The supermodel has opened up the family video archives to share a clip of her competitive show-jumping days.
She’s one of the world’s most in-demand models, a music-video star, an awards-show host and a collaborator with Tommy Hilfiger.
But Gigi Hadid also has another rather athletic string to her bow.
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The half-Palestinian supermodel grew up riding horses with her sister, fellow catwalker Bella Hadid, and used to competitively show-jump during her teen years.
The 22-year-old this month offered a glimpse at her riding days, sharing several short clips with her 39 million Instagram followers.
“Some of you asked for more vids of me competing back in the day,” Hadid captioned one video, which shows her effortlessly leaping through one course.
“I believe this was my first show on Calypso’s Trendy Lady, maybe my best ever teammate,” the model wrote, adding that she was about 15 at the time the clip was shot.
“From here Trendy and I were on the winning West Coast Child/Am Jumper Championship team a couple years later. I rode her ’til my last show at 18 – right before I started modelling full time [sic].”
Earlier in the month, Hadid shared some close-ups from a competition six years ago.
She makes it look easy but trust us – we’ve ridden a horse on several occasions, and it’s no mean feat (we’ve barely worked up to an easy canter).
The model might not compete any more, but she still hops on a horse when she can, and regularly reveals on social media just how much she misses the sport.
With the Hadid siblings growing up on a ranch for around 10 years, according to the Evening Standard, a love of horse-riding also developed in sister Bella.
In fact, the 21-year-old had hopes of competing in the 2016 Olympics, though had to take a step back from the sport due to her battles with Lyme disease.
“Bella had to give up her lifelong dream of having a professional riding career and a shot at the Olympics due to her severe symptoms and inability to ride,” her mother, Yolanda, wrote on Instagram back in 2016.
“This was the biggest heartbreak of her life and an extremely sensitive subject for her.
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“She is resilient and focused on a new direction – she’s made a name for herself in the modeling industry while she struggles with symptoms of chronic Lyme every day.”
Images: Gigi Hadid/Instagram
