October 28, 201410 yr Linda Evangelista isn’t scared of the big 50: ‘I have wrinkles, I look my age’ Model Linda Evangelista pictured at Sun Studios in Alexandria during a break in filming for Australia's Next Top Model in which she appears as a guest judge and mentor. Picture: Toby Zerna It’s a remarkably frank admission from one of the world’s original supermodels, who made her name in the 90s alongside Elle Macpherson, Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell and Claudia Schiffer. “I do want to age, that is my goal. I want to get old,” Evangelista told Confidential on set of Australia’s Next Top Model in Sydney. “I don’t care how old I look but I want to look good. I have wrinkles. I look my age.” That said, the 49-year-old Canadian reserves the right to have plastic surgery if and when she pleases. “I’m not saying no ever to a facelift or plastic surgery,” she smiled. Evangelista flew in to Sydney on Monday morning from the US to film as a guest judge on Foxtel’s Top Model. It is the first time Evangelista has been involved in a reality modelling show. Furthermore, she’s not familiar with the format, having only ever watched a few minutes of the American version hosted by Tyra Banks several years ago. “I do love reality shows,” she said. “But the reality shows I watch are the cooking ones so I don’t know the format. I did accept this because what I’ve heard is that this (the Australian version) is the best model show around the world and that this one actually produces models because a lot of them don’t”. Interestingly, Evangelista said she felt exposed shooting Top Model as a guest judge alongside Jennifer Hawkins and Alex Perry. “I am being me and sometimes you don’t know how to be you,” she laughed. Evangelista says her eight-year-old son, Augustin, even differentiates between her as a model and a mother. “When he sees pictures of me he says, ‘that’s Linda’. It is my image I suppose. He doesn’t think of that person as mummy.” New York-based Evangelista is still very much a working model, this year fronting campaigns for Dolce & Gabana and Moschino and appearing on the covers of Vogue Japan and Italy. “I don’t have the 10 options a day that I used to have, I am realistic about that,” she said. “It works for me with my family and it is a really good pace for me and gives me the time to do my philanthropic work.” couriermail.com.au
October 28, 201410 yr Au naturel at nearly 50! Linda Evangelista, 49, goes makeup-free as she takes in the view from the balcony of her Sydney hotel dailymail.co.uk
October 28, 201410 yr ^Thanks Tito, I love her hair at that length. I'm glad she has kept it long. I love the color too.
October 29, 201410 yr Original supermodel Linda Evangelista and Australian model and television personality Jennifer Hawkins arrive at a photocall for Australia's Next Top Model in Sydney, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts
October 29, 201410 yr Linda Evangelista, 49 was seen going makeup-free as she took in the view from her hotel room balcony in Sydney
October 29, 201410 yr Interesting video of Linda in Australia here:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2811962/Suits-miss-Linda-Evangelista-elegant-slips-tailored-tuxedo-Jennifer-Hawkins-flashes-flesh-revealing-skirt-leather-bustier.html
October 30, 201410 yr Linda Evangelista says TV is 'nerve racking' http://www.skynews.com.au/video/entertainment/2014/10/30/linda-evangelista-says-tv-is--nerve-racking-.html#ooid=5yd2tlcToTIgTor0BFSx4WLaKh7clGjJ
October 30, 201410 yr They got the memo! Linda Evangelista and Cheyenne Tozzi stun in monochrome and full skirts at Foxtel Upfronts event 30 October 2014 dailymail.co.uk
October 30, 201410 yr Eva Herzigova, Linda Evangelista, Kristina Bazan at Dolce and Gabbana on September 21, 2014 in Milan. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/eva-herzigova-linda-evangelista-kristina-bazan-at-dolce-news-footage/455993362
October 31, 201410 yr ^Thanks Tito "farewell australia i had a fabulous time.thank you to my #dreamteam"
October 31, 201410 yr The red carpet looked more like a runway at the Foxtel Upfronts event held at the Sydney 30/October 2014
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