Linda Evangelista opens up on cancer battle and botched lipo that left her 'disfigured'
ok.co.ukLinda Evangelista has encouraged others to get checked for breast cancer after opening up about her own battle with the disease.The supermodel, 58, was first diagnosed with the illness in 2018, after which she underwent a double mastectomy.
She was then diagnosed with cancer for a second time last year, after she discovered a lump on her chest, only to be later told she had cancer in her pectoral muscle.
Reflecting on her own battles, Linda encouraged others to get checked during a recent interview with The Sun, in which she told readers: "Please do not skip your annual mammograms.
Early detection is everything." Speaking to the publication, Linda revealed that she had discovered the lump after receiving a phone call to tell her that her 16-year-old son Augustin, whom she shares with Francois-Henri Pinault, had gone missing during a school trip - he was later found.
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