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Ève Salvail

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Ève Salvail
Born (1971-04-07) April 7, 1971 (age 54)
Matane, Quebec[2]
Modeling information
Height177 (5’10”) [1]
Hair colorNaturally brown; usually bleached, dyed, or shaved
Eye colorbrown[1]

Ève Salvail (born April 7, 1971) is a Canadian model.[2][3]

Biography

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Salvail was born in Matane, Quebec. While modelling in Japan in the early 1990s she made the decision to shave her head bald and have a Chinese dragon tattooed on her scalp.[4] Her distinctive look was spotted by Jean Paul Gaultier and soon she became a top model in the European fashion capitals.[5] She worked with some of the biggest names in the industry, including Versace and [[Karl Lagerfeld].[6]

She would often grow her hair and dye it blonde, red or even pink. For the last few years she has sported very short blonde hair and moved away from modelling but occasionally has had her head shaved in recent years.

Salvail appeared as herself in the Robert Altman film Prêt-à-Porter.[2] She also made appearances in The Fifth Element and Zoolander.[2] She has appeared on the covers of several magazines including ELLE, Marie Claire and Wired. Salvail also appeared in a Lenny Kravitz music video "Is There Any Love in Your Heart".[7]

Salvail publicly came out as a lesbian on the January 9, 2007 episode of the Tyra Banks Show titled "Coming Out Stories".[8] She also made an appearance on Tyra's show America's Next Top Model where she talked to the girls of Cycle 6 about how her career got started.

For some time, she was the lead singer in a band Ten Watt Mary. She has also collaborated with Bryan Adams.[9] Since at least 2005, Eve Salvail has been working as a DJ in New York, often using the name DJ Evalicious.[5][10]

In 2011, she returned to big-time modelling, appearing in a shoot for a Jean-Paul Gaultier exhibition in Montreal and later returned to the catwalk for his 2011/12 haute couture Fall Winter 2011/12 show in Paris. For this, she had her head completely shaved again returning to the bald, tattooed look when she was a Gaultier muse in the mid-1990s.[11]

Salvail continued to model in 2016 for the Chinese designer Ms Min.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Ève Salvail at Fashion Model Directory
  2. ^ a b c d Ève Salvail at IMDb
  3. ^ Meers, Erik (2000-10-24). "Eve's close shave". The Advocate.
  4. ^ Chapman, Aryn (December 17, 2007). "Eve Salvail, fashion, models, Jean Paul Gaultier". Inked Magazine. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  5. ^ a b c Borrelli-Persson, Laird (December 30, 2016). "Catching up with Eve Salvail, the original girl with a dragon tattoo". Vogue. Archived from the original on May 23, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  6. ^ "Eve Salvail on modeling in the 90s: "They took me as I was, head shaved and tattooed". Fashion Network. February 10, 2021. Archived from the original on February 11, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  7. ^ Sajbel, Maureen (19 December 1993). "VIDEO VOGUE : Everybody Gets Into the Act". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Supermodel Salvail comes out as a lesbian". Pink News. January 10, 2007. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  9. ^ "Slavi's Show". Slavishow. May 14, 2007. Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  10. ^ Delap, Leanne (November 16, 2023). "Eve Salvail is just getting started". The Kit. Archived from the original on December 8, 2023. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  11. ^ "Clin d'oeil". www.clindoeil.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-06-10.
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