By James Reginato | Photography by Steven Meisel for WSJ. Magazine | Styling by Karl Templer

Sept. 5, 2023 8:00 am ET

IN 1988, when she was just 22, Linda Evangelista’s blossoming modeling career was nearly nipped in the bud. 

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