Linda Evangelista has settled her $50million lawsuit years after a cosmetic procedure left her "brutally disfigured".
The supermodel, 57, went into hiding after she suffered a rare reaction to a fat freezing procedure six years ago, which she said left her "permanently deformed".
Yesterday, the modelling legend announced that the lawsuit she launched has been settled and she looks forward to the "next chapter of my life".
In a post which has already received more than 18,600 likes, Linda said: "I'm pleased to have settled the CoolSculpting case. I look forward to the next chapter of my life with friends and family, and am happy to put this matter behind me.
"I am truly grateful for the support I have received from those who have reached out."
In September, Linda filed a lawsuit, suing CoolSculpting parent company, Zeltiq Aesthetic Inc, for $50million in damages, claiming she had been unable to work since undergoing seven sessions from August 2015 to February 2016.
Earlier this wee Linda stunned in her first modelling job since the procedure, having kept a low profile before, and only showing her face in a public a handful of times.
The iconic supermodel features in a new Fendi advert which promotes the designer brand's upcoming fashion show.
Linda looks as striking as ever in the high-fashion edit which she posted to her Instagram account - much to the delight of her adoring fans
In the image the model is seen rocking a grey sweater and three pink caps stacked on her head.
The mum-of-one claims that the fat freezing procedure, known as cryotherapy, increased her fat cells, leading her to develop "bulges" all over her body.
Breaking her silence years after her procedure, Linda penned: "To my followers who have wondered why I have not been working while my peers' careers have been thriving, the reason is that I was brutally disfigured by Zeltiq's CoolSculpting procedure which did the opposite of what it promised."
"It increased, not decreased, my fat cells and left me permanently deformed after undergoing two painful, unsuccessful corrective surgeries. I have been left, as the media described, "unrecognisable."
Speaking to People magazine in an interview months later, Linda said she "stopped eating" when the growths started to appear on her chin, thighs, and bust, adding that she now "dreads running into someone she knows".
However, after finding the courage to go public, she said she was "done hiding" and posed for her first photoshoot since undergoing the procedure.
"I can't live like this anymore, in hiding and shame. I just couldn't live in this pain any longer. I'm willing to finally speak," she told the outlet.
A CoolSculpting representative told publication at the time: "The procedure has been well studied with more than 100 scientific publications and more than 11 million treatments performed worldwide."
They added that rare side effects such as PAH "continue to be well-documented in the CoolSculpting information for patients and health care providers."
The Mirror has contacted Allergan, of which Zeltiq Aesthetic Inc is a subsidiary, for comment.
