Linda Evangelista: The Super Who Survived the Freeze
From PAH shock and a hush-hush legal battle to Vogue covers and a docuseries comeback - resilience is the new superpower.
Nineties runway royalty crashed into a modern nightmare when she revealed in 2021 that a CoolSculpting fat-freezing treatment caused a rare side effect (PAH) that, she says, “disfigured” her—triggering years out of the spotlight and multiple corrective surgeries.
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She settled her $50M suit against the device maker in 2022, then stormed back with a British Vogue September cover - face taped and styled by Meisel - and a starring turn in Apple TV+’s The Super Models (2023).