MODEL

Linda Evangelista

1965 - Today

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Linda Evangelista ( EE-van-JUH-lee-STUH; born May 10, 1965) is a Canadian fashion model. She is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential models of all time, and has been featured on over 700 magazine covers. Evangelista is primarily known for being the longtime muse of photographer Steven Meisel, as well as for the phrase: "We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day." Evangelista's modelling career began in 1984 when she signed with Elite Model Management after having moved from her native Canada to New York City. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Linda Evangelista has received more than 6,357,963 page views. Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Linda Evangelista is the 19th most popular model (down from 9th in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from Canada (down from 68th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Model.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MODELS

Among models, Linda Evangelista ranks 19 out of 313Before her are Iman, Gigi Hadid, Bettie Page, Adriana Lima, Cindy Crawford, and Pattie Boyd. After her are Gia Carangi, Natalia Pavlovna Paley, Kate Moss, Carmen Dell'Orefice, Gisele Bündchen, and Veruschka von Lehndorff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Linda Evangelista ranks 60Before her are Aamir Khan, Stefano Pioli, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, Nicholas Sparks, Sam Mendes, and Frank Grillo. After her are Zakir Naik, KRS-One, Valeria Golino, Katarina Witt, Yahya Jammeh, and Satoshi Tajiri.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Linda Evangelista ranks 117 out of 1,622Before her are Deanna Durbin (1921), Walter Huston (1883), Myron Scholes (1941), Reginald Fessenden (1866), Paul Martin (1938), and Rick Moranis (1953). After her are Bruce Greenwood (1956), Graham Greene (1952), Florence Lawrence (1886), Loreena McKennitt (1957), Eric McCormack (1963), and Mary Simon (1947).

Among MODELS In Canada

Among models born in Canada, Linda Evangelista ranks 2Before her are Maye Musk (1948). After her are Shalom Harlow (1973), Bianca Beauchamp (1977), Nora Fatehi (1992), Rachel Roberts (1978), Yasmeen Ghauri (1971), Coco Rocha (1988), Jessica Stam (1986), and Winnie Harlow (1994).