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Relationship Facts of Linda Evangelista

Linda Evangelista is having an affair.
Her sexual orientation is straight.

Linda Evangelista's Relationship History: Marriages, Divorces

Linda Evangelista is currently assumed to be single.

She was in a relationship with musician Bryan Adams.

In her early twenties, she met agent Gérald Marie, who was operating Elite Models’ Paris office at the time.

Despite their 15-year age difference, the two fell in love in 1986.

Linda and Gérald married on July 1, 1987, after dating for a year. Their marriage, however, began to disintegrate after just 5 years together, and they divorced in 1993.

Carré Otis, a model, revealed in her memoir Beauty Disrupted (2011) that Gérald raped her when she was 17 while he was still engaged to Linda.

Kyle MacLachlan and Linda first met while shooting on a picture shoot for Barneys New York in 1992. The pair dated for three years before getting engaged in 1995.

However, before they could marry, the couple called it off in 1998. Evangelista started dating Fabien Barthez, a French football player.

During their relationship, which lasted from 1998 to 2000, she fell pregnant but miscarried six months later.

The couple sought to reunite in 2001, but their relationship was officially terminated in 2002.

Linda began dating Maximilan Leroy in 2002, following her separation from Barthez.

Three years later, in November 2005, Leroy was killed in a motorcycle accident. In 2003, Italian billionaire Ugo Brachetti Peretti fell in love with the supermodel.

In September 2003, they were spotted together in Milan at the Vogue Party for photographer Bruce Weber. However, by 2004, they had broken up.

In 2005, she also got to know Italian billionaire and former Formula One racer Paolo Barilla. French businessman François-Henri Pinault and Linda were married from September 2005 until January 2006.

She was very pregnant when she appeared on the cover of Vogue magazine in August 2006, and she gave birth to her son, Augustin James Evangelista, on October 11.

She refused to tell anything about her son’s biological father, describing him as a New York architect.

Hard Rock Café co-founder Peter Morton began dating Evangelista in September 2006. However, reports confirmed that their four-year romance had ended in October 2010.

Linda and Anthony Kiedis, the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ primary vocalist, also dated in the 1990s.

Linda Evangelista: Biography in Details

Who is Linda Evangelista?

Linda Evangelista is a renowned Canadian model. She is one of the most famous models of all time, having appeared in over 700 publications.

She made her debut on the cover of L’Officiel in November, and she has since been on the covers and on the pages of several major publications such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and others.

Apart from that, she also began to walk the runways and collaborated with all of the leading photographers of the day, becoming an inspiration for many of them.

She is now regarded as a beauty icon and an inspiration to many celebrities.

Linda Evangelista- Bio, Age, Parents, Ethnicity, Education

The Canadian model, Linda Evangelista was born on May 10, in the year 1965, in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.

Linda Evangelista is 58 years old and of Canadian nationality as of 2023. Similarly, her ethnicity is Italian and her birth sign is Taurus.

Linda Evangelista was born to Tomaso Evangelista her father, and Marisa Evangelista, her mother.

She grew up with one sibling, but the name is disclosed. Talking about her education history, she attended Denis Morris Catholic High School in Ontario.

Linda Evangelista- Professional Life, Career

Linda competed in the Miss Teen Niagara beauty pageant in 1981, although she did not win, she did get the eye of an Elite Model Management agent. She thereafter relocated to New York, where she continued to perform subpar work in the profession.

In 1988, she met photographer Peter Linbergh, who suggested she cut her hair and wear a shorter bob. Her new hairdo stunned the fashion industry, canceling several of her modeling assignments; but, people began to like it, and business began to come to her.

Еvаngеlіѕtа bеgаn hеr mоdеlіng саrееr іn 1984. Ѕhе wаѕ ѕіgnеd tо Еlіtе Моdеl Маnаgеmеnt аftеr ѕhе mоvеd tо Nеw Yоrk. Аftеr gеttіng ѕоmе ѕuggеѕtіоnѕ frоm рhоtоgrарhеr Реtеr Lіndbеrgh, hеr hаіr wаѕ сut ѕhоrt іn 1988.

Linda Evangelista wаѕ nоw nісknаmеd “Тhе Lіndа,” whісh ѕраrkеd mаnу соріеѕ wоrldwіdе whісh grеаtlу bеnеfіtеd hеr саrееr, аnd uѕhеrеd hеr nеw еrа оf а ѕuреrmоdеl. Ѕhе hаѕ bееn dеѕсrіbеd аѕ а “сhаmеlеоn” іn thе fаѕhіоn іnduѕtrу.

Ноwеvеr, іn 1988, ѕhе rеtіrеd frоm hеr саrееr оnlу tо rеturn аftеr thrее уеаrѕ but thіѕ tіmе wоrkіng ѕроrаdісаllу. Аftеr hеr rеturn, ѕhе арреаrеd оn thе соvеr оf thе Ѕерtеmbеr іѕѕuе оf Vоguе.

Ѕhе аlѕо hеlреd tо rеvіvе “Whаt Весоmеѕ а Lеgеnd Моѕt?” іn 2006, ѕhе арреаrеd оn thе соvеr оf thе bооk “Vоguе: Тhе Іlluѕtrаtеd Ніѕtоrу оf thе Wоrld’ѕ Моѕt Fаmоuѕ Fаѕhіоn Маgаzіnе.”

Linda Evangelista арреаrеd аt thе 2008 Саnnеѕ fіlm fеѕtіvаl роѕіng fоr рhоtоgrарhеrѕ аlоng wіth Аіѕhwаrуа Rаі.

Linda Evangelista- Net Worth, Salary

Linda Evangelista’s net worth is estimated to be over $40 million. As, a model, she has an average salary of $59,858.

Rumors, Controversy

Linda Evangelista has always been concerned with her professional life and hasn’t been associated with rumors and controversies that would hamper her professional career.

Awards and Nominations

Linda Evangelista  got one star on the Walk of Fame in Toronto, Canada in 2003, in addition to the Lifetime Achievement Award from VH1’s Fashion Awards.

Women’s World Awards in Germany awarded her the World Fashion Icon in 2005. In 2008, a public poll on the CBC TV show Fashion File named her the greatest supermodel of all time.

Linda Evangelista: Height, Weight

Linda Evangelista has an average height of  5 feet 10 inches and her weight is 81Kg. Evangelista has beautiful light brown hair and blue-green eyes.

Social Media: Facebook, Instagram

Linda Evangelista  is active on Facebook and Instagram. She has around 21K followers on Facebook, about b1.3M followers with 536 posts on Instagram.

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