1. Jelena Noura "Gigi" Hadid is an American fashion model and television personality.
47 Facts About Gigi Hadid
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Gigi Hadid signed to IMG Models in 2013 and made her New York Fashion Week debut the next year.
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Gigi Hadid began using it in school to avoid confusion with a girl in her class named "Helena".
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In 2013, Gigi Hadid graduated from Malibu High School, where she was captain of the varsity volleyball team, as well as an equestrian.
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Gigi Hadid suspended her studies to focus on her modeling career.
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Gigi Hadid appeared in Baby Guess ads before stopping to concentrate on school.
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Gigi Hadid returned to modeling in 2011 and then resumed working with Marciano, becoming the face of a 2012 Guess campaign.
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Gigi Hadid co-hosted the Daily Front Row's Fashion Media Awards event held in New York City on September 5,2014.
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Gigi Hadid was featured on the cover of Galore magazine in 2014.
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Gigi Hadid appeared in the music video for Taylor Swift's song "Bad Blood", released the same month.
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Gigi Hadid has made several appearances alongside her sister Bella.
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Gigi Hadid has shot editorials for VMAN, Elle, Grazia, Cleo, Vogue, Sports Illustrated, Paper Magazine, Vanity Fair and V Magazine.
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Gigi Hadid hosted the 2016 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards in Toronto on June 19,2016.
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Gigi Hadid co-designed a capsule collection with Tommy Hilfiger called Gigi by Tommy Hilfiger, which was released in the fall of 2016 at New York Fashion Week.
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Gigi Hadid received backlash for an impression of Melania Trump during the show, and later apologized.
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Gigi Hadid photographed a special summer edition of V Magazine titled Gigi's Journal, which featured Polaroids of fashion industry colleagues, celebrities and close friends.
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Gigi Hadid was featured on four March 2017 Vogue covers: American, British, Chinese, and the inaugural edition of Vogue Arabia.
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Gigi Hadid appeared on the covers for CR Fashion Book, Jolie and The Daily.
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Gigi Hadid has starred in editorials for American Vogue and LOVE Magazine.
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Gigi Hadid scored her second American Vogue cover in August 2017, sharing it with her then-boyfriend, Zayn Malik.
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The third Tommy Hilfiger and Gigi Hadid collection was presented in September 2017.
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Gigi Hadid released the first season of two new collaborations with Vogue Eyewear and Messika Jewelry.
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Gigi Hadid ended 2017 by being named one of Glamour's Women of the Year, alongside Nicole Kidman, Solange Knowles, Muzoon Almellehan and others.
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Gigi Hadid started 2018 with multiple high fashion campaigns, including Valentino, Moschino, Versace and Fendi.
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Gigi Hadid went on to release her second collaboration with both Vogue Eyewear and Messika Jewelry.
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Gigi Hadid appeared on many different international Vogue covers in 2018, including British Vogue in March, Vogue Italia in May and Vogue Brazil in September.
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Gigi Hadid returned to the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show for the third time in the same month.
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Gigi Hadid teamed up with chef Anne Burrell against chef and restaurateur Bobby Flay.
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In January 2016, Gigi Hadid participated in MasterChef and raised $25,000 for Global Lyme Alliance.
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Gigi Hadid announced in May 2018 that she would be working closely with UNICEF to help children around the world.
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In June 2020, Gigi Hadid auctioned off some of her clothes as part of a charity auction organized by British Vogue that benefitted NHS Charities Together and the NAACP.
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Gigi Hadid has shown support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
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In 2022, Gigi Hadid pledged to donate her earnings from the Fall 2022 shows to help Ukrainian victims of the Russian invasion and Palestinians.
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Gigi Hadid is a long-time supporter of Palestine and the Free Palestine movement.
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Bella Hadid and Gigi Hadid have donated $1 million to Palestinian relief agencies.
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Gigi Hadid revealed in 2014 that she has Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
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Gigi Hadid has discussed her struggles with social anxiety, which she attends psychotherapy to help manage.
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Gigi Hadid was in an on-again, off-again relationship with Australian singer Cody Simpson.
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Gigi Hadid appeared in Simpson's music video for "Flower" in February 2015.
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Gigi Hadid was in a relationship with American singer Joe Jonas from June to October 2015.
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Gigi Hadid co-directed Jonas' band DNCE's music video for "Cake by the Ocean".
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Gigi Hadid began dating English singer Zayn Malik in late 2015; they broke up and reconciled multiple times.
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Gigi Hadid was sentenced by a Pennsylvania court to 360 days of probation as well as counseling for anger management and domestic violence.
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Gigi Hadid has been in a relationship with actor Bradley Cooper since 2023.
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In late January 2019, Gigi Hadid was sued by the independent photo agency business Xclusive for sharing an October 2018 photo of herself without the photographer's permission.
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On July 10,2023, Gigi Hadid was arrested in the Cayman Islands under charges of importation of drugs and drug paraphernalia after customs and border control discovered a small amount of marijuana, along with "smoking utensils", to be among her belongings when she touched down at the Owen Roberts International Airport.
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In 2017, Gigi Hadid attempted to travel to Shanghai to participate in the 2017 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show but ultimately could not, as her Chinese visa was reportedly revoked after an online video showing her doing a slant-eyes gesture in imitation of Buddha was criticized as racist by Chinese internet users.