[custom_adv] Jelena Noura "Gigi" Hadid (born April 23, 1995) is an American model.She was signed to IMG Models in 2013. In November 2014, Hadid made her debut in the Top 50 Models ranking at Models.com. In 2016, she was named International Model of the Year by the British Fashion Council. [custom_adv] Through her father she claims descent from Daher Al Omer, Prince of Nazareth and the Sheik of Galilee.Hadid has two younger siblings, a sister, Bella, and a brother, Anwar, both of whom are also models. [custom_adv] She has two older, paternal half-sisters, Marielle and Alana. Following her parents' divorce, her mother married music producer David Foster, through whom she has five stepsisters. [custom_adv] In 2013, Hadid graduated from Malibu High School, where she was captain of the varsity volleyball team as well as a competitive horseback rider.Following high school, she moved to New York City to focus on her studies and her modeling career. [custom_adv] Hadid studied criminal psychology at The New School beginning in the fall 2013 but suspended her studies to focus on her modeling career. [custom_adv] Hadid's modeling career began when she was two years old after being discovered by Paul Marciano, of Guess clothing. She started modeling with Baby Guess before stopping to concentrate on school. Hadid eventually returned to modeling, in 2011. [custom_adv] 8] She resumed working with Marciano, and was named the face of a Guess campaign in 2012. Hadid has shot three campaigns with Guess as an adult.
