and success
Evangelista was born on May 10, 1965, to Italian immigrants from Pignataro Interamna. As the second of three children, Evangelista grew up in a working-class, Roman Catholic household in the city of her birth, St. Catharines, Ontario, where she attended Denis Morris Catholic High School.
Her father, Tomaso, worked for General Motors, and died on January 17, 2014.[14] Her mother, Marisa, was a bookkeeper. Evangelista attended a self-improvement course in a modelling school at the age of where she was taught things such as poise and etiquette, and she was advised to attend a modelling course.
As a teenager, Evangelista started modelling locally in her hometown. In 1981, she took part in the Miss Teen Niagara beauty pageant. And while she did not win the pageant, her presence 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 home to Canada, and two years went by before she decided to try her hand at modelling again.
Linda Evangelista Says She Was ‘Brutally Disfigured’ By Fat-Freezing Procedure
Linda Evangelista, who reached the height of her supermodel popularity in the 1990s, said Wednesday that she has been “brutally disfigured” by a procedure intended to remove fat. Instead, she claimed, the opposite happened, leaving the former fashion star a “recluse” who is “permanently deformed.”
In an Instagram post she said the development “has not only destroyed my livelihood, it has sent me into a cycle of deep depression, profound sadness and the lowest depths of self-loathing.”
Evangelista, known in part for Vogue magazine covers and George Michael’s “Freedom! ’90” music video, said she developed a condition called “paradoxical adipose hyperplasia” and appeared to accuse Zeltiq’s CoolSculpting of not warning her about the risk.
In 2017, the National Institutes of Health described the growth of fat cells from the Cryolipolysis “fat freezing” technique as “possibly higher” in incidence than the “rare adverse effect” it was previously described as.
Evangelista, 56, wrote that she has had two unsuccessful surgeries to correct the problem and was moving forward with a lawsuit.
“I’m so tired of living this way. I would like to walk out my door with my head held high, despite not looking like myself any longer,” she wrote.
Zeltiq, acquired by Allergan, described CoolSculpting as an FDA-cleared treatment for “visible fat bulges in the submental (under the chin) and submandibular (under the jawline) areas, thigh, abdomen, and flank, along with bra fat, back fat, underneath the buttocks (also known as banana roll), and upper arm.”
HuffPost did not immediately hear back from Allergan in a request for comment.
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