Early life

Gigi Hadid was born and raised in Los Angeles, the daughter of real-estate developer Mohamed Hadid and former model Yolanda Hadid (née Van den Herik). Her mother is a Dutch-born American, and her father is a Nazareth-born American-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 Schön!, Vogue (Spain, Australia, Brazil, the Netherlands), 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, and Paper magazine. She was on the cover of Galore magazine and Carine Roitfeld's CR Fashion Book in 2014. Hadid's sister Bella is also a model, and the two sisters have been working together on 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.

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.

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.

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.

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"

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	Ref.
2015	First Annual Fashion Los Angeles Awards	Model of The Year	Won
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Model	Nominated
	Models.com Industry Awards	Model of the Year: Women (Readers' Choice)	Won
		Runner-Up Model of the Year: Women (Industry’s Vote)	Won
		Social Media Star: Women (Industry's Vote)	Won
		Runner-Up Social Media Star: Women (Readers' Choice)	Won

[ Source: Wikipedia ]