Isabella Khair Hadid, known popularly as Bella Hadid, is an American-born Dutch/Palestinian model who has an estimated net worth of $25 million as reported by Celebrity Net Worth. She is the younger sister of Gigi Hadid. Bella began her modeling career, at the age of 16 with a Flynn Skye commercial project.
Following her debut, she was featured in other projects like the ‘Swan Sittings’ by Lesa Amoore, which also starred Ben Barnes, and ‘Smoking Hot’ by Holly Copeland, and modeled for the 2013 Fall/Winter collection by Hannah Hayes. At this time, she featured in a variety of commercials as well and was a part of the Chrome Hearts in the 2013 and 2014 campaigns.
She made her New York Fashion Week debut following her signing with IMG Models in August 2014. Bella made her first cover appearance in ‘Jalouse Magazine’ in December 2014. This kicked off her mainstream modeling career which soon saw her walk for the likes of Tom Ford in Los Angeles in 2015, Diane von Fürstenberg, Marc Jacobs, Jeremy Scott, and Tommy Hilfiger. The same year, Hadid modeled for Balmain at the Paris Fashion Week, made her debut for Chanel and walked in Chanel’s Métiers d'Art show for the first time.
She then continued to grace the covers of magazines such as ‘Unconditional Magazine,’ ‘Teen Vogue’’ Twin Magazine,’’ ‘Grey Magazine, ‘And the Evening Standard.’ She has also been accredited in editorials for various magazines like ‘Vogue Girl Japan,’ ‘Harper’s Bazaar,’ and ‘W magazine.’ Hadid also currently serves as an ambassador of Dior Beauty, TAG Heuer, and Bulgari's accessory lines.
Hadid also made a debut short film appearance in the year 2016, starring in Tyer Ford's film, Private. She even starred in a web series for Dior, “Dior Makeup Live with Bella Hadid” where she essentially gives makeup tutorials using their products. Bella was voted by industry professionals on behalf of Models.com as “Model of the Year” in 2016, in a year that saw her grace the covers of over 29 magazines. Fashionista reports since 2018, Hadid has appeared twenty-seven times on the covers of various international renditions of Vogue magazine.
She has won a plethora of awards, including Model of the Year at the GQ Men of the Year Award, and Model of the Year at the Daily Front Row’s Fashion Los Angeles Awards. Not only that, she broke the record for most appearances on Vogue’s September cover as she appeared in five international editions, including China, Spain, Brazil, Australia, and Arabia. Bella was ranked 9th in Forbes’ annual list of The World's Highest-Paid Models in 2017. In 2018, Bella earned an estimated $8.5 million, which improved her rank by one and thus made her the eighth highest-paid model in the world.
Hadid’s primary sources of income are from her modeling career, brand endorsements, social media, business ventures, and acting.
Having made her modeling debut in 2014, a major contributor to Bella’s impressive net worth has been her modeling career. Apart from appearing and walking for brands in their fashion shows, Bella has signed over 14 endorsement deals, most of which are with designer brands such as Dior, Marc Jacobs, Maybelline New York, Moschino, Bulgari, Versace, Givenchy, Michael Kors, Evian, BMW, Tommy Hilfiger, Fendi, Miss Sixty, and Alexander Wang.
The model has over 52 million followers on Instagram, and though it is not explicitly stated how much she is paid per advertisement, other influencers of stature and followers make up to an estimated $100,000 per post as reported by Net Worth Spot. According to Standard, Bella Hadid earns upwards of $27,000 for one sponsored post on her Instagram, though this was stated when the model had a comparatively lesser following of 25 million.
According to Harper's Bazaar, Hadid became the co-founder and business partner of Kin Euphorics, a nonalcoholic adaptogenic beverage brand on September 1, 2021. Vogue reports she oversees the company alongside CEO and founder, Jen Batchelor. Hadid has designed and released three collaborations with Chrome Hearts. Their third collaboration, “Hellz Bellz” sunglasses, officially became available in December 2019.
Variety reports Hadid will make her acting debut with a recurring guest role in the third season of Hulu’s Ramy.
Realtor reports, Bella paid $6.1 million for a 2,180-square-foot penthouse that has two bedrooms, and two bathrooms penthouse condos in the Soho neighborhood of New York City in November 2019. The property on 63 Greene Street also came with a 779-square-foot private roof terrace complete with hardwood floors and redbrick ceilings.
Bella sold this property in March 2021 for $6.5 million. Apart from the Soho penthouse, Autobizz reports Hadid also has quite an impressive car collection in her garage. It is reported she owns a 1989 Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit Convertible ($52,700), a 2007 Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead ($500,000), a Bentley Mulsanne ($320,000), a Range Rover Sports ($150,000), and a Porsche Macan ($70,000).
Hadid also has a collection of exclusive and rare sneakers, given she is a fan of sneakers and was featured in a video for complex as part of their “sneak shopping” series. Her infamously awkward interview achieved viral status on the internet as her responses to what kind of sneaker she liked and disliked became widely circulated and joked about.
Apart from spending that $25 million on herself, Hadid also partakes in a lot of philanthropy. Following the pandemic, she announced she would be making donations to local food banks in New York City and to Feeding America to aid relief activities as reported by the New York Daily News.
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