Gigi Hadid (Jelena Noora "Gigi" Hadid) is one of the highest paid models in the world. Winner of the First Annual Fashion Los Angeles Awards in the 2015 Model of the Year category and nominated for the Teen Choice Awards.
According to Forbes magazine for 2018, Hadid made $ 13 million and was ranked fifth on the list of supermodels. In 2016, she became the best model in the world. This was announced by the British Fashion Council.
short biography
The future catwalk star was born in the spring of 1995 in the United States. Her father is half Palestinian, half American, Mohmed Hadid. He is one of America's most prominent businessmen, with a number of prestigious hotels. Mom is a former model Yolanda Hadid (nee Van den Herik), an American of Dutch descent. After finishing her modeling career, she began acting on television in popular series.
Jelena claims to belong to the Daher Al-Omer clan of the Prince of Nazareth and Sheikh of Galilee. She has a brother, Anwar, and a sister, Bella. They also work in the modeling business. There are also two paternal half-sisters, Maryele and Alana. After the divorce, my mother married producer David Foster for the second time. Jelena has five more half-sisters.
During her school years, she was fond of horse riding and volleyball, for a long time she headed a sports team. After completing her primary education, Hadid went to college, but left school for a while to pursue a serious modeling career. She is still a student of the New School University's Department of Legal Psychology and is about to graduate.
Model career
Hadid made his podium debut at the age of two. She was noticed by the famous representative of the modeling business Paul Marciano. Soon, the girl was already advertising Baby Guess children's clothing.
When she went to school, her parents insisted that her daughter leave her job as a model and immerse herself in her studies. Only a few years later, she returned to the podium. Gigi resumed working with Marciano and a year later represented the Guess campaign.
After graduating from high school, Gigi went to New York, where she began a successful collaboration with IMG Models. She soon made her debut at Fashion Week, after which she began to receive a huge number of proposals from fashion houses, designers and advertising agencies.
Soon, her photograph was already gracing the cover of the CR Fashion Book. Then Hadid took part in a photo shoot for advertising the autumn-winter collection of T. Ford. This was followed by work with a number of well-known companies and appearance on the covers of the Galore edition and the book CR Fashion by Karin Roitfeld.
The following year, Hadid worked with her sister Bella for a while. They participated in several photo shoots for the Fendi and Moschino brands.
A year later, Hadid signed a contract with Victoria's Secret and took part in the winter show. Photos of the girl reappeared on the covers of popular fashion magazines. She also took part in a photo shoot for the new advertising calendar of the Pirelli company along with other famous world models, including Natalia Vodianova.
In addition to working in the modeling business, Gigi starred in several music videos and short films as an actress. She has collaborated with Miguel, Taylor Swift, Calvin Harris, Cody Simpson and Zane Malik.
In 2015, the model took part in an advertising campaign for the Brazilian brand Rosa Cha. A year later, she, together with the famous designer Tommy Hilfiger, launched a clothing line. Their collaboration began long before this event. Together with her sister, Hadid participated in Hilfiger's fashion shows and, although the director of the company was not very impressed with the work of the models and was not going to sign a contract with them, Tommy was able to convince him and defend the participation of Gigi and Bella in the brand demonstrations.
In 2017, Hadid became the face of Vogue Eyewear. In 2019, she began collaborating with Reebok and unveiled a new sports collection.
Personal life
Gigi certainly attracts the attention of males who dream of being next to a beautiful girl and one of the most famous models in the world. The press constantly discussed Hadid's novels with famous people from show business and not only.
She met with the popular representative of the film industry Daniel Sharman, singer and musician Nick Jonas. For some time she was romantically involved with Patrick Urets, although the young man has nothing to do with celebrities.
Hadid met with musician Cody Simpson for a long time and many believed that the matter was going to the wedding. But after a two-year relationship, the couple broke up.
Soon, Gigi began dating race car driver Lewis Hamilton, then musician Joe Jonas appeared in her life. But with neither one nor the other, the relationship did not work out.
In the fall of 2015, Hadid appeared in photographs with her new boyfriend Zayn Malik. Their relationship lasted two and a half years, but in the spring of 2018, the couple announced that they were breaking up due to the fact that their busy work schedule did not allow them to be together.
Supermodel income
The famous modeling website named Hadid one of the highest paid models in the world. The same information appeared on the pages of Forbes magazine in 2018.
On average, Gigi earns about $ 9.5 million and is ranked fifth on the podium stars. At the same time, her income for 2018 exceeded $ 13 million.
The model surpasses her sister Bella in popularity and income, who was only in ninth place on the list. So far, her fees are less than that of Gigi, by about one and a half times.
