Jelena Noura “Gigi” Hadid turns 31. She started as a child model for Guess and evolved into one of the highest-paid runway titans in the world. But as she steps into her thirties, Hadid has successfully shifted from just wearing other people’s designs to actively calling the shots in her own life and career.
Here is exactly where the supermodel stands today across business, family, and love.
The Cashmere Mogul: Guest in Residence
Instead of relying solely on lucrative fashion campaigns, Hadid has built a formidable luxury brand. Launched in 2022, her knitwear label Guest in Residence has cemented her status as a legitimate creative director.
She spent late 2025 aggressively expanding the brand’s footprint. In October, she launched a highly praised children’s wear collaboration with the elite Parisian house Bonpoint, and she continues to open brick-and-mortar locations in New York and Los Angeles. She hasn’t abandoned the catwalk — she notably opened the Ralph Lauren show during a snowy New York Fashion Week this past February — but her business acumen is clearly taking center stage.
Motherhood: Protecting Khai’s Peace
At the very center of Hadid’s universe is her daughter, Khai, whom she co-parents with former One Direction member Zayn Malik.
Despite living under a massive public microscope, Hadid has maintained incredibly strict boundaries regarding her 5-year-old’s privacy, deliberately keeping Khai’s face off social media and out of the paparazzi’s lens. Friends and industry insiders consistently note that raising Khai — splitting time between her Manhattan apartment and her family’s tranquil Pennsylvania farm — is what keeps the supermodel anchored.
The Bradley Cooper Romance
You cannot talk about Gigi’s present without mentioning her deeply serious relationship with actor and director Bradley Cooper.
Since officially going public in the spring of 2025, the pair has become one of Hollywood’s most powerful, low-key couples. As we move deeper into 2026, the rumor mill is in overdrive. Major publications are currently reporting that Cooper has already sought Yolanda Hadid’s blessing, with industry insiders predicting a formal engagement later this year.
The relationship works because their lives are structurally similar: both are global superstars who fiercely prioritize co-parenting (Cooper shares daughter Lea with Irina Shayk) and value traditional family dynamics over the Hollywood party scene.