Linda Evangelista Biography

Linda Evangelista

Linda Evangelista (* 10 May, 1965 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian model and photo model, the so-called "supermodels" of the 1990s belonged.

Career

Linda Evangelista comes from an Italian family and is strictly brought up Catholic. It was founded in 1978 when Miss Teen Niagara Contest by a model scout discovered. Then she moved to New York, where they are for the Elite Model Agency worked. There, they managed their big breakthrough, then she moved to Paris and was on all the major catwalks of the world at home. 1996 she won the VH1 Fashion Awards Lifetime Achievement Award.

She is known for their versatility and their ever-changing hair colors and cuts, so they nicknamed "Chameleon" has received. Outside the catwalks it is a gig in a music video by George Michael become known.

Since 2008 makes Evangelista advertisement for L'Oreal. She is the face of the new Prada campaign.


Private Life

From 1987 to 1993 was Evangelista with Gerald Marie of the Agency's elite married. 1999 she suffered during the relationship with France's national goalkeeper Fabien Barthez in the 5th Months pregnant, miscarried. On 11 Evangelista October 2006 brought a boy to the World; father is a New York architect.

Quote

Evangelistas famous quote is "We do not wake up for less than $ 10000 a day" ( "For less than 10,000 dollars a day, we are not even on"), the 1990, in an interview with Vogue magazine was published.

Awards

* 2005: Women's World Award - World Fashion Icon Award

Linda Evangelista Pictures ( 20 Pictures)