Spouse
| Gérald Marie | (4 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).
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.
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".
Cites late 70s/early 80s model Joan Severance as her modeling idol.
CBC/Fashion File honored Linda with its viewers choice award for Greatest Supermodel of All Time in March, 2008.
In 2005, was recipient of the World Style Award by the Women's World Awards in Leipzig, Germany.
Appeared on the cover of Harper's Bazaar, one of Patrick DeMarchelier's earliest photo shoots for the fashion magazine. [September 1992]
Expected a baby with Fabien Barthez in 1998, but it was stillborn. They separated in 2000.
Her parents were both born in Italy.
Arthur Elgort first photographed her because of her resemblance to Joan Severance whom he referred to as his "muse.".
Enjoys cooking, yoga, hiking, skiing, and pilates.
In 2013 was named the exclusive face of the new fragrance Loewe Aura.
Personal Quotes
It was God who made me so beautiful. If I weren't, then I'd be a teacher.
"We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day." (Spoken in Vogue
in 1990 to Jonathan Van Meter, talking about money and how she and a few
other models were calling the shots and changing the game.)
I don't diet. I just don't eat as much as I'd like to.
[In 2005, retracting her statement about not getting out of bed
for less than $10,000 a day.] I can't stand the way this follows me
around. I said it a long time ago, and I hope today I am a different
person. Now I get out of bed for a much better reason. I'm part of a
team that raises millions of dollars and raises awareness of HIV and
AIDS all over the world.
