Linda Evangelista

Linda Evangelista was born to Italian parents and raised in a traditional Catholic family. She wanted to become a model when she was 12 years old. Evangelista got into the modeling industry when she was discovered by Miss Teen Niagara Contest.


Linda Evangelista moved to New York City and signed with Elite Model Management. Then she moved to Paris. She also appeared in music videos with George Michael.

Evangelista is one of true supermodels that changed the face of fashion in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Along with Christy Turlington, Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell. They are friends that was affectionately dubbed "The Trinity" and is commonly credited as responsible for sparking supermodel mania. The Trinity pushed for better wages for models and for better projects and subsequently. Evangelista was called the founder of the supermodel.