Gigi Hadid – biography, photos, facts. personal life, boyfriend, weight and height 2021

Biography of Gigi Hadid

Gigi Hadid is a famous American model, the «angel» of Victoria's Secret, the ambassador of the cosmetic brand Maybelline. In 2016, she was titled as the international model of the year by the British Fashion Council.

Childhood and family

Gigi (Jelena Noura) Hadid was born on April 23, 1995, in Los Angeles, in the family of businessman Mohamed Hadid and ex-model Yolanda Hadid (née van der Herik). The mother of the girl has Dutch roots; the father is a Palestinian. The younger sister Bella and brother Anwar also work in the modeling.

Hadid began her career in the world of fashion when she was two years old. The baby Gigi was noticed by Paul Marciano, designer, and co-founder of the Guess brand. For several years, until she went to school, Gigi was posing for the Baby Guess line.

The very first photosession of Gigi Hadid (Baby Guess)

For a long time, she did not take part in shooting and she led the life of an ordinary school girl. At the Malibu school, which she graduated in 2013, Gigi was the captain of the volleyball team and she was actively involved in horse riding. For some time, the girl even dreamed of a professional sports career and even was a member of the Youth Olympic team in volleyball.

Gigi Hadid’s mother also was a model in her youth

After graduation, the girl moved to New York and began studying criminal psychology at the private university called The New School. However, pretty soon Hadid dropped her studies and completely focused on the modeling busines

Career of a model

In 2011, Hadid returned to the modeling business, continuing to work with Marciano. A year later the girl became the face of Guess.

Gigi Hadid without make-up and all dressed up

In the winter of 2014, shortly after signing a contract with the agency IMG Models, Gigi first took part in the Fashion Week in New York, presenting the clothes of the collection of the brand Desigual. In the same month, the girl first appeared on the cover of the famous edition of the CR Fashion Book.

Gigi Hadid: backstage

In the summer of 2014, Hadid along with Patrick Schwarzenegger (the eldest son of Arnold Schwarzenegger) appeared in the autumn-winter advertising campaign for glasses by designer Tom Ford. Also, Gigi shot in advertising of perfume Velvet Orchard Fragrance from Tom Ford.

In 2015, Gigi appeared in the annual calendar Pirelli and became the ambassador of the brand Maybelline. By February 2015, Hadid was the first model in history, which appeared on the cover of CR Fashion Book twice. By May of the same year, Gigi had managed to participate in fashion shows of the collections of Marc Jacobs, Chanel, Michael Kors, Max Mara and other famous brands, and in December the girl first came to the podium of Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

Gigi Hadid for the Pirelli calendar, 2015

Subsequently, Hadid appeared on the covers and pages of such well-known magazines as Vogue (USA, Paris, Italy, Great Britain, Japan, Spain, Germany, Italy, China, etc.), Schön! (United Kingdom), Numéro (France), Allure (USA), W Magazine (USA) and Teen Vogue (USA), etc. Hadid also appeared in several advertising campaigns of Guess, Versace, Balmain, Topshop and Stuart Weitzman.

Gigi Hadid before and after plastic surgery (2012 VS 2016)

In early 2016, Gigi became the world ambassador for the Tommy Hilfiger brand, appearing in the advertising campaigns of underwear, clothes, and perfume. Together with Tommy Hilfiger, the girl developed a capsule collection called Gigi by Tommy Hilfiger.

In October 2016, Hadid together with designer Stuart Weizmann released a collection of shoes called Gigi Boot and became the ambassador of the Reebok brand, presenting the #PerfectNever campaign.

Gigi Hadid in Reebok #PerfectNever Revolution

In December 2016, Gigi first performed at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show with «wings». In the same month, she was awarded as the International Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards ceremony.

Gigi is the sweetest angel of Victoria Secret

In 2017, Hadid appeared on the four March covers of Vogue in the US, UK, China and the first edition of Vogue Arabia. The girl also appeared on the covers of other fashion magazines and participated in numerous shows in the world's fashion capitals.

Shooting for the Penshoppe summer catalog

At the third annual Fashion Los Angeles Awards, held by The Daily Front Row, Hadid was awarded for Best Design Debut for her joint collection with Hilfiger.

Personal life Gigi Hadid

From November 2013 to May 2015, Gigi was in a relationship with musician Cody Simpson.

Hadid and Cody Simpson have been dating for 1.5 years

The girl began to date with Zayn Malik after a breakup with an Australian. Zane is a former member of the British boys’ band One Direction. In May 2016, the pair appeared on a centerfold from the magazine Vogue. In December of the same year, the couple presented a video for the song Pillowtalk. After this, all the talk that they were «just friends» were finally stopped.

Zayn Malik – Pillowtalk

In 2018 Zane and Gigi told about breaking up, but later, in the beginning of 2020, they reunioned.

In 2014, Gigi said that she suffers from an autoimmune thyroiditis, a chronic thyroid disease.