Gigi Hadid Claps Back at Online Haters & Explains Hashimoto's Disease Diagnosis
Gigi Hadid shows off a little leg inside the Maybelline New York x V Magazine Party held at the Nomo Soho Hotel on Saturday night (February 11) in New York City.
The 22-year-old model was joined inside the bash by Victoria Justice, Madison Reed, Larsen Thompson and Camren Bicondova. Keke Palmer is also pictured below at the Chromat and Cushnie Et Ochs shows.
Just before the stepping out for the party, Gigi hit back at some online haters who were critiquing the way her body looked.
In a series of tweets, Gigi explained that she has Hashimoto’s disease and how her body has changed because of it:
“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’s disease; those of u who called me ‘too big for the industry’ were seeing inflammation & water retention due to that,” she wrote in her first tweet.
“Over the last few years I’ve been properly medicated to help symptoms including those, as well as extreme fatigue, metabolism issues, body’s ability to retain heat, etc … I was also part of a holistic medical trial that helped my thyroid levels balance out.”
Read the rest below:
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’t 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
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
Posted to: 2018 New York Fashion Week Winter, Camren Bicondova, Gigi Hadid, Keke Palmer, Larsen Thompson, Madison Reed, Victoria Justice