22-year-old supermodel Gigi Hadid made an announcement via Twitter that she will no longer appear in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, according to EOnline.com.
“I’m so bummed I won’t be able to make it to China this year. Love my VS family, and will be with all my girls in spirit!! Can’t wait to tune in with everyone to see the beautiful show I know it will be, and already can’t wait for next year (sic),” she wrote.
Hadid didn’t offer an explanation for her absence, but there is speculation that she is among the models affected by the Chinese visa issue; Julia Belyakova, Kate Grigorieva and Irina Sharipova from Russia, as well as Dasha Khlystun from Ukraine were all denied the requisite visa.
In September, the hashtag #GigiGetOutOfChina was trending, and the model had to disable comments on her Instagram video announcing she would be walking in the show after people flooded her page with outraged posts. In the past, Gigi appeared to be mocking Asian facial features in a video.
