41 Facts About Gigi Hadid

Jelena Noura "Gigi" Hadid is an American model and television personality.

Gigi Hadid signed to IMG Models in 2013 and made her New York Fashion Week debut the next year.

Gigi Hadid has a younger sister, Bella, and a younger brother, Anwar, both of whom are models.

Gigi Hadid has two older paternal half-sisters; Marielle and Alana.

In 2013, Gigi Hadid graduated from Malibu High School, where she was captain of the school's varsity volleyball team, as well as an equestrian.

Gigi Hadid suspended her studies to focus on her modeling career.

Gigi Hadid started modeling for Baby Guess before stopping to concentrate on school.

Gigi Hadid resumed working with Marciano, and was named the face of a 2012 Guess campaign.

Gigi Hadid has shot three campaigns with Guess as an adult.

Gigi Hadid co-hosted the Daily Front Row's Fashion Media Awards event held in New York City on September 5,2014.

Gigi Hadid was featured on the cover of Galore magazine in 2014.

Gigi Hadid appeared in the music video for Taylor Swift's song "Bad Blood", released the same month.

Gigi Hadid has made several appearances alongside her sister Bella.

Gigi Hadid has shot editorials for VMAN, Elle, Grazia, Cleo, Vogue, Sports Illustrated, Paper Magazine, Vanity Fair and V Magazine.

Gigi Hadid hosted the 2016 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards in Toronto on June 19,2016.

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.

Gigi Hadid received backlash for an impression of Melania Trump during the show, and later apologized.

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.

Gigi Hadid was featured on four March 2017 Vogue covers: American, British, Chinese, and the inaugural edition of Vogue Arabia.

Gigi Hadid appeared on the covers for CR Fashion Book, Jolie and The Daily.

Gigi Hadid has starred in editorials for American Vogue and LOVE Magazine.

Gigi Hadid scored her second American Vogue cover in August 2017, sharing it with her then-boyfriend, Zayn Malik.

Gigi Hadid released the first season of two new collaborations with Vogue Eyewear and Messika Jewelry.

Gigi Hadid ended 2017 by being named one of Glamour's Women of the Year, alongside Nicole Kidman, Solange Knowles, Muzoon Almellehan and others.

Gigi Hadid started 2018 with multiple high fashion campaigns, including Valentino, Moschino, Versace and Fendi.

Gigi Hadid went on to release her second collaboration with both Vogue Eyewear and Messika Jewelry.

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.

Gigi Hadid returned to the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show for the third time in the same month.

Gigi Hadid teamed up with chef Anne Burrell against chef and restaurateur Bobby Flay.

In January 2016, Gigi Hadid participated in MasterChef and raised $25,000 for Global Lyme Alliance.

Gigi Hadid announced in May 2018 that she would be working closely with Unicef to help children around the world.

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.

Gigi Hadid has shown support for the Black Lives Matter movement.

In 2022, Gigi Hadid pledged to donate her earnings from the Fall 2022 shows to help Ukrainian victims of the Russian invasion and Palestinians.

Gigi Hadid dated Australian singer Cody Simpson from 2013 to May 2015.

Gigi Hadid appeared in his music videos for "Surfboard" and "Flower".

Gigi Hadid dated American singer Joe Jonas from May to November 2015, during which time she directed his band DNCE's music video for "Cake by the Ocean".

Gigi Hadid began dating English singer Zayn Malik in late 2015; they broke up and reconciled multiple times.

Gigi Hadid was sentenced by a Pennsylvania court to 360 days of probation and anger management and domestic violence programs.

Since September 2022, Gigi Hadid has been linked with Leonardo DiCaprio as they were photographed together on the streets of Paris.

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.