She was born in Toronto, Canada on May 6th, 1995, but she had her education at Toronto before moving to New York City where she signed with IMG Worldwide. Gidey’s professional modelling career began when she was discovered at Elmer Olson Models ‘boot camp to bigtime’ event, a place where fresh faces meet big organisations and today she has become one of Carine Roitfeld’s favourite girls, being cast in two editorials in one year and styled by Bazaar‘s global fashion director. She names 3.1 Phillip Lim, Pucci, Givenchy, Nina Ricci, Chloè as her favourite designers.