Biography of Linda EvangelistaDate of Birth
10 May 1965, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Height
5' 9˝" (1.77 m)
Spouse
Gérald Marie (July 1987 - 1993) (divorced)
Trivia
Has four dogs Coco, Willow Flower, Enzo, and Willy.
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.
Cousin of Vanessa Evangelista, who also models.
Entered the 'Miss Teen Niagra' beauty contest at the age of 12 and lost.
Named by people magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People In the World" (1990).
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.
Has changed her hair color a minimum of twelve times.
Her father, brother, and uncle all work for General Motors.
Is of Italian decent.
Plays the accordion.
Measurements: 34B-24-34 1/2 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Received a star on the Canadian Walk of Fame in Toronto in June of 2003
In Portuguese and Spanish, her name means "beautiful", "pretty".
One of the five supermodels. The others are Claudia Schiffer, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, and Naomi Campbell.
In Portuguese, Spanish and Italian her surname means "gospel singer"; "gospel writer".
Was ranked #8 in Channel 5's "World's greatest supermodel".
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.
Cites late 70s/early 80s model Joan Severance as her modeling idol.
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