The model was leaving the Max Mara fashion show at Milan Fashion Week yesterday alongside her famous sister Bella Hadid when a stranger approached her from behind and lifted her into the air without her consent.
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The 21-year-old, in Italy for Milan Fashion Week, was grabbed from behind and picked up by the man, who some believe to be serial prankster Vitalii Sediuk.
Raw: Livid Supermodel Gigi Hadid elbows attacker in the head after she’s grabbed exiting Italian Fashion Week.
Some tabloid headlines accused the model of “lashing out” after a total stranger picked her up while she was walking to her vehicle, and she behaved in the way anyone who feels physically threatened would and fought him off.
In the clip above, a smiling Gigi and sister Bella leave the event in good spirits, and Gigi makes a point to take selfies with a handful of fans. “He ran quick tho”.
In the video, Sediuk is seen surprising Gigi from behind and lifting her up. And here is what is so great about Hadid: she was just like, Oh hell no.
But a scary run-in with a stranger after the Max Mara show took center stage on Thursday, September 22, in Milan.
He has pulled similar pranks before, targeting Kim Kardashian, Brad Pitt and America Ferrera, once landing in a Los Angeles jail for two days. She also gave advice to other girls who might experience the same thing and more importantly, she thanked her boxing coach. The Post reported that Hadid expressed frustration that some news reports called Sediuk a “fan” and described Hadid’s response as “aggressive”.
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Zayn explained he had suffered from anxiety, prompting Gigi to tweet that she “loves” him and will “always be proud” of him. ‘By doing this I encourage fashion industry to put true talents on the runway and Vogue covers instead of well-connected cute girls from Instagram. “You can call it a manifest or a protest”, he wrote on social media.
