Jelena Noura "Gigi" Hadid (/həˈdiːd/ hə-DEED; born April 23, 1995) is an American model.
There's always stories about cute girls in the gym, I'm just not one of those people.
When I'm home in New York, I box every day.
I can't say that I follow a diet plan cause that would be a lie. I love eggs in the morning. I eat a lot of eggs. I love juice. I love sandwiches with protein and veggies. I love pasta with meat sauce. Anything that's a well-rounded meal, I'm really happy with. As long as there is good protein and veggies then I'm all good with some carbs.
I've learned that if I only put my mind to one thing that I can get tunnel vision. Then I may not be as open to other opportunities because I'm so focused on one thing. I think what's worked better for me personally is I have three goals every day: be nice, work hard and make friends. Those are my daily goals, and I feel like those are the things that create opportunity and creating connections that will then lead to other things that I may not have planned for otherwise.
I'd say probably the most epic experience was before the Victoria's Secret show - I think it was before the casting - and I saw Naomi Campbell at a party. I was saying that I was nervous about my walk and she said "Come to my hotel tomorrow and we're going to practice. " So I went in New York and we practiced in the hallway of her hotel with all of the hotel staff watching. She just said "Don't even flinch. Keep going!" It was hilarious, but I think that was kind of a confidence booster.
I read one thing, and 100 people can say good things then you read one bad thing that says you're the worst and you believe them.
I feel like when I'm working and when it's not my time off, I like working out alone because it's kind of like that time that my mind gets to just shut off and I can just focus on working on being a better boxer.
My stepdad always said, "If you're going to believe the good, you're going to believe the bad. " I think that's really important.
I've always been more of the athlete in my family, but Bella [Hadid] is just good at - when she needs buckle down for like two weeks and be in [the gym] every day, she's really good at that.
I think just having smooth skin is so great because when you get your summer tan, you don't have to do anything. It's just soft and smooth.
If you don't like it, don't follow me, don't watch me, cause I'm not going anywhere.
There were a lot of times where I didn't get any shows and even until recently got a lot of kind of negative commentary from social media about my runway walk.
Just be nice to people and be someone people want to work with because if people don't like working with you it's just not going to work out.
Bella [Hadid] is also very naturally gifted in beauty so she can also go whenever she wants to go to the gym.
I still love doing that. There's nothing like being able to go back and play volleyball again with a team cause, I can have my volleyball in my New York apartment but we can't do so much there.
I think that not being perfect has given me the freedom to keep getting better.
I think friendships are a lot more valuable than one job. If you're going to let it ruin that, then that's stupid.
Going and running, just to run on the treadmill, wasn't my thing.
Recently, I kind of found that if I just step into my own skin and relax and just walk like I'm just walking down the street, it always looks better than if you try too many cool moves.
I'm an athletic person. But I love my body because I know what it's been through to be what it is. And honestly I'm not going to change for someone that is depressed about their life.