Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast, Getty, British Vogue
Former supermodel Linda Evangelista appears, looking flawless, on the cover of September British Vogue, but the model revealed in a new interview with the magazine that the beautiful photos necessitated makeup artist Pat McGrath taping back her face.
“That’s not my jaw and neck in real life—and I can’t walk around with tape and elastics everywhere,” Evangelista said. “I’m trying to love myself as I am. But for the photos… Look, for photos I always think we’re here to create fantasies. We’re creating dreams. I think it’s allowed. All my insecurities are taken care of in these pictures, so I got to do what I love to do.” The tape and elastics McGrath used are covered by hats and scarves.
Evangelista has been brutally honest about her experience with CoolSculpting, a “fat-freezing” technique marketed as a non-invasive alternative to liposuction; Evangelista said the procedure left her “brutally disfigured” and “permanently deformed” after she went for several sessions between 2015 and 2016.