Linda Evangelista is known as the most recognize supermodel in the 90s era and appears in more than 700 magazines cover. She is a Canadian fashion model, best known as the face of the cosmetics company Revlon and the Versace fashion house.
Linda's rapidly-changing hairstyles and colors had inspired numerous hair trends for women all over the world. She received one of the largest divorce settlements in history and received a staggering $46,000 a month from her ex-husband, billionaire François-Henri Pinault.
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Linda Evangelista Net Worth And Career
Linda Evangelista has a net worth of $40 million throughout her modeling career. Linda is a Canadian supermodel, actress, and entrepreneur. During the 90s era, Linda was the highest-paid and the most popular model on the planet.
Evangelista's modeling career started when she was a participant Miss Teen Niagara beauty pageant in 1978. Though she didn't win the contest, she was discovered by the Elite Model Agency agent. Evangelista soon moved to New York City and signed with Elite Model Management. She then moved to Paris to further her modeling career.
Linda worked extensively with fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh, who encouraged her to consider a short hair cut. That short haircut became her signature look, and she becomes one of the most famous and successful of the 1980s-1990s group of supermodels who became international celebrities.
The haircut, popularly known as The Linda, was soon emulated by women all over the world. Actresses Demi Moore and Susan Sullivan were seen recreating the hairdo in the movie Ghost (1990) and on the TV show Falcon Crest (1981-1990).
Evangelista appeared alongside Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, and Tatjana Patitz on British Vogue's cover in January 1990. Shot by Peter Lindbergh, the cover was a defining moment of the supermodel era, and they became collectively known as the ‘Original Big 5 Supermodels’ of the 90s.
Evangelista invented the phrase "We don’t wake up for less than $10,000 a day" in a 1990 interview for Vogue magazine. The quote becomes quite famous, and later it is used in the 2005 film Mr. & Mrs. Smith has Brad Pitt‘s character saying, on similar lines, that he won’t get out of bed for less than half a million dollars.
In the early 90s, Evangelista appeared on a billboard for Ads against AIDS, which featured her glamorously dressed and seated next to 7 older Sicilian women. Labeled Beauty and the Seven Beasts, the image was heavily criticized for stereotyping Italian women. Nevertheless, the International Center of Photography selected the image as one among the “20 most important fashion photographs ever.” On the occasion of Vogue magazine’s 100th anniversary, Linda appeared on the cover of its April 1992 issue with various other supermodels of the time. It became the highest-selling issue in the magazine’s history.
Linda Evangelista has signed a deal with different brands throughout her modeling career. She appeared in print advertisements and TV commercials.
Evangelista has been an advocate of raising awareness and research on health issues like HIV/AIDS and breast cancer. Additionally, she also campaigns for LGBT rights. And she is the creative director of the anti-aging skincare brand Erasa. Since she has suffered from melasma herself, the former model has found its product Erasa XEP-30 especially useful in reducing skin issues like wrinkles, dark circles, fine lines, etc.
Apart from a modeling career, Linda Evangelista was also a TV personality and actress. She played a small role in movies and Television series like The Loss of Sexual Innocence (1999), Ready To Wear (1994), and Sex and the City (2003). She also takes part in the documentary movie such as Model: The film (1991), Catwalk (1995), Mademoiselle C (2013), Pop Model (2014), and Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story (2017).
Evangelista was a guest judge of Australia's Next Top Model, which was telecast in 2015. Linda also appears in the music video such as George Micheal: Freedom! ’90 and George Micheal: Too Funky. She also produces her own documentary movie, The Supermodels, yet to be released.
Who Is Linda Evangelista?
Linda Evangelista was born to parents Tomaso Evangelista and Marisa Evangelista on 10 May 1965 in Canada. Her father, Tomaso Evangelista, worked at General Motors and her mother, Marisa Evangelista, worked as a bookkeeper. She has an older as well as a younger brother.
Linda studied at the Denis Morris Catholic High School in Ontario. Having shown a strong interest in fashion, Evangelista was enrolled at age 12 in a local modeling school.
Linda has a slim figure with a height of 5 feet 9 inches or 1.75 m.