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There is reason behind why supermodel sisters Gigi and Bella Hadid appear so untainted by their respective rapid rises to success. “I never let them work [as model[ before they were 18,” their mother Yolanda Hadid told Elle.com. “I didn’t want anybody judging them on what they looked like. I wanted them to feel and be the authentic human beings that they are, and I think that created a lot of strength for them.”
“I always said to them, listen, there are thousands of girls that are much more beautiful than you girls, but you have an extraordinary character, and you’re going to have to set yourself apart by being a role model, by showing up on time and being kind to everybody…to the light people, the make-up, the cleaner in the back of the studio,” she continued. “Those are the people that you have to connect with, and that’s how you can make a difference in the world.”
The Hadid matriarch was awarded “Mum Of The Year” at the Front Row Fashion Awards in Los Angeles at the weekend and aptly so. The 53-year-old is set to host her won reality show Model Moms
Deadline reports Hadid and a team of experts will put said models and their mums through an “intensive” eight week program focused on not just the physical status of a model but her emotional wellbeing as well. Each week, a winner will be selected to take home a AUD$6500; a sum she can put towards her modelling career. One girl will be crowned the winner of the series and “win a contract with Yolanda’s company and the potential opportunity to be represented by IMG Models in New York”. You know, if they think Hadid’s selection is good enough or not.
