Gigi Hadid Opens Up About Visiting a Refugee Camp

Gigi Hadid Opens Up About Visiting a Refugee Camp

Gigi Hadid looks stunning on the cover of Variety‘s Power of Women issue, which is out now.

Find out what the 23-year-old model said…

On her recent UNICEF trip to Bangladesh to meet with refugee women and children: “I think the most powerful part of meeting the refugees was their willingness and openness to learn how they could better their situation. They wanted to have conversations. They wanted to share their stories. They wanted the education and tools to better their lives.”

On her experience visiting a refugee camp and raising international attention through her social media channels: “Within a camp, I’m no one. I’m there to share a smile. I’m there to share a moment with someone. When I would leave and get in a car, all I wanted to do was take everything I soaked in my brain and put it into my phone so I could get that information to the world. I wanted people to experience it with me.”

On how her immigrant parents inspired her to take a stand on immigration: “I saw two people that came from nothing and were given the opportunity to come to this country and be great. This country was built off immigrants. It’s great because of immigrants. I think that the march [against President Trump’s proposed Muslim ban] was so special to me because New York is such a melting pot of so many worlds in one. That’s what America should be, to me. It should be a place that’s shared with whoever wants to explore and learn and grow.”

For more from Gigi, head to Variety.com.

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