Supermodel Linda Evangelista talks about cosmetic procedure that left her ‘brutally disfigured’

Linda Evangelista was once one of the world’s most influential and highest-paid supermodels who famously said that she wouldn’t 'get out of bed for less than US$10,000 a day'. Photo: Filepic

The Canadian-born supermodel spoke candidly for the first time about the emotional pain she’s had to endure after allegedly undergoing a popular body-contouring treatment that “did the opposite of what it promised”.

In September, the 1990s fashion phenomenon filed a lawsuit against Zeltiq Aesthetics Inc., seeking US$50mil in damages, claiming that its CoolSculpting procedure rendered her unable to work.