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Early life

Linda was born to Italian parents and was raised in a working-class, traditional Catholic family in St. Catharines, Ontario. ^[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. Nickname: Motto: Industry and Liberality Location of St. ... A casting agent is a person who finds jobs for actors, models, and other people in various entertainment businesses. ...

Career highlights

Linda later moved to New York City and signed with Elite Model Management there. She then moved to Paris, to further her career. She also appeared in music videos with George Michael. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Elite Model Management (Elite) is a modeling agency founded in Paris, France, in 1972 by John Casablancas and Alain Kittler. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... For other persons named George Michael, see George Michael (disambiguation). ...

Along with Christy Turlington, Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford,Naomi Campbell, and Tyra Banks, Linda is regarded as one of the few, true supermodels that changed the face of fashion in the late 1980s and early 1990s. 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. The Trinity pushed for better wages for models and for better projects and subsequently Evangelista was called the founder of the supermodel "union". Christy Nicole Turlington (born January 2, 1969) is an American supermodel best known for representing Calvin Klein fragrances since 1987. ... Claudia Schiffer (born August 25, 1970[2]) is a German supermodel and actress, who reached the height of her popularity during the 1990s. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Naomi Campbell (born May 22, 1969) is a British supermodel. ... Ä‘ Tyra Lynne Banks (born December 4, 1973) is an American supermodel, television personality, talk show host, actress, and businessperson. ... Such styles may change quickly, and fashion in the more colloquial sense refers to the latest version of these styles. ... Naomi Campbell (born May 22, 1969) is a British supermodel. ... Christy Nicole Turlington (born January 2, 1969) is an American supermodel best known for representing Calvin Klein fragrances since 1987. ... The Lawrence textile strike (1912), with soldiers surrounding peaceful demonstrators A trade union or labor 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 a cartel of labour. ...

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.

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. The time line of her hairstyles: For other uses, see Chameleon (disambiguation). ...

• 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." 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".

• In 1996 she won the VH1 Fashion Awards Lifetime Achievement Award.

• In 2005 she was honored as a World Style Icon at the Women's World Awards held in Germany.

• When she is not on the catwalk she is an advocate for AIDS and breast cancer awareness. She has a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto.

• 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.

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Personal life

Evangelista was married to Elite executive Gerald Marie from 1987 to 1993. 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). Elite Model Management (Elite) is a modeling agency founded in Paris, France, in 1972 by John Casablancas and Alain Kittler. ... Kyle MacLachlan (born February 22, 1959, in Yakima, Washington) is a Golden Globe award winning American actor. ... Soccer redirects here. ... Fabien Alain Barthez (born 28 June 1971 in Lavelanet) is a French football player who plays the position of goalkeeper. ... F1 redirects here. ... Paolo Barilla (born 20 April 1961 in Milan, Italy) was a 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 the name of several people: Paul Joseph Barthez (1734-1806), was French physician, physiologist, and encyclopaedist Fabien Barthez (born 1971), is the current goalkeeper for the French Ligue 1 football club Olympique de Marseille This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same...

To her delight, on October 11, 2006, she gave birth to a boy, Augustin James. The father is an unnamed New York architect. While pregnant, Evangelista appeared on the August 2006 issue of Vogue magazine. 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. ^[6] is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other meanings, see vogue. ... Botulin toxin or botox is the toxic compound produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. ...

She also plays the accordion, and was a cigar smoker before she gave up smoking and drinking altogether. For other uses, see Accordion (disambiguation). ...

References

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External links

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