Linda Evangelista, one of the most famous supermodels of the ’90s, revealed on Thursday during an interview with the Wall Street Journal she had survived two breast cancers in the past five years.
The former fashion icon, soon to be the focus of the Netflix docu-series supermodelsUntil now, he had never spoken publicly about his health problems.
Her cancer was first diagnosed in 2018. Linda Evangelista, who was 53 years old at the time, immediately made the decision to undergo a bilateral mastectomy. “Breast cancer was not going to kill me,” she says today.
“Dig a hole in my chest”
Four years later, in 2022, Linda Evangelista discovered that the cancer had returned, and this time it was located in one of her pectoral muscles. She remembers telling her surgeon:
“Dig a hole in my chest. I don’t want it to be pretty. I want you to dig. I want to see a hole in my chest when you’re done. Do you understand me? I’m not going to.” die of this.”
Linda Evangelista assured Wall Street Journal that your state of health is currently “good”. However, his doctor told him that the cancer could come back. “I know I have one foot in the grave, but I’m making the most of life,” jokes the model.
The supermodel also revealed in 2022 that she had undergone a botched cosmetic surgery operation that left unpleasant consequences on her body and forced her to quit her job and live almost like a recluse.
Source: BFM TV
