Linda Evangelista made a rare public appearance with her son Augustin James Evangelista Pinault, who supported her at the 2024 Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards, held at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto last Saturday.
The 59-year-old Canadian supermodel – with 1.5 million Instagram followers – wrote that it “meant the world to me” to have family with her at the ceremony where Erdem designer Erdem Moralıoğlu presented her with the Vanguard Award.
‘[Growing up] in St. Catharines my family rarely came around the lake to Toronto. This was the big city. So tonight, to be here with my family, is incredibly special,” Linda said on stage Fashion.
‘For me, fashion has always been a place where dreams, ambitions and inspirations flourish. The great thing about fashion is that there is no right or wrong way to create it; fashion allows us to choose not only how we see ourselves, but also how we present ourselves to the world.”
Evangelista put her statuesque 6-foot figure in a silver-adorned skirt suit from, who else, Erdem and chrome pumps.
Linda Evangelista made a rare public appearance with her son Augustin James Evangelista Pinault, who supported her at the 2024 Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards held at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto last Saturday
Steven Meisel’s muse just celebrated her only child’s 18th birthday on Oct. 11, and she shared that her “husband” always “brings the joy and the light.”
Linda kept the identity of Augustin’s father a secret for five years until she sued her billionaire baby daddy – Kering CEO François-Henri Pinault – for $46,000 a month in child support in Manhattan Family Court in 2011.
Nine months later, the 62-year-old Frenchman reached an out-of-court settlement with Evangelista after welcoming daughter Valentina Paloma Pinault with second wife Salma Hayek.
So does the Mexican 58-year-old publicly desired her stepson a happy birthday: ‘Your gentle heart is like a healing caress in our lives, because you bring warmth and light to everyone around you. Keep smiling and bringing joy. We love you so much!’
Donna Karan’s brand ambassador almost quit her three-decade modeling career in 2016 after building a career ‘permanently deformed’ and ‘brutally disfigured’ by seven fat-freezing CoolSculpting sessions.
Linda suffered from a ‘very rare but serious side effect’ called Paradoxical Fatty Hyperplasia, which caused her fatty tissue to thicken and expand instead of dissolving.
Evangelista then sued CoolSculpting’s owner Zeltiq Aesthetics for $50 million in damages for emotional distress and lost revenue in 2021. organized 10 months later.
The breast cancer survivor – who has appeared on more than 700 magazine covers – told Vogue in 1990 that she and her fellow supermodels “don’t wake up for less than ten thousand dollars a day” for a job.
“I had no idea it would get so much attention,” Linda admitted last year in her Disney+ docuseries The Super Models.
‘I don’t want to be known for that. I did so much more than just that quote, but it really sticks.”
The 59-year-old Canadian supermodel – who has 1.5 million Instagram followers – wrote that it “meant the world to me” to have family with her at the ceremony
Erdem designer Erdem Moralıoğlu (R) presented her with the Vanguard Award
Linda said on stage: ‘For me, fashion has always been a place where dreams, ambitions and inspirations flourish. The great thing about fashion is that there is no right or wrong way to create it; Fashion allows us to choose not only how we see ourselves, but also how we present ourselves to the world’
Evangelista put her statuesque 6-foot figure in a silver-adorned skirt suit from, who else, Erdem and chrome pumps
Steven Meisel’s muse just celebrated her only child’s 18th birthday on Oct. 11, and she shared that her “husband” always “brings the joy and the light.”
Linda kept the identity of Augustin’s father secret for five years until she sued her billionaire baby daddy – Kering CEO François-Henri Pinault (L) – for $46,000 a month in child support in Manhattan Family Court in 2011.
Nine months later, the 62-year-old Frenchman (M) reached an out-of-court settlement with Evangelista after welcoming daughter Valentina Paloma Pinault (L) with second wife Salma Hayek
The Mexican 58-year-old (R) also publicly wished her stepson a happy birthday: ‘Your gentle heart is like a healing caress in our lives because you bring warmth and light to everyone around you. Keep smiling and bringing joy. We love you so much!’