Supermodel Linda Evangelista Revealed She Suffered from Breast Cancer Twice in 5 Years!

Updated On March 18, 2024 | Published By: Denise | In Career , Health , Wellness

Linda Evangelista talks about her breast cancer. source: People

Linda Evangelista revealed she suffered breast cancer twice in 5 years.
The supermodel was first diagnosed with the disease in 2018.
In 2022, the model again found a lump on her breast.

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Linda Evangelista talks about her breast cancer journey

Linda Evangelista shocked fans by revealing that she has battled breast cancer twice in the last five years.

The model who appears on the new digital cover of WSJ Magazine’s Fall Men’s Style Issue got candid about the disease which she was first diagnosed with in 2018.

She told the magazine,

“It was detected in my annual mammogram,”
“The margins were not good, and due to other health factors, without hesitation, because I wanted to put everything behind me and not to have to deal with this, I opted for a bilateral mastectomy. Thinking I was good and set for life. Breast cancer was not going to kill me.”

Linda Evangelista first suffered from breast cancer in 2018. source: People

In July 2022, the model again felt a lump on her breast and she finally learned that her breast cancer had returned.

After her second diagnosis, she told her oncologist,

“Dig a hole in my chest,”
“I don’t want it to look pretty. I want you to excavate. I want to see a hole in my chest when you’re done. Do you understand me? I’m not dying from this.”

She added her approach to treatment,

“I just went into this mode that I know how to do — just do what you’ve got to do and get through it,”
“And that’s what I did.”

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How does Linda Evangelista view life after cancer?

Linda’s post-cancer care oncologist told her that her prognosis was good but she wasn’t that happy with the results and asked her doctor, “Why isn’t it great?”

Evangelista acknowledges that her future is very uncertain so she’s simply grateful for each day. She said,

“I know I have one foot in the grave, but I’m totally in celebration mode,”
“I’ve come through some horrible health issues. I’m at a place where I’m so happy celebrating my book [Linda Evangelista Photographed by Steven Meisel], my life. I’m so happy to be alive. Anything that comes now is bonus.”

Talking about her difficult breast cancer journey, Linda calls herself a two-time “survivor on standby,” staying optimistic while also being responsible for creating awareness about her health. She told WSJ,

”I’ve kept it quiet. Only a handful of people knew. And I’m just not one of those people who has to share everything,”
“I thought to myself, I will share this one day but while I am going through it, absolutely not. I don’t want the Daily Mail waiting outside my door like they do every time something happens. ‘Linda seen for the first time since blah blah blah.”

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