Model sees herself as "Nepo Baby": Gigi Hadid: "I'm not the most beautiful person in the world"

It wasn't difficult for supermodel Gigi Hadid to break into the fashion industry.

Model sees herself as "Nepo Baby": Gigi Hadid: "I'm not the most beautiful person in the world"

It wasn't difficult for supermodel Gigi Hadid to break into the fashion industry. The 27-year-old admits she's been hitting the world's catwalks largely because of her famous parents. However, her sister Bella tells a different story.

Gigi Hadid is well aware that her famous parents also help her find success as a model. "I'm not the most beautiful person in the world," she explained in an interview with the British newspaper "The Times". "I have always admitted that I come from a privileged family," Hadid continued.

"Technically" she is a "Nepo Baby". This term has been on everyone's lips since December 2022. "New York Magazine" in an article used this term, which refers to the word nepotism, to describe stars who are successful in the industry mainly because of their prominent producers. The magazine cited Lily-Rose Melody Depp, Dakota Johnson, and John David Washington as examples, among others.

According to Gigi's sister Bella Hadid, it wasn't always that easy: Despite her great success, her first years as a model are said to have been very tough: She explained last year on her Instagram account: There is no healthy way of dealing with in the fashion industry problems. "For years I would sit in a makeup chair before shows and cry," she recalls. "The barber patted me on the head and said, 'Oh, are you alright?' and I said, 'Well, this and that...'." But people didn't seem interested in listening any further. "They were already on their next call."

Gigi and Bella Hadid's father is Palestinian-American businessman Mohamed Hadid. He fled to Syria with his family during the Palestine War, and his parents later moved to the USA with him. There he blossomed from a car and export entrepreneur into a real estate developer worth millions, creating numerous villas and luxury hotels in the USA.

Her mother Yolanda Hadid was born Yolanda van den Herik in Papendrecht, Netherlands. Because her father died in a car accident when Yolanda was seven years old, her mother had to raise her alone. As a young woman, Yolanda was discovered as a model, matured into a sought-after "Vogue" star and ran at international fashion weeks. She later made a name for herself on the reality show The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.