Gigi Hadid Strips Down For Allure Magazine’s December Issue, Talks Zayn Malik & More

Gigi Hadid is comfortable in her skin and even more so on horseback. The 21-year-old supermodel and ‘It’ girl graces the December issue of Allure Magazine and shows us why she is one of the world’s most sought-after models as she strikes different poses, sometimes clothed, other times, not so much.

In the accompanying interview, Gigi shares her love for horses, her relationship with former One Direction member, Zayn Malik and a possible acting career in the future among other things.

See excerpts from her interview below.

On her love for horses and getting her first pony when she was just 2: “We were living in Aspen, and my first pony, Rocky Daddy, was a rescue from a farmer next door. The farmer was kind of old and couldn’t take care of him, so my mom asked if we could, and that’s the pony I started riding. Every morning, I’d feed him, and Mom would let me dress myself, so I’d put my rain boots on backward, which I thought was really funny. I never really had a great sense of style. I was wearing what I wanted to wear. I don’t really know what my style is.”

On watching her boyfriend sing shirtless: “Yeah, that’s not hard to look at. I’ll never complain about that.”

On her social media fame: “I wish I had a strategy to [social media]. I could write a book and make millions. But I never feel like I’m working when I’m doing social media. I guess I succeeded at it because it came naturally.”

On how she knew she was going to be a model: “I don’t know why, but I just knew. I knew I wanted to make pictures better. I was obsessed with photographers and where models were supposed to fit in. Obviously, I’m not taking iconic pictures as a six-year-old, but I studied models as part of an image, not just as a model, if that makes sense. I first got inspiration for energy in a photo looking at those Tommy Hilfiger family-picture ads, where there were so many people and it looked like so much fun. I guess I saw what a lot of people don’t see in models, which is that it’s hard work, and you’re not just another object in the photo.”

On social media trolls: “I always want to prove myself and to let people know I’m a good person,” she says. “A lot of people don’t realize they’re typing this stuff, and that’s a lot of negative energy—regardless of whether we see it or not. People just don’t realize the power of their judgment.”

On a possible acting career in the future: “I think I’ll only do one or two movies in my life, so I want them to be good,” she says.