Linda Evangelista Says She Once Felt Pressured to Take "Nude Photographs" At 16 Years Old
“I kind of freaked out. I never should have went there by myself."
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After months of waiting, the long-anticipated Apple TV+ docuseries, The Super Models, which chronicles the rise of Linda Evangelista and fellow '90s supers Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, and Cindy Crawford is finally here — and Evangelista is not holding back.
In the new series, which first hit the streamer on Wednesday, Evangelista opened up about everything from her iconic ‘80s haircut to a time when she almost “gave up” on modeling after feeling pressured to take nude photos at just 16 years old.
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“It's ironic that my parents let me go to Japan when I was 16 on a modeling contract. They wouldn't let me go on the school ski trip but they would let me go to Japan,” she shared in a confessional shot that saw her sitting in a black turtleneck sweater and matching trousers.
“When I got to Japan, the first thing they asked me about was nude photographs and they wanted to take all my measurements, take the clothes off,” she continued. “They made a composite and it had my measurements on it and I didn't want to take my clothes off.”
Linda added of the experience, “I kind of freaked out. I never should have went there by myself. I went home. I sort of gave up.”
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While it’s obvious that the star didn’t give up modeling altogether (and went on to have a rather illustrious career, mind you), this wasn’t the only time that she spoke about facing adversity throughout her time in the spotlight. Elsewhere in the doc, Evangelista also opened up about the infamous 2015 CoolSculpting procedure that left several parts of her body disfigured, causing her to go into hiding until just last year.
“I wish we could just really see ourselves in the mirror, non-distorted, without ever having seen ourselves with a filter or retouched,” the model shared while holding back tears after detailing the results of the procedure. “That is what has thrown me into this deep depression that I’m in. It’s like a trap, you’re trapped with yourself that you hate. It’s been years since I worked, and years of hiding.”
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