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Bella Hadid Joins Sister Gigi in Donating Her Fashion Week Earnings to Ukraine Relief… She Describes Walking Runway Shows as ‘Weird’ During the Conflict
Bella Hadid She joins her sister Gigi Hadid in donating her profits from Fashion Week 2022 to Ukraine Relief.
The sisters’ supermodels were inspired by fellow catwalk beauty Mica Arganyaraz, 29, who called on fellow industry leaders to pledge the money they earn from shows to organizations that provide aid to the people of the war-torn country.
Bella, 25, wore an oversized shirt in the colors of the Ukrainian flag to show her support in a photo posted to Instagram earlier this week.
She captioned the photo: “Watching my Ukrainian friends and colleagues working hard here in Europe, so close but so far from their family/friends/home in Ukraine who are subjected to one of the many occupations and brutal invasions now taking place in the world. A very emotional and humbling experience for me.
War Relief: Supermodel Bella Hadid is following her sister Gigi’s example and will donate some of the fashion week profits to Ukrainian Relief saying her interactions with other models and backstage staff “really showed me the strength and tenacity of the people around me who are around me. going through pure terror”
“We rarely control our work schedules and this week has really shown me the strength and perseverance of the people around me who go through sheer horror.”
Hearing their stories and emotions firsthand is devastating and I wholeheartedly stand with them to support them. I stand with everyone affected by this war and the innocents[sic] Life has been forever changed from the hands of the “force”.
The former Model of the Year added, “Following Mika and my amazing sister, I will donate all my profits from this fashion week directly to organizations that provide aid, shelter and medical aid to those in need on the ground in Ukraine, as well as continue to support our people and our Palestinian land.
SISTER SISTER: The former supermodel of the year said she was inspired to donate her Fashion Week earnings to Ukraine War Relief by her sister Gigi and fellow model Mika Arjaniyaraz.
Trying to Help: Gigi was the first supermodel sibling to announce her charitable donations. The 26-year-old veteran will donate a portion of the proceeds from Fashion Week to Palestinian charities
Bella had already shown her support for the Mica Donation initiative, posting, “I said it @micaarganaraz.”
“We have many friends, colleagues, Ukrainian models, production, acting and see the lack of communication/knowledge about the war…so close is very sad. It is incredibly strange to walk the catwalks as our business, especially during a time like this.
It forces people in our industry to do their research and have open conversations about the hell going on next door.
The activism runs in the family: Bella Hadid and her family have long supported pro-Palestinian causes. Their father, Muhammad, spent most of his youth as a refugee
Gigi previously confirmed that she is donating all her profits to Ukraine-Palestine Fashion Week. The exhibitors’ father, Muhammad, is a Palestinian Arab who spent part of his youth as a refugee.
She wrote on Instagram: “Having a set schedule for Fashion Month means that my colleagues and I often present new fashion collections during the most painful and shocking times in history. We don’t have control over most of our work schedules, but we like to walk “for” something.
Following in the footsteps of my friend @micarganaraz, I pledge to donate my profits from the Fall 2022 shows to help those suffering from the war in Ukraine, as well as continue to support those who are suffering from the same in Palestine. Our eyes and hearts should be open to all human injustice.
Step one: Argentina’s Mika Arjañaraz gets the ball. The 26-year-old model was the first to announce efforts to donate the proceeds from her runway to Ukrainian relief
In February, Mika announced: “I have to say it looks pretty weird at walking fashion shows knowing there’s a war going on on the same continent. “I will donate a portion of my earnings at this fashion week to help Ukrainian organizations.”
The Argentine beauty called on others to do the same.
“For my typical friends and colleagues and anyone else who also experiences this feeling, this is probably something we can all contribute to.”
Step one: Gigi was the first Hadid brothers to announce that she will donate some of her fashion week proceeds to Ukrainian relief saying that she and her supermodel followers would like to ‘walk for something’ seen here in 2020
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