Linda Evangelista on The View.Photo:The View/Twitter
The View/Twitter
Linda Evangelistaopened up about her biggest qualms with the ever-changingmodeling industryduring a recent interview onThe View.
To markBreast Cancer Awareness Month, the 58-year-old model joinedThe Viewtodiscuss her two cancer diagnoses and treatments. However, she also revealed that since taking a break from the modeling industry in 2016, she’s noticed how the industry has facilitated a new era where “all the magic and soul had disappeared.”
The supermodel believes the new approach to photoshoots is that “everything is fixed later” and in turn affects the “artistry” of the shoots.
Linda Evangelista on The View.The View/Twitter
Evangelista shared her perspective afterAlyssa Farahasked whether the industry has changed since the 1980s. Evangelista quickly confirmed the industry is “so different.”
“Well, I have a pet peeve. A big one. I think post-production is the devil. I think filters and retouching are the devil,” admitted the model.
“When, back in the day, when we did a photograph, yes we cheated. We tied our belts so tight and then put Coke cans in the back to cinch our waists. We held reflectors to take out the bags [under our eyes]," she explained. “But they didn’t retouch the photo. We did it perfectly on set and what you saw was what you got.”
The model explained that photoshoots have grown to rely on the help of post-production. “Today, it’s like, no matter what happens on set — like, a button will pop off and they’ll say, ‘Don’t worry, we’ll put it on later.’ Your eyelash will be hanging off and they’re like, ‘Don’t worry, we’ll fix it later.’”
Before rejoining the modeling industry, Evangelista was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018 duringan annual mammogram, and her treatment included a double mastectomy.
Evangelista then shared withThe Viewhosts that after she entered remission the first time, there was still “a little little chance that [it] comes back.” She explained both due to the nature of the disease and her “really bad Oncotype score,” a number that represents the recurrence risk of cancer.
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She joked on the daytime talk show that since her initial diagnosis, she has been on medication “that make[s] you feel so good.” She quickly clarified, “Really, they’re horrible.”
“I’ve had so many surgeries and I thought I could tackle anything but nothing like chemo to put you in your [place]," Evangelista added, calling the scars she’s received are her “trophies.”
source: people.com
