
UPDATE, 5/3, 5:30 PM: Hadid responded to the controversy with a lengthy statement on her Instagram Stories. Keep scrolling to read her response.
On Wednesday, Gigi Hadid excitedly announced her new Vogue Italia cover.
"Excited, honored, and grateful to cover @VogueItalia’s May issue," Hadid wrote on Instagram, tagging the team behind the shoot, which included photographer Steven Klein and Vogue editor Emanuele Farneti. "I am forever inspired by you all!!! & can’t wait to share the full story."
Hadid decided to share a photo of the cover — and her followers were shocked. Hadid was completely unrecognizable, and her makeup is now being called out as a form of blackface.
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