Linda Evangelista no longer wants to hide.
The star model of the 1990s is ready to pose for the camera again, as evidenced by the latest Fendi advertising campaign revealing her new face in broad daylight.
A remarkable reappearance for the one who remained out of sight for six years.
Indeed, the 50-year-old had revealed that she had undergone cosmetic surgery which would have made her “unrecognizable”, and had assured that she had been unable to work since this incident.
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Fendi hats, gloves and bags
However, it would seem that the “supermodel” has overcome this ordeal and has reconciled with his image.
The main interested party posted one of the photos from the shoot on her Instagram account, where she stands behind sunglasses and wears the Italian brand's hats, gloves and bags.
Raised eyebrows, radiant complexion, doe eyes: it's as if she hadn't aged a bit since the end of the previous century.
“On September 9, 2022, Fendi will hold a special fashion show in New York to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Fendi Baguette, designed by Silvia Venturini Fendi, and two years since the arrival of Kim Jones as artistic director of couture. and women's fashion," she wrote in the caption of her post, crediting photographer Steven Meisel and makeup artist Pat McGrath.
No longer live "in hiding and shame"
A return widely applauded by its 1.2 million subscribers on the social network, who expressed their enthusiasm unanimously in the comments under the photo.
Late last year, Linda Evangelista fans were taken into the confidence: "To my subscribers who wondered why I was not working while my peers' careers were thriving, the reason for this absence is that I been brutally disfigured by the CoolSculpting procedure (
or
cryolipolysis
, a cold slimming method, Ed.
) which produced the opposite effect of what I expected”, she confided on her Instagram account in September 2021. The intervention would have “increased and not reduced” her fat cells and “deformed for life” her body, in despite the two "painful and unsuccessful" corrective surgeries she subsequently endured.
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A few months later, the 57-year-old supermodel had expressed her desire to find her way back to the podium in an interview with the American magazine
People
dated February 28, 2022. By testifying with an open heart, the Canadian wanted to “get rid of 'part of the shame and help other people who are in the same situation' as her, also declaring that she no longer wants to live 'underground and in shame' or 'in this pain'.
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After a doctor diagnosed her with paradoxical adipose hyperplasia (PAH) (a rare side effect that affects less than 1% of CoolSculpting patients), Linda Evangelista filed a lawsuit against CoolSculpting's parent company, Zeltiq Aesthetics Inc. ., for $50 million in damages.
“By filing a complaint, I am moving forward to get rid of my shame, and make my story public,” she said, wishing to “come out with my head held high”, but fearing that I would “never find [his] physique again. before."
While waiting to settle this case in court, will the fashion icon participate in the Fendi fashion show in question, next September?