Kaia Gerber was ”anxious” when she was named Model of the Year.
The 18-year-old magnificence scooped the coveted accolade on the 2018 Fashion Awards when she was simply 17 and she or he admitted it left her panicking about what else she might nonetheless obtain, though she’s nonetheless in her teenagers.
She mentioned: ”I used to be fairly anxious as a result of I believed, ‘Oh my God, what do I do now?’ ”
Kaia – who’s the daughter of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber – was simply 10 years outdated when she made her modelling debut and did not even realise it was work.
She informed Grazia journal: ”It was for Versace Kids and I beloved it however I had no concept what I used to be doing.
”I did not even realise it was a job. I used to be like, ‘This is figure?’
Although Kaia left faculty at 16 to give attention to her profession, she ”refused” to cease studying and is an avid reader.
She mentioned: ”I refused to let my training cease right here.
”I simply completed ‘Normal People’ by Sally Rooney – it is unbelievable.
”And I simply learn ‘Norwegian Wood’, I’d by no means learn any Haruki Murakami earlier than and I’m very into that now.
”And I beloved ‘The Bad Girl’ by Mario Vargas Llosa.”
Kaia and her mom additionally bond by studying the identical books.
She mentioned: ”My mum and I’ll learn the identical books on the similar time. We learn ‘A Little Life’ [by Hanya Yanagihara] collectively. We each had that week of grieving afterwards however at the very least we have been having it on the similar time and will speak about it.”
The brunette mannequin desires to make use of her ”platform” to do good, comparable to by donating a share of gross sales from her Jimmy Choo and KAIA assortment to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
She mentioned: ”My mom misplaced her youthful brother to leukaemia when she was 4 years outdated, and she or he’s all the time been very carefully concerned with supporting St. Jude’s. To do one thing of my very own with them may be very particular.
”Modelling provides you a platform and opens doorways.
”I’m simply discovering that it is as much as you what you do with that platform.”
