Bella Hadid is getting candid about her looks, her life, and her lover.
Despite being a supermodel (and one of the most beautiful ladies on the planet!), even Bella has struggles with her self esteem.
And while speaking to British Vogue for her cover story this week, the 28-year-old opened up:
“Being a young girl in the world today, or a boy, or anybody, it’s hard to look in the mirror in the morning if you don’t feel confident.”
She said she feels as though most people in their twenties find that “everything starts kind of coming together” for them. But her experience while in the fashion industry was not the same:
“I was like 17, 18 years old not knowing or loving myself a hundred percent yet. I had just moved out of my parents’ house and gone straight into a world where you have to stare in the mirror every single day, I think it really does something to your self-confidence and to your soul.”
The model went on to say that she considers her work persona “Belinda”, while when she’s at home, she’s just “Bella”:
“That’s why I say the girl who’s at work is Belinda. And then the minute that I get home, I’m on the couch, that’s just Bella again. Because Belinda just does her job. She slays. She can be crying from 5am to 7am but by the time she gets to work, a smile’s on her face and she’s going to do her job and get through it. That’s Belinda for me.”
She expressed how her “alter ego” has become exhausting over the years, to the point that she now feels like “a skeleton” when she’s not at work. In fact, when the interviewer asked her how she feels about the mirror these days, Bella said:
“I hate that bitch.”
Wow… So sad to hear, but it’s something so many of us feel…
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One thing, tho, is that Bella has been able to find empathy for herself. While describing a “bad picture” that was taken of her a few years ago, she said:
“But the fact that people can comment on something like that: ‘Oh, she is on drugs, she’s getting this done, she’s on whatever…’ I’m like: ‘Can’t you look at that girl and just think, “Wow, she actually looks sick?”’ Because I look at that picture now and I feel so sorry for myself.”
One place she’s found peace and confidence, though? Her boyfriend Adan Banuelos, who she’s been seeing since 2023. And she is SO proud of him:
“He’s the youngest Mexican cowboy to ever be inducted into the Hall of Fame. He works for his family, he works for his customers and he works to hopefully build a home and a family one day.”
Adan’s dreams of having a family has her dreaming, too. The younger Hadid sister gushed:
“Family is on my mind. I can’t wait to be a mom. I think that I’m somebody for a lot of people, but in the real intimate way of being the person that somebody can count on consistently, that will change my life for me. And I cannot wait. I never grew up being like, ‘Oh, I have this vision of marriage.’ I have this vision of being a mother. But it’s got to a point where I’m like: ‘You know what? That’s something that’s for me.’ I think that would make me truly happy.”
Aww!!
In fact, her sister Gigi might’ve pushed her more into baby fever with her daughter, Khai Malik:
“Khai is the best thing since sliced bread. I want to be the best auntie to her. My sister is a superhero.”
So sweet.
It’s so refreshing to hear a celeb be so open and vulnerable. Huge props to Bella for being so brave while being this candid.
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