Bella Hadid

About

Isabella Khair Hadid ( hə-DEED; born October 9, 1996) is an American fashion model. In 2022, she was named Model of the Year by the British Fashion Council. Throughout her career, Hadid has made at least 35 appearances on international Vogue covers. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world on its annual list in 2023.
Hadid began her modeling career aged 16. She was signed to IMG Models in August 2014, and made her New York Fashion Week debut the following month. In 2016, she was voted “Model of the Year” by industry professionals for Models.com. In 2017, Hadid broke Doutzen Kroes’s record for the most Vogue September covers in one year by appearing in five international editions. As of 2023, Hadid was one of the world’s highest paid models, earning $19 million.

== Early life ==
Hadid was born on October 9, 1996, in Washington, D.C. and raised in Southern California. Her father, Mohamed Hadid, is a Palestinian-American real-estate developer, while her mother, Yolanda Hadid (née van den Herik), is a Dutch former model. Through her father, Hadid claims descent from Daher al-Umar, ruler of northern Palestine in the mid 18th-century. She has an older sister…