Gigi Hadid Biography

Jelena Noura "Gigi" Hadid (born April 23, 1995) is an American fashion model and television personality. She was named one of the 12 rookies in Sports Illustrateds annual swimsuit issue in 2014. She has also appeared on the reality TV series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, in which her mother Yolanda Hadid has starred since season three in 2012.

Early life

Gigi Hadid was born and raised in Los Angeles, the daughter of real-estate developer Mohamed Hadid and former model Yolanda Hadid (ne Van den Herik). Her mother is a Dutch-born American, and her father is Palestinian. Hadid has two younger siblings, Bella, who is also a model, and a brother, Anwar. She has two older half-sisters, Marielle and Alana, on her father's side and five stepsisters from her stepfather. Following her parents' divorce, her mother married music producer David Foster. In 2013, Hadid graduated from Malibu High School, where she was captain of the varsity volleyball team as well as a competitive horseback rider.

Following high school, she moved to New York City to focus on her studies and modeling career. Hadid studied at The New School beginning fall 2013.

Career

Hadid's modelling career started when she was two years old after she was discovered by Paul Marciano, of Guess. She started modelling with Baby Guess before she stopped to concentrate on school. Hadid eventually returned to modeling, signing with IMG Models in 2011. She resumed working with Marciano, and was named the face of a Guess campaign in 2012. She has shot three campaigns with Guess as an adult.

In February 2014, Hadid made her New York Fashion Week debut walking for Desigual's show. Hadid has graced magazine covers including Schn!, Vogue (Spain, Australia, Brazil, the Netherlands, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, China), and Teen Vogue as well as Elle Canada and Harper's Bazaar Malaysia. Hadid has also shot editorials for VMAN, Elle, Grazia, Cleo, Vogue, Sports Illustrated, Paper magazine, Vanity Fair and V Magazine. She was on the cover of Galore magazine and Carine Roitfeld's CR Fashion Book in 2014. In 2015, Hadid became the first ever model to cover the CR Fashion Book twice. Hadid's sister Bella is also a model, and the two sisters have been featured together in some modelling appearances.

Hadid played Australian singer Cody Simpson's love interest in the video for his song "Surfboard" which was released on April 14, 2014. She played the love interest of singer Miguel in the music video for "Simplethings", released May 29, 2014. On July 15, 2014, she starred alongside actor and model Patrick Schwarzenegger in fashion designer Tom Ford's Eyewear autumn/winter campaign. She co-hosted the Daily Front Row's Fashion Media Awards that was held in New York City on September 5, 2014. In January 2015, she was named the Daily Front Row's "Model of the Year".

Hadid appeared in the 2015 Pirelli calendar. In January 2015, she was named a Maybelline brand ambassador. By May 2015, Hadid had walked for designers including Marc Jacobs, Chanel, Michael Kors, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Max Mara. In December 2015, she made her first appearance in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. In 2016, she has walked for Versace, Chanel, Elie Saab, Anna Sui, Miu Miu, Balmain, Diane Von Furstenberg, Tommy Hilfiger, Fenty x Puma and Giambattista Valli. She appeared in campaigns and runway promotions for the movie Zoolander 2. Hadid has also appeared in ad campaigns for Versace, Balmain, Max Mara, Stuart Weitzman, Topshop, Tom Ford and Seafolly. In May 2016, Hadid was revealed as the new face of the Philippine-based international casual wear brand Penshoppe. She co-designed a capsule collection with Tommy Hilfiger called Gigi by Tommy Hilfiger which will be released in the fall of 2016.

In 2016, Hadid starred in an interactive campaign including a commercial for the BMW M2. Hadid starred in Calvin Harris' music video "How Deep Is Your Love", which was released on August 6, 2015. She also co-directed the video for DNCE's "Cake by the Ocean". Hadid starred in Zayn's music video for "Pillowtalk" in January 2016. She hosted the 2016 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards in Toronto on June 19, 2016.

Personal life

Hadid was in a relationship with singer Cody Simpson from 2013 to May 2015. In October 2015, she and singer Joe Jonas were photographed on dates together. Since November 2015, she has been seen on dates with singer Zayn Malik; they later confirmed that they are in a relationship. Hadid and Malik were featured together in a fashion spread for the May 2016 edition of US Vogue.

Filmography

Film and television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Virgin Eyes	Andrea	Short Film
2012-present	The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills	Herself	Recurring cast member (beginning in season 3)
2015	Those Wrecked by Success	Herself	Short Film
2016	MasterChef	Herself	Episode: "MasterChef Celebrity Showdown"
2016	Lip Sync Battle	Herself	Episode: "Gigi Hadid vs. Tyler Posey"
2016	Much Music Video Awards	Host	Music award show

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Role
2014	"Surfboard"	Cody Simpson	Herself
	"Simplethings"	Miguel	Love Interest
2015	"Bad Blood"	Taylor Swift	Slay-Z
	"Flower"	Cody Simpson	Herself
	"How Deep Is Your Love"	Calvin Harris	Girl in Love
	"Cake by the Ocean"	DNCE	Director
2016	"Pillowtalk"	Zayn	Girlfriend

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Result
2015	First Annual Fashion Los Angeles Awards	Model of The Year
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Model
	Models.com Industry Awards	Model of the Year: Women (Readers' Choice)
		Runner-Up Model of the Year: Women (Industry"?s Vote)
		Social Media Star: Women (Industry's Vote)
		Runner-Up Social Media Star: Women (Readers' Choice)
2016	Guys Choice Awards	Our New Girlfriend
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Female Hottie