The supermodel opened up about the procedure that changed everything and her early years in modeling.
Linda Evangelista was one of the biggest names in the fashion industry. For many years, the supermodel was everywhere with her big blue eyes and her talent for both modeling and walking the runway. Then, one day, she disappeared completely. She was nowhere to be seen, while her fellow supermodels like Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford and Claudia Schiffer continued to make high-profile appearances.
A few months ago, the former supermodel made her first public appearance in more than five years to explain that she was a victim of a rare form of complication to a cosmetic procedure called CoolSculpting. And just recently, Linda Evangelista returned to the spotlight with British Vogue! She is the covergirl for the September magazine, and she took the opportunity to share where she is today in her physical and emotional journey.
The fashion industry is very hard on the actresses in it. Evangelista explains a bit of that in her interview with British Vogue. The pace is frantic and expectations are high. After several years in the spotlight, the supermodel succumbed to the call of cosmetic modification, and this decision unfortunately cost her career for a few years. While Evangelista says she has no problem seeing the signs of age on her face, she explains that the changes to her body were more difficult to accept.
Society is difficult with women who age, while it is much less with men. And these demands are even more real for all women who work in the fashion and beauty industry. You don’t have to look far to understand why Evangelista ended up succumbing to the pressure of aesthetic procedures…
In her interview with British Vogue, the supermodel also looks back on her professional beginnings. When she was 16, an agency in Japan approached her and made her sign a contract. Once there, the conditions were far from ideal (a shabby apartment and no guidance) and at her first meeting with the agency, she was quickly asked to pose naked. There is something really problematic about asking, or even forcing, a 16 year old girl to pose nude. Fortunately, at that point, Linda Evangelista chose to leave and not comply with the agency’s demands. She subsequently returned home. However, her story is far from isolated and many similar horrifying stories have often made the headlines. The modeling industry is vast, and the practices are sometimes questionable.
Towards the end of the interview, the model takes the liberty of specifying that her face was lifted with the help of tights and elastic bands. She opted for this transparency, and we admire her for it!
You can check out the complete interview right here.