Gigi Hadid admits Kendall Jenner brings out her spontaneous side and Cara Delevingne opened the modelling door for her as she makes Vogue debut
While 2015 was undoubtedly her most successful year so far - walking for Victoria's Secret proving particularly pinnacle - Gigi Hadid has ensured next year gets off to a flying start as she appears on the cover of January Vogue.
Wearing a breton jumper by British high street brand Topshop beneath a Bally leather jacket, the 20-year-old model speaks openly about her meteoric rise.
While many associate her Instagram popularity with her success in the fashion industry, Hadid admits her posts are not calculated or over-thought.
"I don’t have an equation. I don’t change anything about myself – what I post just works."
"When people are different on social media than they are in real life, it becomes forced."
"Cara [Delevingne] was never scared of being weird. She opened that door for me. But I don’t think I just get hired because I have Instagram followers."
"My jobs are also what gets me followers."
Speaking of her relationship with best friend Kendall Jenner, Gigi revealed: "Kendall’s more guarded. I’m more feisty."
"I don’t want to say outgoing because she is really outgoing once you get to know her. And when we’re both having fun, she makes me a lot more spontaneous."
"It’s a good balance. But neither of us likes to stay out past 11."
But despite her undeniably successful year, it hasn't been entirely painless.
During fashion month in September, the model received so much criticism about her body that she posted a letter to the online bullies who claimed she was curvier than her catwalk contemporaries.
Proving her self-titled 'feisty' nature, Hadid refuses to let the criticism have an impact.
"Yeah, I’m an athletic person. But I love my body because I know what it’s been through to be what it is, and honestly I’m not going to change for someone that is depressed about their life."
"The Victoria’s Secret Angels aren’t going anywhere; I’m not going anywhere; plus-sized models aren’t going anywhere."
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The 20-year-old makes her Vogue cover debut in the January magazine
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