COUNTRY: Canadian model
DATE OF BIRTH: May 10, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
EYES: Blue-green
HAIR: Dark brown
Linda Evangelista measurements
CHEST: 86 cm
WAIST: 61 cm
HIPS: 89 cm
HEIGHT: 177 cm
WEIGHT: 55 kg
Evangelista was born to Italian parents and was raised in a working-class, traditional Catholic family in St. Catharines, Ontario. 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.
Evangelista 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.
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. 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".
Evangelista uttered the quote, "We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day" (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.
Campaigns:
Alberta Ferretti, Alma, American Express, Ann Taylor, Anne Klein, Bally, Barneys, Bloomingdale's, Calvin Klein, Capezio Bags, Chanel, Chloe, Christian Dior make-up, Clairol, De Beers, Dolce & Gabbana, Donna Karan, El Corte Ingles, Elizabeth Arden 'Red Door' fragrance, Episode, Escada, Fendi, Gianfranco Ferre, Gianna Cassoli, Gianni Versace, Guy Laroche Fidji perfume, Hardob, Hermes, Izaac Mizrahi, Jil Sander, Jones New York, Kathleen Madden, Kenar, Lanvin, Loewe, Lux, MAC, Marc Cain, Marella, Marks & Spencer, MaxMara, Nars, Nicoletta Ruggiero, Oscar de la Renta, Perry Ellis, Phas, Pizza Hut, Ralph Lauren, Randy Kemper, Revlon 'Charlie' perfume, Rodier, Strenesse, Strenesse Blue, Trussardi, TSE Cashmere, Valentino, Versace, Wallis, Yardley, Yardley 'Baroque' & 'Panache' perfumes, Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent 'Opium' perfume.
Covers:
Vogue, Flare, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Numero, Photo, Marie Claire, XL Semanal, You, W, Mademoiselle, Elle Topmodel, Allure
Shows:
Valentino, Anna Sui, Chanel, Chloe, Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren, Todd Oldham, Christian Dior, Gianni Versace, John Galliano, Dolce & Gabbana, Chanel, Jean Paul Gailtier, Lanvin, Versace, Hermes, David Jones, DSquared2, Giles Deacon