United Kingdom, Feb. 21 -- Linda Evangelista's friend made her feel "beautiful" when she showed her mastectomy scars for the first time.

The 59-year-old supermodel underwent a double mastectomy during her battle with breast cancer and she showed her scars in a candid fashion photoshoot for for Zeit Magazine last year and she's revealed her designer pal Jenna Lyons - who was at the shoot - helped her see the beauty in her body.

Speaking at the Facing the Pressures to Look Youthful during Shiseido's Potential Has No Age Summit alongside Jenna, Linda explained: "Jenna was there that day.

"We brought her into the pictures, but when I was changing, they asked me, 'Can we see your .' I don't know what you said, if it was my chest or my whate...