Bella Hadid Shares Sweet Photos of Her “Best Friend” Gigi on Her Birthday
She included the cutest moments of them as kids
Reported by Harper's Bazaar.
Gigi Hadid turned 31 this week, and her sister Bella made sure the internet knew exactly how she feels about it. The Orebella founder posted a sprawling Instagram carousel of throwbacks—childhood snapshots, beach days, barn hangs—set to a declaration that read less like a birthday tribute and more like a love letter. "My heart, my mentor, my sister, my happy place, for ever and ever and ever," Bella wrote, the kind of caption that makes you either believe in sibling bonds or suspect your own family group chat is severely underperforming.
The slideshow itself was a masterclass in sister mythology. There's baby Bella being bottle-fed by Gigi (the internet's favorite genre of throwback). There's the two of them mugging in front of a wall of Harper's Bazaar covers—a flex disguised as a candid. There are US Open appearances, fashion show moments, and enough evidence that these two don't just share DNA; they share a genuine friendship in an industry obsessed with pitting women against each other. Gigi responded in the comments with "Love you my sweet chicken," because apparently the Hadids have their own private language, and Anwar jumped in with a string of crying-laughing emojis to round out the group chat energy.
This isn't their first rodeo with birthday declarations. According to Harper's Bazaar, the sisters have turned their annual Instagram tributes into something of a tradition—public displays of affection that feel increasingly rare in a space where celebrity sibling relationships often read as cordial at best. The Hadids, by contrast, seem genuinely invested in each other's lives in a way that transcends the performative. Whether it's mentorship, modeling solidarity, or just the fact that they grew up in the spotlight together and survived it, there's something real underneath the captions.
In a world where female celebrities are often encouraged to compete, the Hadids have quietly chosen to cheer. It's the kind of thing that probably shouldn't feel revolutionary in 2024, but somehow it does.
Read the original at Harper's Bazaar.
