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Linda Evangelista
Linda Evangelista is a Canadian fashion model. She is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential models of all time, and has been featured on over 700 magazine covers. Evangelista is primarily known for being the longtime muse of photographer Steven Meisel, as well as for the phrase: "We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day."
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entertainment · Canadian model (born 1965) · model · beauty pageant contestant · actor · fashion model · also Linda Evangelista, Evangelista
Born 10 May 1965 · Q192171
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2026· 2 entries
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2023· 2 entries
The series also features Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, and Christy Turlington and is directed by Roger Ross Williams and Larissa Bills
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Evangelista revealed that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2018
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2022· 1 entry
In her pectoral muscle, for which she also received chemotherapy
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2017· 1 entry
“I saw a movie, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and there”
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2014· 1 entry
Evangelista was present at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
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2012· 2 entries
Evangelista and Pinault reached an out-of-court settlement
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And included testimony from both Pinault and Evangelista, with Evangelista's attorney claiming that Pinault had never supported the child
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2011· 1 entry
Evangelista formally filed for a child support order in Manhattan Family Court, seeking $46,000 in monthly child support from Pinault
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2010· 1 entry
Was chosen to star in the ad campaign for the revamped Talbots brand
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2009· 1 entry
The Metropolitan Museum of Art held an exhibition called The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion which paid tribute to several fashion models including Evangelista, and she was on the cover of the exhibition's accompanying
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2007· 1 entry
When she participated in the 60th anniversary fashion show for the Christian Dior brand
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2006· 1 entry
Evangelista appeared on the cover of the book In Vogue: The Illustrated History of the World's Most Famous Fashion Magazine along with model Kristen McMenamy, photographed by Meisel
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2005· 1 entry
Was named as a World Fashion Icon by the Women's World Awards in Leipzig, Germany
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2004· 1 entry
Appeared in the spring/summer ad campaigns for both NARS Cosmetics and Fendi
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2003· 1 entry
Awarded Canada's Walk of Fame (2003).
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2002· 1 entry
Was in the ad campaign for Versace's fall/winter collection
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2001· 2 entries
Helped to revive the "What Becomes a Legend Most
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Evangelista made a noteworthy return to the modelling world, and appeared on the cover of the September issue of Vogue
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2000· 1 entry
Reunited in 2001, and then officially ended their relationship in 2002
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1998· 2 entries
And made a comeback three years later, this time working only sporadically
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And settled on the French Riviera, where she spent the next two years
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1997· 1 entry
In a 1997 interview, Evangelista said that she was a practicing Catholic and that her favourite book was the Bible.
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1996· 2 entries
Was the recipient of VH1's Fashion Awards Lifetime Achievement Award, which was presented to her by Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue
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Evangelista was one of the ten subjects of Lindbergh's book 10 Women, on whose cover she appeared
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1995· 1 entry
The hairstylist Garren of New York changed Evangelista's look by giving her an asymmetrical bob similar to mod hairstyles of the 1960s
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1993· 1 entry
When she travelled to Australia with Claudia Schiffer for a 5-day tour, which included a news conference and a televised fashion show, as part of the grand opening of a department store
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1991· 2 entries
Was chosen as the cover image for the book Vogue 100: A Century of Style, released in February 2016
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It was rumoured that the fashion house Lanvin paid Evangelista $20,000 to walk in their haute couture show for the spring/summer season, an amount that was considered excessive
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1987· 2 entries
Evangelista married Gérald Marie, who was the head of Elite Model Management's Paris office
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Evangelista began to appear in advertisements and commercials for Revlon's "The Most Unforgettable Women in the World" campaign, which was photographed by Richard Avedon
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1986· 1 entry
Evangelista met the photographer Steven Meisel, with whom she forged a friendship
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1985· 1 entry
Evangelista began working with Karl Lagerfeld, the head designer of the fashion house Chanel, to whom she would become a muse
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1984· 2 entries
Upon signing with Elite, where she met the modelling agent John Casablancas, who compared her likeness to the model Joan Severance
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When she signed with Elite Model Management after having moved from her native Canada to New York City
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1981· 1 entry
Evangelista took part in the Miss Teen Niagara beauty pageant; while she did not win it, she caught the eye of a representative from Elite Model Management
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1965· 1 entry
Born 1965-05-10.
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