It's 2009 - Happy New Year !

Linda Evangelista on the cover of Lid #6, 2008, ph. Rose Hartman

All the best wishes for 2009 to Linda Evangelista's fans as well as all Levangelista.net visitors !

A few comments on 2008... You've probably noticed that updates on Levangelista.net were quite rare lately. With Shana we were both quite busy and didn't even have time to keep in touch. But despite our supermodel schedules, we still plan to be on line in 2009 for another exciting year that we hope rich with new pictures of Linda E ! Fingers crossed.

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Linda Makes Appearance in Paris

Linda Evangelista in Paris, posing with her Notify bag and its designer, Ron Arad

PARIS - Fashion's ever-iconic Linda Evangelista made an appearance on November 18, 2008, at the Centre Pompidou in Paris to once again show her support for luxury denim label Notify, which sponsored multiple-discipline designer Ron Arad's solo exhibition. The newly brunette-cropped Evangelista was seen sporting one of Arad's creations, a transparent liquid crystal bag made exclusively for Notify.

As reported by Style.com: The ergonomic, elliptical shoulder bag has an indestructible polycarbon porthole and a long-life battery that lets it light up at the wearer’s discretion, making it possible to see the bag’s contents. “It’s a proto-concept,” explained Notify boss Maurice Ohayon, who noted that the first series of 12 (or possibly 24) would be ready in as little as three months, although details like materials, color, and price have yet to be defined. “It’s an evolving concept,” he said. “We found the name an hour ago.” The first bag’s owner is none other than Linda Evangelista, who first recommended that Ohayon contact the Israeli artist: “During our first conversation I said, ‘Ron, I want to carry one of your chairs on my shoulder,’ and I got it,” the supermodel explained. “I understood exactly what she meant,” added Arad.

Among the visible items were a water bottle and an unidentifiable magazine with U.S. president-elect Barack Obama on the cover. Needless to say, Linda wasn't keeping any secrets that night.

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Linda Attends L'Oreal Legends Gala - Helps Raise $4.3 Million to Fight Cancer

Linda Arrives at L'Oreal Legends Gala in New York

Enjoying the gala with fellow spokeswoman Dayle Haddon and Visionaire magazine founder James Kaliardos

NEW YORK - A beautiful brunette-haired Linda Evangelista joined her fellow L'Oreal Paris spokeswomen at the L'Oreal Legends Gala to benefit the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF), held at the American Museum of Natural History on Monday, November 10, 2008. This glamorous evening united the beauty, fashion, finance and media industries behind the important cause and together raised over $4.3 million toward the much-needed funds for ovarian cancer research.

Head over to the gallery to view more photos from this special evening!

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L'Oreal and Linda Invade the U.S. Market!

Linda and L'Oreal Paris Invade the U.S. Market!

After over a year and a reported 20% hike in profits as a result of adding Linda Evangelista to its European line of products, L'Oreal has moved Evangelista over to its high voltage line-up of celebrity spokespersons in the United States which counts Beyonce Knowles among its list of esteemed illuminaries. From Vanity Fair to Allure, Linda's face is appearing everywhere. And for those who prefer the tube, Linda's L'Oreal television commercials are also getting airtime, as seen during Sunday evening's broadcast of Desperate Housewives.

LEvangelista.net is also pleased to report that L'Oreal has flooded its Mexican market with its ads featuring Linda Evangelista as spokesperson. And not only is L'Oreal utilizing Linda in its Mexican ad campaigns, but Prada has been publishing its eyewear ads featuring Linda in various Mexican publications, including Vogue Mexico.

We at LEvangelista.net are finally getting caught up and we've added scans from the October 2008 edition of W magazine's "Love/Hate" editorial. In the words of W magazine: "As fierce and glamorous as ever, the one and only Linda Evangelista shows us she's still untouchable." Photographs by Steven Klein. Special thanks to Linda's biggest Australian fan, Phil A, for the scans!

Linda Evangelista is not exactly nice to fellow sexy model Tyson Ballou

Check out the gallery for more exciting pics from this spectacular editorial!

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L'Oreal Paris update

When Linda signed her contract with L'Oreal Paris, many were wondering why, oh why, these ads don't run in North America...

Things are fixed since September this year as L'Oréal plans to appeal to the US market with its new Visible Lift with serum inside and with Linda as its ambassador. Maybe L'Oreal marketing guys just needed a proof that using Linda increases sales? In a recent interview Didier Fernandez, Linda's agent, reported that sales of this brand products advertised by Linda sometimes skyrocketed up to 20% !

Otherwise, I might be mistaken, but I think Linda takes over this product advertisement from Andy McDowell. But Andy McDowell still remains a L'Oreal spokesperson as I've seen her new hair care ads.

"Visible Lift with serum inside" from L'Oreal Paris - ph. unknown

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