As I usually discuss about Western boy band, but this time I will discuss a Victoria's Secret model born from a wealthy family. No one else except Gigi Hadid.
 Isn't it?



Jelena Noura Hadid or better known as Gigi Hadid was born in Los Angeles, California, USA on April 23rd, 1995. How come the name can be Gigi?  Because since childhood she was often called Jiji from her first name, so for the stage name became Gigi.

Anwar Hadid and Mohamed Hadid

The daughter of the real estate developer Mohamed Hadid and the former model of Yolanda Hadid are the eldest child of 3 siblings. Gigi has a younger sister Bella Hadid and Anwar Hadid is her younger brother.

Even though she came from a wealthy family, it didn't stop her to be independent and hardworking in order to not depends on her parents.
"I always feel guilty. It started in middle school and I was determined not to be limited by my family's wealth or beauty," Gigi said during an interview in Times 2.

After finishing high school, Hadid moved to New York City to focus on her study and modelling carrier.  she discussed criminal psychology there. Graduating from Malibu High School on 2013, Gigi captained a volleyball tim and competitive horsemen.



In 2013 Gigi Hadid was contracted by IMG Models. In November 2014, Gigi made her debut on the list of Top 50 Models on Models.com., and this year she was diagnosed with hashimoto's disease. Gigi was named the International Model of The Year by The British Fashion Council in 2016.

Friends and Sisters

Gigi Hadid joined the Taylor Swift squad.
Among all the supermodel friends
and famous Hollywood artists, Gigi Hadid is indeed very close to Kendall Jenner. It turned out that were arguably sisters, because Gigi Hadid's stepfather, David Foster,  had married Kris Jenner before marrying Bruce.




   Gigi Hadid has started her modelling career since she was 2 years old, through Guess fashion labels. After that, at the age of 19 she could only feel the catwalk stage.



Gigi's Career Journey

1997 - 2012 (Early Career)

  ➬ Gigi's modelling career began after being discovered by Paul Marciano. He began to become a model with Baby Guess and quit because she wanted to focus on the school. Gigi returned to work with Marciano and became the face of a 2012 Guess Campaign.

2013 - 2014 (Professional Career in New York)

   ➬ After moving to New York City and contracted with IMG Models in 2013, Gigi made her debut at New York Fashion Week in February 2014 to became a model at the Desigual show.
In the same month Gigi became a model on the cover of the CR Fashion Book magazine. On July 15, 2014, she with actor and model Patrick Schwarzenegger starred in the autumn/winter campaign of eye accessories from Tom Ford. She hosted the event at the
Daily Front Row's Fashion Media Awards event held in New York City on September 5, 2014. Hadid also starred in the campaign for the 2014 Tom Ford F/W, Tom Ford Velvet Orchard Fragrance and 2014 Tom Ford Beauty. Hadid became a model on the cover of Galore Magazine and CR Fashion Book by Carine Roitfeld in 2014.

2015 - 2016 (Model Of The Year,  Cover Of The First United States Vogue)


 ➬ In the release of the 2015 Guess spring campaign, Gigi appeared on the 2015 Pirelli calendar in January 2015, she was named the Daily Front Row's Model Of The Year and a Maybelline ambassador.  As of May 2015, Gigi had become a model for fashion designer such as : March Jacobs, Chanel, Michael Kors, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Max Mara.



The younger sister,  Bella Hadid is also a model and the sisters have been featured together in modelling shows including photoshoots for V Magazine in June 2015.


In December 2015, for the first time she walked on the stage at Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Hadid has appeared on the covers of magazines such as Vogue (United States, Paris,  Italy, England, Japan, Spain, Australia, Brazil, Netherlands, Germany, China),  Schön !, Numéro, Allure, W and
Teen Vogue and WSJ magazine,  Elle Canada,  Dazed and Harper's Bazaar (United States, Malaysia) . Gigi also expressed her opinion in VMAN, Elle, Grazia, Cleo, Vogue, Sports Illustrated, Paper Magazine.  Vanity Fair and V Magazine.


