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"  As is expected for a model newbie, Gigi Hadid is just a mere 19 years old. The daughter of model turned reality star and real estate mogul, Yolanda Foster, the New York transplant by way of California is making a name for herself in the image of Kate Upton. Think pretty pin-ups who work high fashion bookings, her&amp;#039;s thanks to appearances in Sports Illustrated&amp;#039;s Swimsuit Edition and V and VMan. The girl of the moment chatted with BAZAAR about forging a career, making it in the Big City and playing it cool with little to nothing on. Harper&amp;#039;s Bazaar: What age did you start modeling? I started modeling when I was about 2 or 3 years old, I started with Baby Guess and I did Guess Kids and that was the extent of my modeling career as a kid. I took all of my elementary, middle and high school years off to focus on school and sports. What was the moment of your return to modeling? I signed with IMG in 2011 and that was my first agency and I knew it was what I wanted to do. I was about to graduate high school and I wanted to move to New York and build my career, so IMG was a great place for me to be able to do that. How would you describe your approach to modeling? It&amp;#039;s all teamwork between me and my agent. He guides me a lot through it but once I&amp;#039;m there I always try and take in the artistic, creative ideas from the art director or designer or photographer, whoever is leading. I think that something photographers find about me is that I work really hard to make sure I know what they want before I start shooting. Your recent V Mag spread was beautiful, how do you approach nudity while still feeling comfortable in the situation? Well with V Mag it was a very artistic and symbolic thing...I was playing more of a character than it was just them taking pictures with me. It was a beautiful concept that had some meaning for me about this girl that&amp;#039;s kind of crossing a path and finding herself. I think that if you can find the art in it, it&amp;#039;s a beautiful thing. You&amp;#039;re on Instagram and Twitter, what are your thoughts on being involved in social media? I think it&amp;#039;s really important for me, especially with modeling and being in any type of entertainment industry it&amp;#039;s really important to be able to share your side of things. I think in the past a lot of the time models were kind of looked at as more of an object, I think they are becoming more of personalities and celebrities because we have social media to be able to share those things. I&amp;#039;m really taking advantage of it and I think that social media is becoming such a huge part of becoming a successful person in fashion. I&amp;#039;m just embracing that and trying to do the best I can. How would you describe your personal style? It&amp;#039;s funny because it&amp;#039;s definitely different when I&amp;#039;m in New York or when I&amp;#039;m home in California. I think that kind of take on two different personalities in those two places through my style. In California I&amp;#039;m more of a beach chick and I kind of take on a model city girl when I&amp;#039;m in New York. Do you have any go-to brands or stores that you gravitate to the most? Rag &amp;amp;amp; Bone is a big part of my closet. I just really like how their jeans fit, I wear them a lot and I think they make really cool staple pieces. Do you have any photographers that you would love to work with that you haven&amp;#039;t yet? I would love to work with Mario Testino. What has been your favorite shoot to date? I think probably my favorite would be for Sports Illustrated just because I love the Sports Illustrated team and they&amp;#039;re so much fun to work with and have such a positive energy, I love being on set with them. Do you have any models that you look up to? I love Doutzen, I think she&amp;#039;s beautiful and she&amp;#039;s a beautiful spirit just as much as she is beautiful on the outside. I think she&amp;#039;s super cool. What are your favorite travel destinations? Probably the top would be St. Barths, I went this past New Years. I love Tahiti, I love tropical places. Where would you like to see yourself in the next few years? I don&amp;#039;t like to say exactly where I&amp;#039;d like to be just because I feel like my goals change every day. I find that I&amp;#039;m doing things every day that I never would have even dreamed about yesterday. I&amp;#039;m just working hard and hoping that everything falls into place. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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