Sisters Bella and Gigi Hadid almost at the same time captured the attention of all designers in the world and all the catwalks of the planet. But despite their insane popularity and involuntary confrontation in the fashion world, they treat each other with respect and complement each other perfectly.
Gigi was born on April 23, 1995, Bella on October 9, 1996. They spent their childhood in Los Angeles, California. The girls' parents are construction magnate and architect Mohammed Hadid and famous top model, star of the TV series "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" Yolanda Herik.
Wedding photo of Mohamed and Yolanda, 1994
Four years after Bella was born, their younger brother Anwar appeared.
Gigi, Bella, Anwar
In 2004, the parents of the Hadid family divorced, but still maintain friendly relations. After this, music producer and 16-time Grammy Award winner David Foster entered their lives.
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The atmosphere in the family was friendly, the sisters well received their stepfather and stepbrothers and sisters. They spent a lot of time together and helped each other. Yolanda knew how important it was to find herself and always gave her daughters a choice in behavior, clothing, and makeup. The Hadid sisters have repeatedly said how grateful they are to their mother, because thanks to her actions, each has formed her own view of the world and style.
Yolanda, Gigi and Bella
Gigi was a real “beauty, smart, athlete,” and also an excellent student at school.
And Bella was completely different from her. She called herself a revolutionary and tried to attract attention and be different from others. One day Bella dyed her hair brown on her own.
Bella at graduation
Gigi captained the volleyball team and rode horses as a teenager, while Bella became a serious equestrian. The younger sister's plans were to participate in the Olympic Games, but doctors diagnosed her with Lyme disease. Her mother and brother have exactly the same diagnosis.
Gigi graduated high school early and attended a private research university in New York. She is receiving an education in forensic psychology. Bella moved to New York after her sister. There she took photography courses and graduated from design school.
Sisters' careers
Their mother played an important role in the development of the sisters' careers. Already in 2000, Gigi starred for the Baby Guess brand:
One of Gigi's first jobs in the modeling business
But Yolanda decided to stop there. Her motivation was quite simple: her mother wanted her daughters to receive an education and no one to evaluate them only for their external data. Yolanda dreamed of raising individuals, so that the girls would first accept themselves and be kind to both the photographer and the cleaning lady. She succeeded quite well.
Although Gigi periodically took part in filming, she had a completely ordinary childhood.
Filming 2005
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But when Gigi turned eighteen, she signed her first contract with IMG Models. Her career took off almost instantly.
Childhood and family
The future top model was born on October 9, 1996 in the City of Angels in the family of Yolanda Hadid, a native of the Netherlands who also previously worked in the fashion industry, and Mohamed Hadid, a Palestinian born in Nazareth and moved with his parents to the United States at the age of 14. He is a multimillionaire who has built luxury mansions and hotels in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills. His fortune in 2017 was estimated at $200 million.
Bella Hadid as a child with her mother
Bella has a sister, Jelena (“Gigi”), who is one year older, and a brother, Anwar, who is 3 years younger. After her parents' divorce in 2000 and her father's remarriage, she had two more paternal sisters, Alana and Mariel. In 2012, her mother became a star of the reality show Housewives of Beverly Hills. From 2011 to 2020, the woman was married to musician and producer David Foster.
Bella and Gigi's mother was also a model in her youth
As a teenager, Bella lived with her family on a ranch in Santa Barbara, was fond of equestrian sports and dreamed of going to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. However, she had to abandon this idea due to the discovery of Lyme disease, which also affected her mother and brother.
Bella Hadid with her sister and brother
Hadid sisters before and after plastic surgery
Although Gigi has natural beauty, according to critics, she has changed some of her facial features. Experts talk about the following plastic surgeries: getting rid of the looming eyelid, Bish’s lumps and changing the shape of the chin.
Read more: Gigi Hadid before and after plastic surgery
As for Bella, she hides surgical interventions. However, it’s hard to believe her and most claim that the model resorted to rhinoplasty, removal of Bisha’s lumps and other minor transformations. You can't argue that the sisters have wonderful genes, but daily exercise, strict diets and a little intervention from specialists made them even more beautiful.
Read more: Bella Hadid before and after plastic surgery
After this, the fashion world opened its doors to the younger Hadid. She also became part of IMG Models.
During this short time, the sisters managed to grace the covers of all famous magazines, and more than once participated together in the CHANEL and Victoria's Secret shows. They are the faces of many brands and guests of honor at various fashion shows.
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Gigi Hadid
Gigi (full name Jelena Noura) received her first contract at two years old when she starred for Baby Guess. However, she returned to the fashion business only after 15 years.
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When the girl was 17, she moved from Malibu to New York and signed a contract with the IMG agency. A year later she worked with Guess again. After Gigi posed for the 2015 Pirelli calendar (not so easy to get into), her career began to rapidly gain momentum: a year later she became a Victoria's Secret Angel and was named 2020 model.
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Her childlike appearance—chubby cheeks and blonde curls—was liked by many designers, and Gigi instantly became in demand. The only thing that did not suit her employers was her imperfect figure, in their opinion: even Tommy Hilfiger, who later released a collaboration with Gigi, advised her to lose weight.
However, this did not bother the girl. Now she is the face of Maybelline NY, appears in videos and advertisements, and participates in shows of the most important fashion houses, for example, Versace and Dior.
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She has to work hard to maintain her figure (Gigi runs and does cardio, boxing and yoga six days a week), but it’s worth it: last year the girl became the face of Reebok.
