--- description: Supermodel Gigi Hadid also copes with social media pressure and body shaming. title: Even Gigi Hadid Isn't Immune to Body Shaming image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta55fcbf0cced4e6b/6988a04c196cf4192403ca6a/gigi-hadid-body-shamers-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [motto](/tag/motto/) ## motto Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Even Gigi Hadid Isn't Immune to Body Shaming by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 29, 2016 2:06 PM CUT  CULVER CITY, CA - JUNE 04: Gigi Hadid attends Spike TV's Guys Choice 2016 at Sony Pictures Studios on June 4, 2016 in Culver City, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) CULVER CITY, CA - JUNE 04: Gigi Hadid attends Spike TV's Guys Choice 2016 at Sony Pictures Studios on June 4, 2016 in Culver City, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 29, 2016 2:06 PM CUT Supermodel [Gigi Hadid](http://motto.time.com/4270672/gigi-hadid-twitter-troll-response/ "undefined") is yet another celebrity who constantly copes with meanies on social media. Hadid, who will appear on the cover of _Vogue_‘s September issue, spoke with bookings director Helena Suric in an episode of the [Vogue Podcast](http://www.vogue.com/13335624/vogue-podcast/ "undefined") Monday about her career and handling negative social media comments. In the podcast, Hadid admits that what she sees on social media really does affect her. She explains, “We’re all human. I’ll never say that it doesn’t affect me. Sometimes it’s harder than others.” Hadid, however, tells Suric, “I never didn’t like my body. I was very athletic. I was proud of why my [body](http://motto.time.com/4352498/ideal-body-change-filmmaker/ "undefined") was the way it was.” Last year, Hadid shared a post on Instagram targeting [body shamers](http://motto.time.com/4429663/khloe-kardashian-body-shaming/ "undefined") and acknowledging their comments. In her open letter, she wrote, “Yes I have boobs, I have abs, I have a butt, I have thighs, but I’m not asking for special treatment…Your mean comments don’t make me want to change my body.” In the podcast, Hadid defends her choice of posting the letter on Instagram, especially during a particularly stressful time in her career. The post was written after Paris Fashion Week, an experience that Hadid describes as overwhelming. The [Instagram](http://motto.time.com/4417658/adele-makeup-free-instagram/ "undefined"), she says, was a cathartic method for her to get her feelings off her chest and use the platform as a type of “journal.” “That was the journal entry that I thought would help people and let people know that they can speak up and defend themselves,” she says. She explains, “You accept your body, you do everything you can to be healthy and do what makes you feel good and feel happy.” Listen to the rest of her _Vogue_ podcast [here](http://www.vogue.com/13335624/vogue-podcast/ "undefined"). \[h/t [Cosmopolitan](http://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/fashion/news/a61964/gigi-hadid-body-positivity/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4430384/gigi-hadid-body-shaming-instagram/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4430384/gigi-hadid-body-shaming-instagram/"},"headline":"Even Gigi Hadid Isn't Immune to Body Shaming","datePublished":"2016-07-29T14:06:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:03:02.036Z","description":"'Your mean comments don't make me want to change my body'","url":"https://time.com/4430384/gigi-hadid-body-shaming-instagram/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta55fcbf0cced4e6b/6988a04c196cf4192403ca6a/gigi-hadid-body-shamers-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta55fcbf0cced4e6b/6988a04c196cf4192403ca6a/gigi-hadid-body-shamers-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Spike TV's Guys Choice 2016 - Arrivals","caption":"Spike TV's Guys Choice 2016 - Arrivals","creditText":"Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4430384/gigi-hadid-body-shaming-instagram/","name":"Even Gigi Hadid Isn't Immune to Body Shaming"}}]}] ```