Linda Evangelista
Linda Evangelista, August 12, 2004.
Date of birth	May 10, 1965 (1965-05-10) (age 43)
Place of birth	St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Height	5 ft 9. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page 5 in (1. 77 m)
Hair color	Dark brown
Eye color	Blue-green
Measurements	86-61-89 (EU); 34-24-35 (US)[1]
Weight	55 kg (121 lbs)
Dress size	36-38 (EU); 6 (US)
Shoe size	40 (EU); 9½ (US); 7 (UK); 25½ (JP)

Linda Evangelista (born May 10, 1965) is a Canadian supermodel. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A supermodel is a highly-paid élite fashion model who usually has a worldwide reputation and often a background in Haute couture and commercial modeling

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career highlights 3 Hairstyles 4 Miscellaneous 5 Personal life 6 References 7 External links

Early life

Linda was born to Italian parents and was raised in a working-class, traditional Catholic family in St. Catharines, Ontario. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest  ^[2] She knew she wanted to become a model when she was 12 years old. Evangelista got into the modeling industry when she was discovered by a talent agent at the 1978 Miss Teen Niagara Contest. A talent agent, or booking agent, is a person who finds jobs for Actors Musicians models, and other people in various Entertainment

Career highlights

Linda later moved to New York City and signed with Elite Model Management there. The City of New York Elite Model Management ( Elite) is a Modeling agency founded in Paris, France, in 1972 by John Casablancas and Alain She then moved to Paris, to further her career. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city She also appeared in music videos with George Michael. A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (Γεώργιος Κυριάκος Παναγιώτου (born 25 June 1963 best known as George Michael, is a two-time Grammy Award winning

Along with Christy Turlington, Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell, Linda is regarded as one of the few, true supermodels that changed the face of fashion in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Christy Nicole Turlington (born January 2, 1969) is an American fashion model best known for representing Calvin Klein fragrances Claudia Schiffer (born August 25, 1970) is a German model and actress who reached the height of her popularity during the 1990s due to her close resemblance Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Crawford (born February 20 1966 is an American model and actress. Naomi Campbell (born 22 May 1970 is an English model, Singer, Author, Actress, and Fashion designer. Fashion refers to styles of dress (but can also include cuisine literature art architecture and general comportment that are popular in a culture at any given time The triumvirate of model friends that comprises Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington was affectionately dubbed "The Trinity" and is commonly credited as responsible for sparking supermodel mania. Naomi Campbell (born 22 May 1970 is an English model, Singer, Author, Actress, and Fashion designer. Christy Nicole Turlington (born January 2, 1969) is an American fashion model best known for representing Calvin Klein fragrances The Trinity pushed for better wages for models and for better projects and subsequently Evangelista was called the founder of the supermodel "union". A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming

“

We don’t ‘vogue’; we are vogue[3]

”

Linda uttered the quote, "We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day"^[4] (often misquoted as: "We don't get out of bed for less than. . . " or "I don't get out of bed for less than. . . ") Spoken in Vogue (1990) to Jonathan Van Meyer, talking about money and how she and a few other models were calling the shots and changing the game.

In the late 1980s, she cut all her hair off to brandish a little-boy style haircut and was promptly cancelled from all the important runway shows that season. This was the first of her many, many dramatic hairstyle changes. Within months, she appeared on magazine covers everywhere and many women emulated the hairstyle.

