After moving to New York City and signing to IMG Models in 2013, Hadid made her New York Fashion Week debut in February 2014 walking for Desigual's show. Hadid has shot three campaigns with Guess as an adult. She resumed working with Marciano, and was named the face of a Guess campaign in 2012. Hadid eventually returned to modeling, in 2011. She started modeling with Baby Guess before stopping to concentrate on school. Hadid's modeling career began when she was two years old after being discovered by Paul Marciano, of Guess clothing. Hadid studied criminal psychology at The New School beginning in the fall 2013 but suspended her studies to focus on her modeling career. Following high school, she moved to New York City to focus on her studies and her modeling career. In 2013, Hadid graduated from Malibu High School, where she was captain of the varsity volleyball team as well as a competitive horseback rider. Following her parents' divorce, her mother married music producer David Foster, through whom she has five stepsisters. She has two older, paternal half-sisters, Marielle and Alana.
Hadid has two younger siblings, a sister, Bella, and a brother, Anwar, both of whom are also models. Through her father she claims descent from Daher Al Omer, Prince of Nazareth and the Sheik of Galilee.
Her mother is a Dutch-born American, and her father is Palestinian-American. Gigi Hadid was born and raised in Los Angeles to real estate developer Mohamed Hadid and former model Yolanda Hadid (née Van den Herik). In 2016, she was named International Model of the Year by the British Fashion Council. In November 2014, Hadid made her debut in the Top 50 Models ranking at Models. Jelena Noura "Gigi" Hadid is an American model.