Bella Hadid and her siblings, Gigi and Anwar, in their early years
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Bella Hadid in childhood
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Bella Hadid in childhood
College/University
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66 5th Ave, New York, NY 10011, United States
In 2014, Bella entered Parsons School of Design in order to study photography, but soon left the educational establishment.
Career
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2016
3 Avenue du Général Eisenhower, 75008 Paris, France
The Weeknd performs as Bella Hadid walks the runway during the 2016 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at Le Grand Palais on November 30, 2016, in Paris, France.
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2017
Expo Avenue, Pudong, Shanghai, China
Bella Hadid walks the runway during the 2017 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Shanghai at the Mercedes-Benz Arena on November 20, 2017.
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2018
299 South St, New York, NY 10002, United States
Bella Hadid walks the runway during the Moschino x H&M Runway Show at Pier 36 on October 24, 2018, in New York City.
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2019
655 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10065, United States
Bella Hadid walks the runway for the Tomo Koizumi fashion show during New York Fashion Week at Marc Jacobs Madison on February 8, 2019, in New York City.
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2019
Paris, France
Bella Hadid walks the runway during the Off-White show as part of Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2019/2020 on February 28, 2019, in Paris, France.
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2019
Paris, France
Bella Hadid walks the runway during the Mugler Womenswear Spring/Summer 2020 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on September 25, 2019, in Paris, France.
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2019
Milan, Italy
Bella Hadid walks the runway at the Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini show during Milan Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2019/2020 on February 23, 2019, in Milan, Italy.
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2019
Paris, France
Bella Hadid walks the runway during the Redemption show as part of Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2019/2020 on February 28, 2019, in Paris, France.
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2019
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Bella Hadid walks the runway at Oscar de la Renta show during New York Fashion Week at the Cunard Building on February 12, 2019, in New York City.
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2019
Milan, Italy
Bella Hadid walks the runway at the Versace fashion show during Milan Men's Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2020 on June 15, 2019, in Milan, Italy.
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2019
New York City, New York, United States
Bella Hadid walks the runway for Brandon Maxwell during New York Fashion Week on September 7, 2019, in New York City.
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2019
Milan, Italy
Bella Hadid walks the runway at the Etro show during Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2020 on September 20, 2019, in Milan, Italy.
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2020
New York City, New York, United States
Bella Hadid walks the runway during the Oscar de la Renta Show - New York Fashion Week - at the New York Public Library on February 10, 2020, in New York City.
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2020
855 N Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038, United States
Bella Hadid walks the runway during the Tom Ford AW/20 Fashion Show at Milk Studios on February 7, 2020, in Los Angeles, California.
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2020
Milan, Italy
Bella Hadid walks the runway during the Moschino fashion show as part of Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2020-2021 on February 20, 2020, in Milan, Italy.
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2020
Paris, France
Bella Hadid walks the runway during the Mugler show as part of Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2020/2021 on February 26, 2020, in Paris, France.
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2020
Paris, France
Bella Hadid walks the runway during the Lacoste show as part of Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2020/2021 on March 3, 2020, in Paris, France.
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2020
Paris, France
Bella Hadid walks the runway during the Miu Miu show as part of Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2020/2021 on March 3, 2020, in Paris, France.
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2020
325 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States
Bella Hadid walks the runway for Rodarte during New York Fashion Week at St. Bart's Church on February 11, 2020, in New York City.
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2020
Paris, France
Bella Hadid walks the runway during the Lanvin show as part of Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2020/2021 on February 26, 2020, in Paris, France.
Achievements
2020
Bella Hadid on the cover of Vogue (Paris) May/June 2020 edition.
Membership
Awards
Fashion Los Angeles Award
2016
Bella Hadid, holding the Fashion Los Angeles Award.
GQ Men of the Year Award
2016
Bella Hadid, holding the GQ Men of the Year Award for Model of the Year.
8358 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90069, United States
Bella Hadid and Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye attend The Daily Front Row "Fashion Los Angeles Awards" 2016 at the Sunset Tower Hotel on March 20, 2016, in West Hollywood, California.
3 Avenue du Général Eisenhower, 75008 Paris, France
From left to right: Gigi Hadid, Mohamed Hadid and Bella Hadid attend the Victoria's Secret After Party at the Grand Palais on November 30, 2016, in Paris, France.
3 Avenue du Général Eisenhower, 75008 Paris, France
The Weeknd performs as Bella Hadid walks the runway during the 2016 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at Le Grand Palais on November 30, 2016, in Paris, France.
Bella Hadid attends the 'Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons Art of the In-Between' art exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017, in New York City.
Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, 1 Boulevard de la Croisette, 06400 Cannes, France
Bella Hadid attends the 'Ismael's Ghosts' screening and Opening Gala during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals on May 17, 2017, in Cannes, France.
Bella Hadid, Gigi Hadid and Hailey Baldwin are seen backstage ahead of the Bottega Veneta show during Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2018 on September 23, 2017, in Milan, Italy.
Bella Hadid attends the Fashion For Relief gala during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Aéroport Cannes Mandelieu on May 13, 2018, in Cannes, France.
Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, 1 Boulevard de la Croisette, 06400 Cannes, France
Bella Hadid attends the screening of "Ash is the Purest White" during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 11, 2018, in Cannes, France.
655 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10065, United States
Bella Hadid walks the runway for the Tomo Koizumi fashion show during New York Fashion Week at Marc Jacobs Madison on February 8, 2019, in New York City.
Bella Hadid walks the runway during the Off-White show as part of Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2019/2020 on February 28, 2019, in Paris, France.
Bella Hadid walks the runway during the Mugler Womenswear Spring/Summer 2020 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on September 25, 2019, in Paris, France.
Bella Hadid walks the runway at the Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini show during Milan Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2019/2020 on February 23, 2019, in Milan, Italy.
Bella Hadid walks the runway during the Redemption show as part of Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2019/2020 on February 28, 2019, in Paris, France.
Bella Hadid and Jeremy Scott attend the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2019, in New York City.
Bella Hadid walks the runway during the Oscar de la Renta Show - New York Fashion Week - at the New York Public Library on February 10, 2020, in New York City.
Bella Hadid walks the runway during the Moschino fashion show as part of Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2020-2021 on February 20, 2020, in Milan, Italy.
Bella Hadid walks the runway during the Mugler show as part of Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2020/2021 on February 26, 2020, in Paris, France.
Bella Hadid walks the runway during the Lacoste show as part of Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2020/2021 on March 3, 2020, in Paris, France.
Bella Hadid walks the runway during the Miu Miu show as part of Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2020/2021 on March 3, 2020, in Paris, France.
Bella Hadid walks the runway during the Lanvin show as part of Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2020/2021 on February 26, 2020, in Paris, France.
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Bella Hadid is a renowned American model, who has been signed to IMG Models since 2014. Considered one of the most stylish and talented models in the contemporary fashion scene, she attained a number of prestigious awards, including the Models.com Industry Award, Fashion Los Angeles Award and GQ Men of the Year Award. She has modeled for different prominent fashion designers and fashion houses, such as Chanel, Tommy Hilfiger, Marc Jacobs, etc.
Background
Ethnicity:
Bella is of Dutch and Palestinian ancestry. Through her father, the model claims descent from Zahir al-Umar, Prince of Nazareth and the Sheik of Galilee.
Bella Hadid was born Isabella Khair Hadid on October 9, 1996, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. She is the daughter of Mohamed Hadid, a real estate developer, and Yolanda Hadid, a television personality and former model. Bella's siblings include sister Gigi Hadid and brother Anwar Hadid, both models as well. In addition, she has two older paternal half-sisters, Marielle and Alana.
Education
Alongside her siblings, Bella spent her early years in Santa Barbara, California.
In 2014, the model relocated to New York City and entered Parsons School of Design in order to study photography. Prior to enrollment in the school, she had signed a contract with IMG Models, an international modeling agency. Soon, after her modeling career proved to be a success, she left the educational establishment. However, she would later reveal her desire to come back to school in order to take on fashion photography as a career.
Bella Hadid began her modeling career with a Flynn Skye commercial project at the age of 16. Soon after that, she was featured in other projects, including the Swan Sittings by Lesa Amoore and Smoking Hot by Holly Copeland. Bella walked the runway for Hanna Hayes' F/W 2013 collection and did campaigns for Chrome Hearts in 2013 and 2014.
It was on August 21, 2014, that Bella signed with IMG Models, an international modeling agency. The same year, she made her New York Fashion Week debut, walking the runway for Desigual. Later, during the spring fashion weeks of 2015, she walked for Tom Ford in Los Angeles. In addition, the model walked in the amfAR 22nd Cinema Against AIDs Gala fashion show in May. Later the same year, Hadid took part in the fall 2015 New York Fashion Week, representing Diane von Fürstenberg, Tommy Hilfiger, Jeremy Scott and Marc Jacobs. Bella walked for Topshop Unique and Giles at London Fashion Week and for Philipp Plein, Moschino, Missoni, and Bottega Veneta at Milan Fashion Week. She also modeled for Balmain at Paris Fashion Week.
Bella made her Chanel debut in December 2015 and walked in the luxury brand's Métiers d'Art show in Rome for the first time.
Bella made her first cover appearance on Jalouse Magazine in December 2014. She then continued to appear on covers of other popular magazines, such as Unconditional Magazine, Grey Magazine, V Magazine, Evening Standard, Teen Vogue and Twin Magazine. Moreover, Bella has also appeared in editorials for various magazines, like Vogue Girl Japan, Harper's Bazaar, and W magazine, among others.
In January 2016, Bella made her Chanel Couture debut during Paris Haute Couture S/S Fashion Week. At Paris Fashion Week, which took place in March 2016, she modeled for Chanel and Miu Miu. In May 2016, she appeared in Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, Australia, for the first time. One month later, Bella modeled in the Haute Couture segment of Givenchy's Menswear S/S 2017 show during Men's Paris Fashion Week.
