Linda Evangelista at London Fashion Week in 2005
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She was the face of brands like L'Oréal and Prada, but she hasn't shown herself in public for years: the former supermodel Linda Evangelista claims to have been the victim of an unsuccessful cosmetic surgery.
She was "brutally disfigured," wrote the 56-year-old Canadian on Instagram.
With so-called CoolSculpting, fat accumulations are to be removed with the help of cold.
The intervention had the opposite effect on her, according to Evangelista.
The treatment is said to have resulted in an increase in fat cells.
You have undergone "two painful, unsuccessful corrective operations," according to the model: "I am, as the media have described it, 'unrecognizable.'"
In the 90s Evangelista was one of the most famous models in the world.
She did commercials for L'Oréal and Prada, among others, and also appeared in a music video by George Michael.
"Cycle of deep depression"
According to Evangelista, the consequences of the interference have not only destroyed their very existence.
She was also "plunged into a cycle of deep depression, deep sadness and deepest self-hatred."
That's why she lives in isolation.
The model announced that it would sue those responsible.
The company, which is blamed by the Canadian, has not yet commented on the allegations.
She is tired of living like this and wants to look ahead, according to Evangelista: "I want to go out the door with my head held high, although I no longer look like myself."
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