There are models, and there are supermodels.
And then there is Linda Evangelista.
Read on to find out more about the tragic real-life story of this inimitable beauty icon.
She was tall and very into fashion, so she began to pursue modeling as a teenager.
But one disturbing experience almost deterred her from the industry altogether.
According to the model, no one was there to meet her when she arrived.
“I was so lost and obviously I didn’t have a cell phone,” she toldBritish Vogue.
But the real trouble began when Evangelista showed up for work.
They wanted me naked and it wasn’t a ‘Would you do nudes?’
conversation, it was a ‘You will do nudes,'" Evangelista revealed to British Vogue.
So that’s what I did, and they got me home."
Evangelista has maintained that she believes the women who came forward, and she empathizes with them.
The two met while shooting a campaign for Barney’s New York, and sparks flew instantly.
She and MacLachlan did become engaged, but never made it down the aisle.
According to MacLachlan, he was the one who got cold feet.
Obviously, she wanted more," he toldThe Guardian.
Despite the breakup, it seems as though the two stayed pretty close.
If Evangelista’s heart was broken, she didn’t let it show.
“We’ll always remain friends, and our families are still close,” Evangelista toldPeoplein 1998.
“I still see Kyle regularly as well as our two dogs.
The bond will always be there.”
Evangelista and Barthez eventually parted ways, but Evangelista did not give up on motherhood.
“Motherhood is my whole life now,” she toldHarper’s Bazaar.
“It’s the best.
I am so fulfilled.”
Evangelista reportedly sought to receive $46,000 a month in child support payments, a figure she later denied.
The case was settled for an undisclosed amount.
One surprising outcome of the turmoil with her ex was Evangelista’s friendship with Hayek.
Augie, now 16, spends holidays with his father, and the two women have become close.
“I was sick at Thanksgiving,” Evangelista toldVogue.
“And Salma got on the plane with her daughter, came here, and made Thanksgiving dinner.”
“I loved being up on the catwalk.
CoolSculpting is an FDA-approved treatment touted as a noninvasive alternative to liposuction for its fat-removal capabilities.
After undergoing two corrective liposuction treatments, the PAH returned, much to Evangelista’s devastation.
“It wasn’t even a little bit better,” she explained.
“The bulges are protrusions.
And they’re hard.
She added, “I don’t look in the mirror.
It doesn’t look like me.”
In 2022 the model settled her lawsuit with Zeltiq Aesthetics, the company responsible for CoolSculpting.
She sued the company for $50 million, and settled for an undisclosed amount.
The women were all very close, more like family than friends.
On what would have been Patitz’s 57thbirthday, Evangelista shared a heartfeltpost on Instagramdedicated to her friend.
I still have not come to terms with your passing.
You will be forever loved, forever missed and forever in my heart.”
“The margins were not good,” the model explained. "
I wanted to put everything behind me and not to have to deal with this …
Breast cancer was not going to kill me.”
But her fight was far from over.
I’m not dying from this."
Evangelista has said that her post-cancer prognosis is not great, but her attitude sure is.
