‘I support them with all my heart’: Bella Hadid joins her sister Gigi as she donates her Fashion Week earnings to help Ukraine
Bella Hadid has joined her sister Gigi in donating her 2022 Fashion Week earnings to help Ukraine.
Bella, 25, shared a series of snaps on Instagram on Wednesday and said the invasion was “a very emotional and humiliating experience for me.”
The supermodel siblings were inspired by 29-year-old beauty Mika Arganaraz.
Support: Bella Hadid joined her sister Gigi in donating her Fashion Week 2022 earnings to help Ukraine
Influencer: Bella, 25, took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a series of snaps and said the invasion was “a very emotional and humiliating experience for me.”
She wrote: “Watching my Ukrainian friends and colleagues hard at work here in Europe, so close but so far away from their families/friends/homes in Ukraine, who are experiencing one of the many brutal occupations and invasions going on right now in the world. , is a very emotional and humiliating experience for me.
“We rarely control our work schedules, and this week really showed me the strength and perseverance of people around me who are experiencing real horror.
“Hearing their stories and emotions firsthand is devastating and I support them wholeheartedly. I stand by the side of everyone affected by this war, and innocent people whose lives are forever changed at the hands of “power”.
“Hearing their stories and emotions firsthand is devastating and I support them wholeheartedly. I stand by the side of everyone affected by this war, and innocent people whose lives are forever changed at the hands of “power”.
She then confirmed that she would be donating her fee, saying, “Following Mika and my amazing sister, I will be donating all my proceeds from this Fashion Week directly to organizations that provide relief, shelter and medical care to those in need. land in Ukraine, and continue to support our Palestinian people and land.”
Bella has already shown her support for Mick’s donation initiative after calling on her industry peers to donate the money they make from the show to organizations offering help to the war-torn country’s residents.
She said, “You said it @micaarganaraz. We have many Ukrainian friends, colleagues, models, producers, castings, and to see the lack of communication / knowledge about the war … so close, very, very sad. It’s incredibly strange to be in fashion shows as part of our job, especially at a time like this.
What makes a difference: Gigi, whose father, Mohamed, is an Arab Palestinian, previously confirmed that she donates all of her Fashion Week earnings to Ukraine and Palestine.
Encouraging: Gigi also noted that she would like world leaders to ignore minor differences for the greater good in the future.
“I force people in our industry to do research and openly discuss the hell that is going on in the neighborhood.”
Gigi, whose father, Mohamed, is an Arab Palestinian, previously confirmed that she donates all of her Fashion Week earnings to Ukraine and Palestine.
She wrote on Instagram: “The established schedule for Fashion Month means that my colleagues and I often introduce new fashion collections at heartbreaking and traumatic times in history.
“We don’t have control over most of our work schedule, but we’d like to go ‘for something’.
Statement: Hadid ended her message by urging her followers to raise awareness of the ongoing war.
“Following in the footsteps of my friend @micarganaraz, I pledge to donate my show proceeds in the fall of 2022 to help those suffering from the war in Ukraine, as well as continue to support those suffering the same in Palestine. Our eyes and hearts must be open to any human injustice.”
In February, Mika announced: “I must say, it is very strange to walk through fashion shows, knowing that there is a war going on in the same continent.
“I will donate part of my earnings this fashion week to help Ukrainian organizations.”
She urged: “To my model friends and colleagues, and to those who are also struggling with this feeling, perhaps this is something we could all contribute to.”
Backstage: Bella made a splash in front of the lockers backstage at the Coperni show with fellow model Mika during Paris Fashion Week.