#ghadidedit
I love control and organization, but it’s good to do things that challenge it. I’m brave, but I try not to be stupid.
gigi hadid for instyle, feb. 2022
I’ve always been very trusting, and like a lot of people, I learned the hard way in this industry by being too open in interviews. You have to start to calculate your steps, because you went for it with an open heart, and sometimes it doesn’t get portrayed that way.
It’s getting to this point in my career where I don’t only have to take the jobs where I’m just selling clothes. Now I get to be like, “What have I not done?” There are magazines I say no to because I’d rather another girl have an opportunity to get that cover. I don’t need to do the same cover again if someone else’s career could skyrocket because of it.
I know I come from privilege, so when I started there was this big guilt of privilege, obviously. I’ve always had this big work ethic, because my parents came from nothing and I worked hard to honor them. There are so many girls who come [from] all over the world and work their asses off and send money home to their families like my mother did, and I wanted to stand next to them backstage and for them to look at me and respect me and to know that it’s never about me trying to overshadow or take their place, so when I started out I wanted to prove myself so badly that sometimes I would overwork myself.
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