Linda Evangelista recalled how she 'freaked out' after traveling to Japan at the age of 16 and being asked to pose nude. She admitted she 'gave up' on modeling for awhile afterward.
after she traveled solo to Japan for a modeling contract and was asked to pose nude at the age of 16.
"It’s ironic that my parents let me go to Japan when I was 16 on a modeling contract," Evangelista recalled on the show."They wouldn’t let me go on the school ski trip, but they let me go to Japan.Linda Evangelista said she was asked to pose nude at 16 after traveling Japan for a modeling contract. "And when he met me, he said, 'Wow. I think you look like Joan Severance.' And I almost dropped dead cause I worshiped her. He said, 'Yeah, we'd love to take you on. Maybe you should lose five pounds. And, uh, we'll give it a go.'"Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington and Linda Evangelista appear in the AppleTV+ docuseries,"The Super Models.
being treated like"chattel" during an appearance with Casablancas on"The Oprah Winfrey Show" when she was just 20 years old.
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