Gigi Hadid is done with people who say she is only where she is because of her rich parents.
Growing up with property developer father Mohamed Hadid and model mother Yolanda, the 23-year-old has now made a name for herself as one of the most in-demand models in the world.
But if you think for a second Gigi agrees she got a leg up into the world of fashion and rests on that nepotism, you’ve got another thing coming.
‘My dad was a refugee, my mum was on a farm, went to New York and worked to send money back to her family. They worked their asses off and they’ve given me a life because of their hard work, and I work hard to honour that,’ she said.
Nope, not having it (Picture: Getty Images)
‘I shouldn’t stay in my house because people say “you don’t deserve to be here because they were successful”. That’s not how I consider it in my house.’
We’re sure it’s a very nice house, probably with marble benchtops, but some wise words.
Gigi, who walked in the Victoria’s Secret fashion show last week, also addressed her heritage, which is of Dutch and Palestinian descent, on the ballsy chat.
‘I’m as Palestinian as I am Dutch. Just because I have blonde hair, I still carry the value of my ancestors and I appreciate and respect that,’ she said, according to Pedestrian.tv.
‘I talk about this with my boyfriend [Zayn Malik] too, he’s half-Pakistani, half-English. I feel like when you’re mixed race, when you come from two different worlds, you get to see how both sides treat each other and you feel like the bridge of those two sides.’
They breed those Hadid girls strong and with courage in their convictions, it seems, as only last week Gigi’s little sister Bella hit back at nasty trolls who felt it was totally fine to razz her about her weight.
Note to everyone: it’s not fine. Not fine at all.