Things You Might Not Know About Gigi Hadid

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9. A Quiet Life

She isn’t the type of person you’ll find at a club on a Saturday night. “I’m kind of a grandma, so my ideal night out is, like, a dinner. I love Nobu. I’m very into places where you can hear each other talk – a cool space where my friends can hang out and actually catch up. Then I’m usually asleep by 11,” she said.

A photo posted by Gigi Hadid (@gigihadid) on Feb 9, 2014 at 6:01pm PST

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8. Best Friend

The Victoria’s secret model has a number of high profile friends like Taylor Swift and Kendall Jenner; however, her best friend is her mom, Yolanda Foster.

 

A photo posted by Gigi Hadid (@gigihadid) on Oct 31, 2014 at 6:55am PDT

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7. Baby Guess

She started modeling when she was two years old for Baby Guess and she continued to do this until she was 8 or 9. Her mother took her out so she could pursue other things like volleyball and competitive horseback riding.

A photo posted by Gigi Hadid (@gigihadid) on May 2, 2015 at 9:26am PDT

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6. Insecurity

Gigi’s knees are her biggest insecurity. “I hate my knees. I played volleyball for ten years, and I was a hitter. And you train to roll and slide so that you don’t have to land on your knees, and I was really good at that. But obviously sometimes it happened, and they got pretty banged up. I think they are permanently swollen,” she told Allure.

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5. Like a Sister

Gigi’s former stepfather – David Foster – was married to Linda Thompson, Caitlyn Jenner’s second wife. According to her, this makes Kendall Jenner like a sort of sister.

A photo posted by Gigi Hadid (@gigihadid) on Oct 24, 2015 at 7:01am PDT

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4. Work and Balance

She isn’t one for diets. “I’m always working so it’s always the same routine,” she said. “I eat healthy when I can, I eat a burger when I want, and I work out. You have to live with the routine that keeps your body the healthiest, and that’s what I do – I don’t change it for a swimsuit shoot.”

A photo posted by Gigi Hadid (@gigihadid) on Sep 17, 2015 at 5:41pm PDT

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3. Shopping Habit

When she goes shopping, she doesn’t try things on. “But I was into storyboarding when I was younger. I loved coming up with my own style through fashion blogs and magazines. But I’ve never liked trying things on. I don’t know why. It was more about making mood boards. I’ve loved fashion my whole life, but more the imagery of it than actually wearing it,” she told Elle.

A photo posted by Gigi Hadid (@gigihadid) on Jun 23, 2015 at 11:29pm PDT

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2. Kitty

She adopted a kitten in June 2015. Her name is Cleo. She also had another cat, Chub, who passed away in 2016

A photo posted by Gigi Hadid (@gigihadid) on Jun 14, 2015 at 6:35pm PDT

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1. Jelena

Her real name is Jelena Noura Hadid. She got the nickname Gigi when she was a kid. “My mom was called that as a kid by her mother when she was younger, but only around the house. I was called that around the house when I was really young, kind of like how my mom was called it. In first or second grade, there was a girl named Helena and it got confusing with the teacher who had to call out our names, and so the teacher asked my mom, ‘If I needed to call Jelena a nickname, what would it be?’ And my mom was like, ‘I call her Gigi sometimes,’ and the name stuck.”

A photo posted by Gigi Hadid (@gigihadid) on Dec 23, 2014 at 4:28pm PST

Cate

Cate has a B.A. and an M.A. in English Literature and has been the Managing Editor of Fame10 for more than 6 years. Despite having a love for the works of Thomas Hardy, Leo Tolstoy and Lord Byron, she also has an intense fascination with pop culture. When she isn’t writing for Fame10, she’s planning her next big adventure in Southeast Asia.