She is signed to DNA Model Management in New York City. The City of New York

Hairstyles

Evangelista is known as "The Chameleon", both for her frequent hair changes (style, length and colour) and for the way she can transform herself in front of a camera. Chameleons (family Chamaeleonidae) are squamates that belong to one of the best-known Lizard families The time line of her hairstyles:

• until 1988 long medium brown hair
• 1988 THE famous cut short brown
• 1989 barber shop crop
• 1991 platinum blond
• 1992 red
• 1992 dark brown asymmetrical cut with long bangs and razored sides and back
• 1993 Dutch boy bob
• 1994 mid-length blond
• 1995 mid-length peroxide blond
• 1995 mod cut dark brown
• 1996 mid-length brown

Miscellaneous

• Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld once said of her, "There is not another model in the world as professional as she is. Chanel SA ʃəˈnɛɫ) is a Parisian fashion house created by Coco Chanel. Karl Lagerfeld (born Karl Ottom Lagerfeldt on September 10, 1938) is a prominent Fashion designer He has collaborated with a variety of fashion " He also said, when comparing models, that Evangelista was the "top of the tops".

• In 1990 and 1992, she appeared in George Michael's music video Freedom '90 and "Too Funky". Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (Γεώργιος Κυριάκος Παναγιώτου (born 25 June 1963 best known as George Michael, is a two-time Grammy Award winning " Freedom! '90 " (also known simply as "Freedom" is a song written and performed by George Michael, and released on Epic records in 1990 " Too Funky " is a song written and performed by George Michael and released by Epic Records in 1992

• In 1996 she won the VH1 Fashion Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. VH1 (known as VH-1 Video Hits One from 1985 to 1994 and VH1 Music First until 2003) is an American Cable television

• In 2005 she was honored as a World Style Icon at the Women's World Awards held in Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.

• When she is not on the catwalk she is an advocate for AIDS and breast cancer awareness. Breast cancer is a Cancer that starts in the cells of the Breast in women and men She has a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto. Canada's Walk of Fame, Toronto, Ontario is a walk of fame that acknowledges the achievements and accomplishments of successful Canadians Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario

• In 2005 New York-based AID for AIDS honored Linda with its annual HERO Award for her commitment in helping to eradicate the disease throughout the world.

Personal life

Evangelista was married to Elite executive Gerald Marie from 1987 to 1993. Elite Model Management ( Elite) is a Modeling agency founded in Paris, France, in 1972 by John Casablancas and Alain She has also dated actor Kyle MacLachlan (1992–1998), French soccer player Fabien Barthez (1998–2000), Italian oil mogul Ugo Brachetti Peretti (2003–2004), and Formula One driver Paolo Barilla (2005). Kyle MacLachlan (born February 22 1959 in Yakima Washington) is a Golden Globe award winning American actor This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Fabien Alain Barthez (born 28 June 1971 in Lavelanet) is a retired French football goalkeeper who played for the French national team Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Paolo Barilla (born 20 April 1961 in Milan, Italy) is a former Formula One driver who raced for the Minardi team

Throughout her career, Evangelista has expressed her desire to have children.  ^[5] In 1999, she suffered a miscarriage after six months of pregnancy (the father was Barthez). Barthez is a surname and may refer to Fabien Barthez (born 1971 French FIFA World Cup winning goalkeeper Paul Joseph Barthez (1734-1806

To her delight, on October 11, 2006, she gave birth to a boy, Augustin James. Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The father is an unnamed New York architect. While pregnant, Evangelista appeared on the August 2006 issue of Vogue magazine. Vogue is a Fashion and lifestyle Magazine published in eighteen countries by Condé Nast Publications. She was the first non-actress/singer model to appear on Vogue in over a year. In the issue, Evangelista said she was "pro-cosmetic-procedure" and admitted the use of Botox, but said she had stopped during her pregnancy. Botulinum toxin is a Neurotoxin Protein produced by the Bacterium Clostridium botulinum.  ^[6]

She also plays the accordion, and was a cigar smoker before she gave up smoking and drinking altogether. The accordion is a portable box-shaped Musical instrument of the hand-held Bellows -driven free-reed aerophone family sometimes referred to as a Squeezebox

References

External links

• Linda Evangelista at the Internet Movie Database
• Linda Evangelista in the Fashion Model Directory
• Linda Evangelista's news
• Italian Vogue 2008

The Fashion Model Directory ( FMD) is an Online Database of information about female fashion models, modeling agencies and fashion

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