Palestinian by descent, rising fashion model and reality TV
star Gigi Hadid (born Jelena Noura Hadid) was born in Los Angeles, California.
Her mother, Yolanda Foster, was also a model and her father Mohammed Hadid is
from Palestine. As a teenager she appeared in several episodes of ‘The Real
Housewives of Beverly Hills’ and in 2011 signed with the IMG Models agency.
After graduating from Malibu High School in 2013, she moved to New York and
began her modelling career.
Hadid became the face of Guess in 2012 — she
reportedly first appeared in a Guess campaign when she was just two years old —
and made her catwalk debut at New York Fashion Week in 2014. Since then she has
appeared on numerous magazine covers and in pop music videos, and is fast
becoming a household name. She is also an influential social media sensation, and
has 1.75 million followers on Twitter.
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