In 2016 she has been a model for : Versace, Chanel, Elie Saab, Fendi, Marc Jacobs, Anna Sui, Miu Miu, Balmain, Diane Von Furstenberg, Tommy Hilfiger, Fenty x Puma, Isabel Marant, and Giambattista Valli.  In January 2016,she became a global ambassador for Tommy Hilfiger, starring in advertisement for underwear, clothing and fragrances.

In April 2016 Gigi starred in an interactive
campaign including an advertisement for the BMW M2. She was the host of the 2016 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards in Toronto on June 19, 2016.



Gigi participated in designing a capsule collection with Tommy Hilfiger named Gigi by Tommy Hilfiger which was released in
the fall of 2016 at New York Fashion Week.
In October her boot with Stuart Weitzman named Gigi Boot was revealed and it was announced that Gigi had become an ambassador for Reebok.



On November 20, 2016, Hadid hosted the 2016 American Music Awards with Saturday Night Live alumni Jay Pharoah. She received criticism for imitating Melania Trump at the event and then apologized.



December 2016, for the second time Gigi
walked on the stage of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show and got her wings for the first time.





And in the same month she was awarded the International Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards, given by Donatella Versace.

2017 - now
   January 2017, Gigi and Bella became
the leading campaign on spring/summer at Fendi and Moschino Campaign. Gigi was
also the star in S/S 2017 campaign for Max Mara, Stuart Weitzman and Dsquared accessories.

Tommy Hilfiger and Gigi Hadid's second show was shown in February 2017 for spring. Gigi became photographer for the 2017 spring/summer Versace Campaign featuring former One Direction
member, Zayn Malik.

Gigi Hadid became a model on Vogue Magazine in March 2017 : US, England, Tiongkok, and Arab edition. She appears on CR Fashion Book Magazine (Spring/Summer 2017), Jolie Magazine (April 2017) and The Daily (Spring 2017) too.  Gigi became future on
Vogue Magazine Netherlands, Cosmopolitan and Glamour edition in May 2017 and United States' Harper's Bazaar Magazine June/July 2017 edition.


During autumn/winter season mode 2017 in
New York, Milan and Paris, Gigi opened a show for Jeremy Scott, Anna Sui,  versus (Versace), Alberta Farretti, Missoni, H&M and Balmain,  and closed the show for Isabel Marant, Moschino,  Max Mara and Anna Sui. In the 3rd Daily Front Row's Fashion Los Angeles Award, Gigi Hadid got
an award of Best Design debut for her design with Tommy Hilfiger.

It's not complete if we are not discussed Gigi Hadid's love story.  Let's see! 👇🤗

During 2 years Gigi had a relationship with an Australian singer, Cody Simpson, but the relationship ended in May 2015.
After that she dated a singer from United States, Joe Jonas in June 2015, unfortunately relationship between Joe Jonas and Gigi Hadid only lasted until November.


By the end if 2014 Gigi started dating X-Factor's dropout singer Zayn Malik. Giving appeared at Zayn's 'Pillowtalk' music video.  They appeared together on Vogue Magazine in August 2017. Zayn and Gigi are the third couple who appeared in Vogue Magazine. They also starred in Versace Magazine as a couple with Gigi as the photographer.


Apparently they are really difficult to separate. If you pay attention,  the tattoo on Zayn's chest is drawn by Gigi Hadid's eyes there.  😎


The biggest annual fashion event Met Gala was held again. The event used for raising funds always stole the attention of the audience. 2019 Met Gala is held at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City on May 6. This time the theme is Camp : Notes on Fashion.



Gigi Hadid appeared with a long blazer that had a fur accent with a combination of white and gold. With prickly eyes makeup and makes Gigi Hadid even more praised for super nude makeup.

Gigi and Bella Hadid • Kendall Jenner • Hailey Baldwin 

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