Gigi Hadid

 Jelena Noura "Gigi" Hadid (/'dZi:dZi:/ JEE-jee; born April 23, 1995) is an American model, TV personality, founder, creator, and director of the fashion brand "Guest In Residence". She made her debut on Models.com's Top 50 Models Ranking in November 2014. In 2016, she was awarded the International Model of the Year by the British Fashion Council.Over the span of four years, she has made 35 appearances on international Vogue magazine covers.Born in Los Angeles, she began her modeling career as a child model for Baby Guess. She was signed to IMG Models in 2013 and made her New York Fashion Week debut the following year. She has appeared in a variety of high-fashion campaigns, editorials and is a spokesmodel for Maybelline.In 2013 she graduated from Malibu High School which was where she was the captain of the volleyball team of the school's varsity and also an equestrian.Following high school, she moved to New York City to study criminal psychology at The New School. She paused her studies in order to focus on her modeling career.