In February 2017, Hadid modeled for Gigi Hadid and Tommy Hilfiger's collaboration TommyxGigi in Los Angeles. During New York Fashion Week S/S 2017 season show, Bella walked for Michael Kors, Anna Sui, Ralph Lauren, and Marc Jacobs. During London Fashion Week of the same year, she modeled exclusively for Versus Versace and also opened the show. The following week, Bella modeled for Max Mara, Moschino, Versace, Bottega Veneta, opened for Alberta Ferretti and Fendi, and closed for Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini. In November of that same year, the model appeared in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
Bella appeared in the My America campaign by Marc Jacobs and TopShop's Denim Campaign for Summer 2016. The same year, she starred in Joe's Jeans 2016 campaign and Misha Collection's Resort and Misha Gold campaign. Hadid was also featured, together with Frank Ocean, Kate Moss, among other celebrities, in the Calvin Klein F/W 2016 global campaign. Bella starred in her first beauty campaign in S/S 2017 for Dior Makeup's "Pump N' Volume" mascara.
It was on December 13, 2016, that Hadid's first collaboration was announced. She cooperated with her best friend Jesse Jo Stark's family's brand, Chrome Hearts, in order to design her first clothing collection.
During her lifetime, Bella Hadid has appeared on television (in Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Making a Model with Yolanda Hadid) and in short films (Bella Hadid's Guide to LA, Private by Tyler Ford and Going Home with Bella Hadid). Bella starred in a series of videos, entitled Dior Makeup with Bella Hadid. In addition, the model appeared in music videos of Jesse Jo Stark and The Weeknd.
It's also worth mentioning, that Bella serves as an ambassador of Dior Beauty, Bulgari's accessory lines, and TAG Heuer.
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Religion
Following the protests against Trump's executive order, banning people from seven Muslim countries, Bella opened up about religion for the first time in a candid interview with Porter magazine, explaining that her father, Mohamed Hadid, also used to be a Muslim refugee. She said: "I'm proud to be a Muslim."
Politics
In January 2017, Bella, alongside her sister Gigi, took to the streets of New York to protest then-President of the United States Donald Trump's executive order, banning people from seven predominantly Muslim countries. On December 8, 2017, Bella took part in London protests against Trump's decision to move the United States embassy to Jerusalem and recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Views
Bella is a philanthropist. She is particularly concerned with the refugee issue. In 2016, Hadid supported Johny Dar's Jeans for Refugees project, donating to it a pair of denim jeans. Two years later, she took part in cooking meals, which would be later delivered to the Bowery Mission shelter. She also donates to many other charities, including Preemptive Love, UNRWA USA and Middle East Children's Alliance. While in Cannes, France, for the 70th Annual Film Festival, she walked for Naomi Campbell's Fashion for Relief and the amfAR Gala's charity walks. In 2020, the model supported COVID-19 relief, making a donation to the Food Bank and Feeding America.
Besides, Bella is known for her support of Black Lives Matter movement. She has actively supported the participants of Black Lives Matter protests, provided financial assistance to them, as well as to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. The model also auctioned her clothes and limited edition fashion items to help support the black community.
In August 2020, after the explosion in Beirut, Hadid showed her support and solidarity to the city, including financial aid, donating to 13 local and international charities.
Bella calls for more inclusivity of body types and backgrounds in the modeling industry.
The model believes in healing crystals and meditates regularly. Amethyst is her favorite crystal and she typically carries multiple crystals with her at a time.
Quotations:
"People piss you off but it's always important to forgive and forget."
"I'm so socially awkward. I really had to put myself out there and meet new people."
"My devotion stemmed from my mom's love of horses. I have been riding since I could walk, and the fact that my mom knew everything about horses really helped my passion grow."
"I just aspire to be the best I can be. I want to work hard and set one goal at a time for myself."
"I literally order sushi, watch 'Law & Order,' and go to sleep at 9 o'clock every night. I'm a grandmother."
"You know how every model is like, 'I do yoga.' Well, I find horses have the same effect."
"I've always been really hard on myself. If I didn't book a job, I would cry."
"I definitely have my Palestinian gene. I love to play host."
Personality
Cher, an American singer, actress and television personality, and Monica Bellucci, an Italian actress and model, are Bella's style icons.
Her June 2016 cover story for Elle noted that "she'd love to try acting if only she could get over her shyness." Bella dreams about winning an Oscar one day.
Bella hates getting her nails done.
Physical Characteristics:
In 2012, Bella was diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease.
She dealt with anxiety as the media spotlight grew stronger: Bella said that when her fame skyrocketed, she remembered panicking before doing red carpet interviews.
Interests
Horseback riding, pole fishing, nature, animals, photography
Writers
The Outsider by Stephen King
Artists
Steven Meisel, Annie Leibovitz
Sport & Clubs
Boxing
Music & Bands
Missy Elliott, David Bowie, Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Alicia Keys, Etta Bond
Connections
In early 2015, Bella started dating The Weeknd, a Canadian singer. In November 2016, the couple separated only to reunite in 2018 and split once again in 2019.
Also, Bella has reportedly been romantically linked to a handful of other celebrities, including NFL star Odell Beckham Jr. and Drake.