When Linda Evangelista declared on Instagram that she had been “permanently deformed” by a CoolSculpting procedure, it sent shock waves through the modelling world. Back in the late 1980s and 1990s, the Canadian-born Evangelista was one of the original supermodels and one of the most famous women in the world.

It was Evangelista who said, "We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day."

Evangelista, mother to a 14-year-old son, Augustin, with French businessman François-Henri Pinault, claimed the procedure had caused her to develop paradoxical adipose hyperplasia. It had sent her into “a cycle of deep depression, profound sadness and the lowest depths of self-loathing”. She said it was the reason she had kept to herself for over five years.

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So what’s happened to the rest of the supermodels from Evangelista’s era?

Claudia Schiffer.

German-born Claudia was planning to be a lawyer until she was scouted in a nightclub and put on the cover ofEllemagazine. It was the first of more than 1000 magazine covers for her.

She’s now married to Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn. They live in a 16th century manor house in England and have three children: Caspar, Clementine and Cosima.

After a brief acting career, in movies such asLove Actually, Schiffer now does some producing (under the name Claudia Vaughn), but concentrates mostly on her children.

“Motherhood made me feel, ‘This is what I’m all about,'” she told Stylist Magazine .

Naomi Campbell.

Campbell, who was a dancer in music videos as a child, appeared on her first magazine cover withBritish Elle,when she was just 15. She went on to become one of the 'Big Six' supermodels, along with Evangelista, Schiffer, Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington and Kate Moss.

However, she didn’t score the same number of advertising gigs as the other five, saying there was “prejudice” in the industry.

Having dabbled in singing, writing and reality TV, Campbell has won praise for her acting in recent years, including in American Horror Story: Hotel. In May this year, at the age of 50, she announced the arrival of her first child.

“A beautiful little blessing has chosen me to be her mother,” she posted on Instagram.