In addition to two older, paternal half-sisters (Marielle and Alana), Hadid also had five stepsisters during her mom's marriage to music producer David Foster, including Erin and Sara Foster, the stars of VH1's Barely Famous. It’s really nice when you have people who say, ‘It’s okay to take time for yourself.’” “Because a lot of the time I feel suffocated by my own work ethic and by the expectations I put on myself. “She’s so understanding of the demands of this job, and it’s really great that I can talk to her about it,” she told Harper's Bazaar. Gigi has credited Bella, who famously dated singer The Weeknd, as being a source of her strength.

The Hadid sisters have both walked in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, starred together in both Fendi and Moschino’s Spring/Summer 2017 campaigns, and, in 2017, became the first siblings to both be included on the Forbes World’s Highest Paid Models list. Like their big sister, both are also models. Hadid has two younger siblings, a sister named Bella, and a brother, Anwar. But having signed her first professional contract with IMG Models the same year, her modeling gigs interfered with her class schedule, and she eventually put her studies on hold. Upon graduation from high school, she relocated to the East Coast in the fall of 2013 to study criminal psychology at the New School in New York City. Wanting to 'have a normal childhood and go to high school,' she became captain of the varsity volleyball team at Malibu High School (where she graduated in 2013) and even went to Junior Olympic qualifiers for volleyball. (Her father is Palestinian-American real estate developer Mohamed Hadid.) She has said her modeling career began when she was 'like, two years old' after she was discovered by Guess co-founder and family friend Paul Marciano.Īfter striking poses for Baby Guess, Guess Kids, and finally Guess, Hadid took a break from modeling in favor of competitive horseback biking and club volleyball play. Modeling was in her blood, though, as her mother, former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Yolanda Hadid, was a renowned Dutch model herself. Jelena Noura Hadid was born in Los Angeles on April 23, 1995, and raised in nearby Santa Barbara, where horseback riding became her first passion. She has continued her success with nonstop appearances on international fashion magazine covers and on the runways at every major fashion week. Hadid has gone on to work with brands ranging from Tom Ford and Versace to Reebok and Victoria's Secret. She focused on competitive horseback riding and playing volleyball at Malibu High School before turning her attention back to modeling at 17 years old. Born in 1995, Hadid is the daughter of model Yolanda Hadid, a former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star. She was 13.Standing at a height of 5-feet-10-inches, Gigi Hadid first began modeling when she was two years old. Natalia is the oldest daughter of late NBA star Kobe Bryantand his wife Vanessa. She’s an older sister to Bianka, 6, and Capri, 4, as well as her late sister, Gianna “Gigi” Bryant, who died alongside her father, in 2020. Gigi made her runway debut as part of the Versace show. Natalia signed with IMG Models back in 2021 and has appeared in numerous campaigns since becoming a model. I am beyond honored and grateful.” She also walked in the show for Boss. “VERSACE!! Grazie Mille,” she wrote in the caption. She shared a few photos from the once-in-a-lifetime event on Instagram. She sported a beautiful black dress and silver shoes as she walked in the Milan Fashion Week event. Natalia made her runway debut as part of the Versace spring/summer 2024 show. At the end of the clip, Gigi assured her that she was going to be incredible. A post shared by Vogue of the other models that Natalia interviewed included Precious Lee and Amelia Gray, who offered similar advice to be confident in herself.

Gigi and her daughter