She made her return to modelling following a six-year absence due to an adverse reaction to a fat freezing procedure that she claims disfigured her face.

And Linda Evangelista took to Instagram on Tuesday to share snaps from the Fendi show at Manhattan’s Hammerstein Ballroom as part of New York Fashion Week.

The Canadian model, 57, posed up a storm with Kate Moss and Kim Kardashian as she made her first runway appearance in 15 years, after returning to photoshoots after six years.

Stunners: Linda Evangelista took to Instagram on Tuesday to share snaps from the Fendi show at Manhattan’s Hammerstein Ballroom as part of New York Fashion Week

Linda cut a glamorous figure in a billowing Tiffany blue taffeta gown, which featured a dramatic collar and a sweeping train.

She styled her brunette tresses swept back into a slick up-do and accentuated her features with a smokey-eye make-up palette.

Adding a touch of high-class style, she had a silver-patterned Baguette bag under one arm and matching metallic silver gloves that went up to her elbows.

Linda was seen posing backstage with supermodel Kate Moss, who looked equally stylish in a strapped white gown.

Stars: The Canadian model, 57, posed up a storm with the likes of Kate Moss and Kim Kardashian (pictured) as she made her first runway appearance in 15 year

Kate, 48, wore her golden locks loosely in a straight fashion and bolstered her natural good looks with a touch of mascara.

Linda was also seen socialising with Kim Kardashian and fashion designer Kim Jones ahead of the show.

Reality TV star Kim, 41, flaunted her incredible figure in a sparkling gold gown featuring built-in gloves, while she clutched a matching handbag.

She wore her platinum tresses slicked back into a tight ponytail and accentuated her features with lashings of mascara and a slick of eyeliner.

Modelling credentials: Linda cut a glamorous figure in a billowing Tiffany blue taffeta gown, which featured a dramatic collar and a sweeping train

Behind the scenes: Linda also shared pictures of herself having the finishing touches put on her look and posing for photographs backstage

Linda also shared pictures of herself having the finishing touches put on her runway look and posing for photographs backstage.

Alongside the gallery of snaps, she wrote: ‘Fendi BTS.’ 

Linda made her triumphant return to the catwalk near the end of the Fendi show in her attention-grabbing ensemble.

And from the reaction from those in attendance and her colleagues on stage, her epic return to the runway was a smashing success.

Runway ready: Linda shared snaps of her glamorous outfit on a sign at the fashion show during New York Fashion Week

Triumphant: Linda Evangelista made her triumphant return to modelling after a six-year absence due to a reaction to a fat freezing procedure that she claims disfigured her face

Linda returned to modelling with a Fendi fashion shoot in July after she stopped working in 2016 after claiming a rare reaction to a fat-reduction procedure six years ago left her ‘deformed’.

The surgery was designed to decrease her fat cells, but instead, it made them become enlarged – resulting in her developing ‘bulges’ all over her body, due to a condition called paradoxical adipose hyperplasia.

PAH is a rare adverse effect of cryolipolysis, which has been reported in of 0.0051 per cent of the 1.5 million CoolSculpting procedures performed worldwide.

Linda has since undergone two liposuction surgeries in an attempt to fix the problem, and announced back in February that she was done living in ‘shame’.  

Procedure: Linda (pictured in 2005) has undergone two liposuction surgeries in an attempt to fix the problem, and announced back in February that she was done living in ‘shame’

She recently said she is still ‘trying to love herself’ after becoming ‘so depressed’ following the faulty procedure, and that using the tape ‘took care of’ her ‘insecurities’ so that she could feel confident while ‘doing what she loves to do’ again.

She explained: ‘That’s not my jaw and neck in real life – and I can’t walk around with tape and elastics everywhere. I’m trying to love myself as I am.

‘But for the photos… Look, for photos I always think we’re here to create fantasies. We’re creating dreams. I think it’s allowed. All my insecurities are taken care of in these pictures, so I got to do what I love to do.’

Throughout the ’90s, Linda was one of the biggest models in the industry, posing for numerous well-known magazines like Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Elle, and Marie Claire, and strutting her stuff in runway shows for big brands including Chanel, Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana, Ralph Lauren, and Giorgio Armani, to name a few.