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\n Related: <\/span>A Comprehensive Guide to the Hadid Family: Gigi and Bella, More<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tGigi and Bella Hadid announced in May 2025 that they\u2019d recently discovered they had a secret sister. The supermodels confirmed their father, Mohamed Hadid, had a brief relationship with a woman named Terri Hatfield Dull following his split from their mother, Yolanda Hadid, in 2000. Dull later became pregnant, but her daughter Aydan Nix didn\u2019t [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cMy sisters (along with the rest of the family) have been nothing but warm and generous. They have made space for me in ways they didn\u2019t have to,\u201d Aydan wrote.<\/p>\n
Aydan shared how \u201cAnwar called me his baby sister the first time we ever spoke on the phone,\u201d and \u201cBella calls me her twin.\u201d She added, \u201cMy mom couldn\u2019t even tell our voices apart when we first spoke to her on the phone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her siblings have also helped her learn more about her Palestinian heritage. \u201cAlana sent me resources and inspired me to become active in the fight for Palestine\u2019s freedom,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI watched Anwar\u2019s film Walled Off<\/em>. Gigi took me for my first Palestinian meal and taught me the names of different dishes.\u201d<\/p>\nAydan said that Gigi has also helped her get her foot in the door of the fashion industry after she graduated from the Parsons School of Design in New York earlier this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cGigi introduced me to her friend, Gabriella Karefa Johnson<\/strong>, whom I had admired not only for her styling but for her strong convictions and values,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI started assisting her when times were especially busy. My first day on set was a Victoria\u2019s Secret campaign. I worked 17 hours that day. I was exhausted, but I had never in my life felt more fulfilled. I felt like I had finally found the thing that I was supposed to do.\u201d<\/p>\nDespite her burgeoning relationships with her five siblings, Aydan admitted to feeling \u201cinsecurity\u201d about not growing up around them. \u201cNo sleepovers, no shared holidays, no borrowing clothes, no inside jokes, no stories woven together,\u201d she explained. \u201cThey had a lifetime of memories, and I felt like the odd one out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aydan also reflected on the newfound attention she has received since Gigi and Bella broke the news of their half-sister in May.<\/p>\n
\u201cOvernight, anyone, from anywhere in the world, could weigh in on my face, my body, my family, my worth,\u201d Aydan wrote of her sudden public profile. \u201cThey had access to tell me exactly which alterations they thought I should (or shouldn\u2019t) make to my appearance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aydan said that Gigi has also helped her get her foot in the door of the fashion industry after she graduated from the Parsons School of Design in New York earlier this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cGigi introduced me to her friend, Gabriella Karefa Johnson<\/strong>, whom I had admired not only for her styling but for her strong convictions and values,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI started assisting her when times were especially busy. My first day on set was a Victoria\u2019s Secret campaign. I worked 17 hours that day. I was exhausted, but I had never in my life felt more fulfilled. I felt like I had finally found the thing that I was supposed to do.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite her burgeoning relationships with her five siblings, Aydan admitted to feeling \u201cinsecurity\u201d about not growing up around them. \u201cNo sleepovers, no shared holidays, no borrowing clothes, no inside jokes, no stories woven together,\u201d she explained. \u201cThey had a lifetime of memories, and I felt like the odd one out.\u201d<\/p>\n Aydan also reflected on the newfound attention she has received since Gigi and Bella broke the news of their half-sister in May.<\/p>\n \u201cOvernight, anyone, from anywhere in the world, could weigh in on my face, my body, my family, my worth,\u201d Aydan wrote of her sudden public profile. \u201cThey had access to tell me exactly which alterations they thought I should (or shouldn\u2019t) make to my appearance.\u201d<\/p>\n
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