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Gigi Hadid is an American model with a net worth of $29 million. She's one of the most highly-paid and influential models working today, appearing on 35 Vogue covers internationally and was named Model of the Year by the British Fashion Council in 2016.

Born in Los Angeles on the 23rd April 1995, Jelena Noura "Gigi" Hadid's parents are Palestinian real estate developer Mohamed Hadid and Dutch former model Yolanda Hadid (née Van den Herik). Gigi has two younger siblings, Bella and Anwar, who are both also models. She graduated from Malibu High School in 2013, where she had been captain of the volleyball team and a competitive horseback rider.

She booked her first modeling job aged just two years old. She was discovered by Paul Marciano of Guess Clothing and modeled for Baby Guess before stopping to focus on school. She worked with Marciano again in 2012, when she was named the face of a Guess campaign.

In 2013 she was signed to IMG Models, making her New York Fashion Week debut in February 2014 for Desiguals. In the same month, she saw her cover debut on former French Vogue editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld's CR Fashion Book magazine. She shot campaigns for Tom Ford Eyewear, Tom Ford Beauty, and Tom Ford Fragrance in 2014.

Hadid appeared in the 2015 Pirelli calendar and was the brand ambassador for Australian swimwear label Seafolly. Named Daily Front Row's Model of the Year 2015, she also picked up a lucrative contract as a brand ambassador for Maybelline. By the end of the year, she was walking the runway for Victoria's Secret, and the following year, she walked for the lingerie brand again, this time as one of their "Angels".

She's since shot campaigns for Fendi, Moschino, Max Mara, and Valentino. Her face has graced the covers of Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, and Harper's Bazaar and she's opened catwalk shows for Anna Sui, Missoni, Balmain, and closed shows for Isabel Marant and Max Mara.

In November 2018, she announced her first collaboration, designing sneakers for Reebok which were released in February 2019. She has over 65 million followers on Instagram and it's reported that Gigi receives up to $30,000 per Instagram post. She endorses a number of brands and was named third most sought-after celebrity for endorsements in 2018 by Celebrity Intelligence, after her sister Bella and Kendall Jenner.

After short-lived relationships with Australian singer Cody Simpson and American singer Joe Jonas, she's been with One Direction band member turned solo artist Zayn Malik since 2015. They appeared together on the front cover of Vogue in August 2017 - only the third couple to do so - and shot a campaign for Versace together. Their first child, a daughter named Khai, was born on September 23rd, 2020.

Hadid owns a $4 million apartment in New York, which she renovated herself in 2019, but she, Zayn, and Khai spend most of their time at the Hadid family ranch in New Hope, Pennsylvania. The ranch is set in 32-acres with stables, a botanical garden, and a traditional farmhouse and is reported to be worth around $4 million. Malik has recently bought a farm nearby of his own.

She appeared multiple times on the reality TV show The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills between 2012 and 2o16, on which her mother Yolanda was a regular. She's made cameo appearances on RuPaul's Drag Race, MasterChef, and the movie Ocean's 8 as well as appearing in music videos for Taylor Swift, Daft Punk, and Calvin Harris.

Gigi Hadid supports numerous charitable causes, including the Global Lyme Alliance, BBC Children in Need, and Feeding America. She regularly appears in charity events such as a tennis match for IMG Tennis, in which participants received $25,000 to donate to the cause of their choice. In June 2020, Hadid auctioned off some of her clothing as part of an event organized by British Vogue with proceeds going to NHS Charities Together and the NAACP. The following month, she announced her collaboration with V Magazine - Gigi Journal Part II, a percentage of the sales of which go to Black Lives Matter, the NAACP, the ACLU, and Campaign Zero. She also works closely with Unicef, visiting Bangladesh in 2018 on her first mission with the charity.

Sources: Wikipedia, ForbesHello Magazine, The Things, Marketing Week, Capital FM

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2020

Earnings

Earnings from modeling

$11,600,000

2019

Earnings

Earnings from modeling

$11,600,000

2018

Contract

Modeling earnings

$9,500,000

2017

Contract

Earnings from modeling

$9,500,000