Supermodel Gigi Hadid had a tweet storm for the ages over the weekend, but it’s a bit of a head scratcher.
Hadid targeted body shamers, which is all fine and good. However, she had a line in there about how she was considered “too big” for modeling because of an undiagnosed disease.
For those of you so determined to come up w why my body has changed over the years, you may not know that when I started @ 17 I was not yet diagnosed w/Hashimoto’s disease; those of u who called me “too big for the industry” were seeing inflammation & water retention due to that.
— Gigi Hadid (@GiGiHadid) February 11, 2018
Over the last few years I’ve been properly medicated to help symptoms including those, as well as extreme fatigue, metabolism issues, body’s ability to retain heat, etc … I was also part of a holistic medical trial that helped my thyroid levels balance out.
— Gigi Hadid (@GiGiHadid) February 11, 2018
Although stress & excessive travel can also affect the body, I have always eaten the same, my body just handles it differently now that my health is better. I may be “too skinny” for u, honestly this skinny isn’t what I want to be, but I feel healthier internally and (cont)
— Gigi Hadid (@GiGiHadid) February 11, 2018
(cont) am still learning and growing with my body everyday, as everyone is.
— Gigi Hadid (@GiGiHadid) February 11, 2018
I will not further explain the way my body looks, just as anyone, with a body type that doesnt suit ur “beauty” expectation, shouldnt have to. Not to judge others, but drugs are not my thing, stop putting me in that box just because u dont understand the way my body has matured.
— Gigi Hadid (@GiGiHadid) February 11, 2018
Please, as social media users & human beings in general, learn to have more empathy for others and know that you never really know the whole story. Use your energy to lift those that you admire rather than be cruel to those u don’t.
— Gigi Hadid (@GiGiHadid) February 11, 2018
Where are we headed if Gigi Hadid was ever considered too big for modeling? I was discussing these tweets with somebody who rightfully pointed out that if Hadid is or ever was too big for modeling, then what is the deal with Ashley Graham?
Anybody who thinks Hadid was ever too big to model is a complete idiot. How skinny are these women supposed to be? It makes no sense. There’s something to be said for needing to end the garbage of Sports Illustrated and other publications pushing plus size models on all of us. It’s absurd, but it’s also a crazy time if these models start becoming sticks. Nobody wants to see that either. I would love somebody to try to convince me with a straight face that Hadid was ever too big to be a model.
Like I said, it’s complete absurdity if anybody thinks Gigi Hadid or women like her are too big for modeling or were too big.