From body-shaming to slut-shaming, Gigi Hadid has heard it all. Last year, when she was branded “too big” to be a model, the 20-year-old beauty took to social media to call her trolls out. “I’ve always been someone that stands up for myself. To the point where my publicist will say, ‘Sometimes it’s better to not say anything.’ And I’m like, ‘The limelight means you’re supposed to hide? And not stand your ground?’ That doesn’t make sense to me,” she told Vogue earlier this month.
Forced to stand for herself once more, Gigi responded to a Twitter user who told her to “practice how to walk properly instead of having a new boyfriend every two weeks”, with following: “I’ve dated three guys in three years, hun” — referring to Cody Simpson, Joe Jonas, and now current beau Zayn Malik — “My walk can always get better; I hope the unrelated bitterness in your heart can too.”
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Text Tish Weinstock
Photography @gigihadid