Biography
Measurements
Bust: 34"
B
Waist: 24"
Hips: 35"
(Dress size: 6)
(Shoe size: 9)
Trivia and Quotes
Quotes
 "I don`t diet. I just don`t eat as much as I`d like to." "I don`t get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day."
"It was God who made me so beautiful. If I weren`t, then I`d be a teacher."
"People think modeling`s mindless, that you just stand there and pose, but it doesn`t have to be that way. I like to have a lot of input. I know how to wear a dress, whether it should be shot with me standing or sitting."
"How it`s cut, who cut it, how it moves, the lining...I even like it when it`s what I consider to be ugly."
"I got so sick of my face and the flaws."
"I`m certainly thinking of plastic surgery. I`ve already been botoxed, like many of the models. And I`m happy to admit it. If you don`t tell, how do other women feel they have a chance when they see the pictures? Models are not superhuman. We grow old. I really want to grow old and I don`t believe that age is ugly."
→ On the internet
"I have to get off the Internet. It`s so unhealthy for me. I do see what they post about me, and it`s not always positive. They`re mean - though there are some lovely ones. I`m so tempted to post something, but I haven`t done it yet."
"All I want to do is model. The reason I`m coming back is for the same reasons that I became a model initially. It`s about the clothes and the creation of great pictures. I thought I was old and that I earned my retirement, and enough! It`s not enough. I want more. And I`m lucky that I still have that option."
"Cooking is one of my favourite things - from going to the market, bringing the stuff home and preparing it, to cleaning the kitchen afterwards. I`ve lost my figure a few times. There have been moments when I`ve overeaten, for comfort. But with discipline and hard work, you can get your figure back."
"I accept that keeping in shape doesn`t come naturally, so I work hard. I hit the gym every day: Pilates, yoga, weights. I used to love wine but I`ve stopped drinking. I quit smoking and I`ll never start again."
"I have this great fear of people - not when I`m on the runway, but backstage. In a room full of people, I really suffer. I sort of go into a tunnel and I feel very removed. I get so tense, I can`t swallow, and my heartbeat goes way up. It still happens now, although I`m better at controlling it."
"I was a hoarder, and I got rid of everything. Now nothing comes in my home unless it has a purpose. And decor is not a purpose. Home is New York apartment with a table, a bed and sofas. That`s it. Everything else is gone."
"I was having panic attacks. I didn`t want to live that way anymore. I was in love and I wanted it to work. I was tired of travelling, tired of the whole scene, just tired. I sat around. I was lazy. I wanted a routine, and I wanted to wake up in the same bed every day, and I got my wish."
"In photos, I don`t know who the real me is - it`s all pretend, just pretend. There`s not much of myself in my work. If I`m looking in the mirror and I`m working, I`m looking at my make-up and my hair. It`s not the same as looking at myself."
"One of my first jobs was in Italy and that`s where I saw cocaine for the first time. There was a murder in our group that weekend. I decided then and there that I would never do drugs. I have anxiety attacks, so there`s no way I could do them."
"One of the reasons I wanted to come back is I got sick of seeing really ugly pictures of myself in the tabloids. I got to the point where I`d look in the mirror and say, Where`d she go? Because she`s still in there.` I knew she was still in there (she laughs) and it didn`t take much to get her out."
On modeling
"I think I will always have a place. I don`t think I have to rule or reign but there`s a place for me."
Trivia
At the age of 41, she gave birth to her first child. Her son, Augustin James Evangelista was born on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 in New York City. The father has not been named, but is believed to be a NYC architect.
CBC/Fashion File honored Linda with its viewers choice award for Greatest Supermodel of All Time in March, 2008.
Cites late 70s/early 80s model Joan Severance as her modeling idol.
In 2005, was recipient of the World Style Award by the Women`s World Awards in Leipzig, Germany.
In Portuguese and Spanish, her name means "beautiful", "pretty".
In Portuguese, Spanish and Italian her surname means "gospel singer"; "gospel writer".
Plays the accordion.
Received a star on the Canadian Walk of Fame in Toronto in June of 2003
Was ranked #8 in Channel 5`s "World`s greatest supermodel".
Cousin of Vanessa Evangelista, who also models.
Entered the `Miss Teen Niagra` beauty contest at the age of 12 and lost.
Has changed her hair color a minimum of twelve times.
Has four dogs Coco, Willow Flower, Enzo, and Willy.
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Her father, brother, and uncle all work for General Motors.
Is of Italian decent.
Met actor Kyle MacLachlan on the set of an ad for Barney`s New York in 1992 and they began dating that year and became engaged in 1994, but seperated in early 1998.
Named by people magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People In the World" (1990).
Recieved a special lifetime achievement award at the 1997 VH1 Fashion and Music Awards
Was ranked #2 (after Cindy Crawford) on MTV`s "House of Style" (1989) list of the top models of the 1990`s.
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