With Gigi Hadid making her presence on the New York Fashion Week runways known, it seems she’s coming under fire by body-shamers for looking “too skinny.”
On Sunday, the supermodel went on Twitter to announce she’s not here for the B.S. criticisms about her weight, while also revealing her Hashimoto’s Disease diagnosis!
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She penned about the thyroid 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├óΓé¼Γäós 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├óΓé¼Γäóve been properly medicated to help symptoms including those, as well as extreme fatigue, metabolism issues, body├óΓé¼Γäós 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
And she explained how she’s already feeling “healthier” now:
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├óΓé¼Γäót 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
Gigi also blasted those claiming her weight fluctuations have been due to drugs:
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
So maybe people will finally learn NOT to judge people without knowing a single thing about them…
The starlet shouldn’t feel like she needs to defend herself, but thankfully she also has a slew of friends who came to her side! Lily Aldridge, Chrissy Teigen, and Ruby Rose all spoke out in support on social media:
I love you!!! Love your body!!! Love your beautiful soul!! And just FYI for everyone the last meal I had with G was a FULLLLY LOADED @kfc FEAST
— Lily Aldridge (@LilyAldridge) February 12, 2018
alternate tweet: “fuck off” ├ó┬¥┬ñ├»┬╕┬Å
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 12, 2018
Can’t wait to see you in Milan. Sorry you too have to explain something so ridiculous to people. Love to you. Love to the people who try to tear down others also because they are just people who haven’t had the spiritual growth that needs to occur to love and accept one another.
— Ruby Rose (@RubyRose) February 12, 2018
Hopefully Gigi isn’t letting the mean comments get to her any longer.
Although a source did tell E! News that she was “really hurt” by the weight-shaming, which is why she “wanted to let everyone know what was on her mind”:
“Gigi took it on herself to fire back on social. She didn’t consult with anyone before she did that. Certain things she likes to handle on her own. Gigi keeps it real.”
And just as we imagined, it’s said Zayn Malik is “really supportive and always makes her feel beautiful.”
We’re glad she’s got an amazing circle of loved ones!
[Image via Lia Toby/WENN.]
