Gigi Hadid is getting candid.
In a new interview, she just revealed the many times she was told that she "didn't have a runway body."
Gigi Hadid is getting candid.
In a new interview, she just revealed the many times she was told that she "didn't have a runway body."
Like the time people criticized her fluctuating weight after she walked the runway for Jeremy Scott and Bottega Veneta in 2018 show during New York Fashion Week.
"For those of you so determined to come up w why my body has changed over the years, you may not know that when I started @ 17 I was not yet diagnosed w/Hashimoto’s disease," she began.
"Those of u who called me “too big for the industry” were seeing inflammation & water retention due to that," she continued.
"I was also part of a holistic medical trial that helped my thyroid levels balance out."
When this happened, she addressed the criticism in an Instagram post.
"Yes I have boobs, I have abs, I have a butt, I have thighs ... Your mean comments don't make me want to change my body."
During her cover story for the spring issue of i-D magazine, the model got super candid about constantly being told that she doesn't have a runway body.
"At the time, I was still starting out in my career, I was coming out of high school, I still had my volleyball body,” Hadid recalled.
She explained that it wasn't just trolls who made her feel like she didn't have a "runway body." It was also stylists and designers.
“So for Jean-Paul to have me at his last ready-to-wear show in 2015 — not only to have me, but also to put me in an outfit that didn’t cover a lot… like, there were still stylists or designers at that time who were putting me in their shows, but putting me something that really covered my body,” Hadid said.
"And I know that he has done that for a lot of people," the 24-year-old added.
"Obviously, the first person was my mom," she said.
"And that wasn’t just in the industry – she always allowed me to be creative growing up, she had such a positive impact and always encouraged me to express myself in any way, whether that was cooking, drawing, trying to learn how to sew or letting me use and break her cameras."
She continued:
"Tommy Hilfiger giving me four seasons of a collection was insane. To put that kind of trust in someone – it gave me so much confidence in myself and that meant so much to me."
"I think my personal space for that is the farm. I think that everyone needs a place, or a space or a moment to themselves where they are able to do what they love and find their thing."
She also likes to cook a lot for her loved ones, since it's something that makes her feel so happy.
"I think just making something for other people, and making other people happy. It’s really fun and I try to create little moments like that in my life all the time."
For more of Gigi's interview, you can read it here.