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Zayn Malik: 2020 to 2020
Shortly after breaking up with Jonas, the model began dating Zayn Malik, which the musician confirmed on his Instagram in December 2020. They weren't shy about going public with their relationship (remember their red carpet debut at the 2020 Met Gala?), but it wasn't all smooth sailing. After seven months of dating, they reportedly broke up, but soon reconciled. After this, Gigi and Zayn's relationship seemed to be filled with love and peace, and there were even rumors that they were engaged. But in March 2020, Gigi and Malik announced their separation; an insider close to the couple said that they were unable to continue their relationship due to “crazy work schedules.”
Bella Hadid now
In November 2020, the model became a member of the “angel landing”, appearing in an outfit with “wings” on the catwalk during the traditional Victoria's Secret show in Shanghai.
To be in the required shape for the fashion show, she spent about three hours every day at the Gotham Gym fitness club, supplementing her general physical training with boxing classes. Bella Hadid in the Victoria's Secret Show 2020 These workouts came in handy when she was chosen as an ambassador for the Swiss watch brand TAG Heuer - in one of its advertising campaigns, the girl posed with a boxing glove. In December, she again starred in a video for the advent calendar from the LOVE publication, appearing in black stockings and red lingerie, which allows you to appreciate her impeccable figure.
Bella Hadid in Cannes
Bella's fans did not go unnoticed by her December photo shoot for the Italian version of Vogue, where she posed naked, sitting with American model Taylor Hill on a New Year's table with snacks. Bella Hadid in an ice cream advertisement In January 2020, she graced the cover and pages of Korean Vogue with stunning photographs not only in sexy lingerie, but also in spectacular transparent outfits that highlight her natural beauty.
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According to Justina, they met on Instagram. She texted Mohamed “Hi” and he texted her back. They talked for many months, got to know each other well, and communicated on WhatsApp. They talked a lot about art, since both of them draw.
It all started innocently, but then the relationship became more sexual. They exchanged photos of what they were doing. Justina admitted that she wanted to try with an older man, and Hadid was attractive. Once, when she wrote that she would like to eat dumplings with him, he replied that he would eat them with her or on her.
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Sometimes Mohamed would ask her to send him racy photos, and she would do so because she views nudity as part of art.
According to Justina, at first Hadid did not mention that he was engaged to Shiva. Their relationship began on Valentine's Day 2020. The couple continued to text and flirt for months, and Mohamed asked her to send photos and videos that would make him smile.
They met in 2020 in Wroclaw, where they stayed at the five-star Sofitel Hotel. She had a boyfriend at the time, so she thought it would be better to go to Poland since her relatives live there. Hadid was there for a meeting with his business partners, as well as people from the fashion industry, but wanted to spend time alone with Justina.
She showed him the city. They went to a Polish restaurant. He ate the dumplings and said that it was the cheapest food he had ever eaten, but he really liked it.
Their walks were often interrupted by calls from Mohamed Shiva's fiancée, but Justina didn't mind since she was in a relationship herself.
It was during this trip that the couple had sex for the first time.
Career breakthrough
In 2020, Gigi starred for the famous Pirelli calendar. In January 2020, she became Daily Front Row's Model of the Year and an ambassador for the Maybelline cosmetics brand. By May 2020, Hadid was presenting clothes from such famous designers as Marc Jacobs, Chanel, Michael Kors, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Max Mara.
In June 2020, together with her sister Bella, they starred in a photo shoot for V magazine. In December 2020, Gigi first appeared at the fashion show of the famous lingerie brand Victoria's Secrets. Gigi has appeared on the covers of many fashion magazines, including Vogue (12 countries), Numéro, Allure, Teen Vogue and many others. She has starred in campaigns for Guess, Versace, Penshoppe, Topshop, Max Mara, Stuart Weitzman and Balmain.
In 2020, Gigi presented clothes for Versace, Chanel, Elie Saab, Fendi, Marc Jacobs, Anna Sui, Miu Miu, Balmain, Diane von Furstenberg, " Tommy Hilfiger, Isabel Marant and Giambattista Valli.
In January 2020, she became a Tommy Hilfiger brand ambassador, spearheading lingerie, clothing and fragrance campaigns. Together with Tommy Hilfiger, she developed the Gigi by Tommy Hilfiger capsule collection, which was presented in the fall of 2020 at New York Fashion Week.
In the fall of 2020, at fashion weeks in New York, Milan and Paris, Hadid opened five shows and closed seven. Her Gigi Boot collection for Stuart Weitzman was unveiled in October. At the same time, she became a Reebok brand ambassador for the #PerfectNever campaign. Then in December 2020, she walked the Victoria's Secret show for the second time. That same month, Gigi won the Model of the Year award at the British Fashion Awards, which was presented to her by Donatella Versace.
In 2020, sisters Gigi and Bella starred together for the spring-summer season of Fendi and Moschino. Gigi has also fronted campaigns for Max Mara, Stuart Weitzman and DSQUARED2 accessories. The second joint collection with Tommy Hilfiger was presented in February 2020.
In March, Gigi appeared on four covers of Vogue: USA, UK, China and Arabic edition. In May 2020, she was on the covers of Dutch Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Glamor. During the fall-winter 2020 season at fashion weeks in New York, Paris and Milan, Hadid opened shows for Jeremy Scott, Anna Sui, Versace, Alberta Ferretti, Missoni, H&M and Balmain. and also closed shows for Isabel Marant, Moschino, Max Mara and Anna Sui.
