Social Supermodels.

It’s no surprise the newest generation of supermodels have taken the social stratosphere to the next level  – from Kendall Jenner (who’s probably the most followed model in existence), to Cara Delevingne & of course, Gigi Hadid. Even VOGUE jumped on board calling them the Instagirls on their coveted September issue which featured Joan Smalls, Karlie Kloss, Cara, Arizona Muse, Edie Campbell, Imaan Hammam, Fei Fei Sun, Vanessa Axente, & Andreea Diaconu.

AdWeek has dubbed them the ‘Millennial Models’. But, that’s no news to us at Z Management– we’ve seen this push for promotion via social media platforms for a while, especially in the fashion industry. Which is why we launched our APP M3Beauty for professional & aspiring models, giving girls around the globe the tool to create their comp card in seconds. Whether it’s snaping a selfie or selecting a pic, you can promote yourself & share your card on instagram, twitter, tumblr, facebook, & more. That’s some next level promo right there babeZ. Download M3 Beauty in the iTunes / Google Play store.

Before Gigi landed her major modeling contracts with Tom Ford, Victoria’s Secret, Maybelline & more, she took to Instagram to tell her followers of her 1st contract – when she was signed with IMG Models, since then it’s been all ‘OMG Gigi!’. She’s reigned the runway at fashion week & covered top mags — now she’s getting futuristic for AdWeek’s latest issue | Photographed by Alexei Hay.

AdWeek points out, “the millennial models have achieved success both in the realm of high fashion and the commercial world—a rarity since the supermodel era of the ’90s.”

Gigi recently covered Teen Vogue alongside top model, Binx Walton, their editor in chief Amy Astley says, “There are tons of examples of successful working models who don’t have a big Instagram following and aren’t interested in social media but it’s becoming something more and more that the ad clients are looking for—and all the girls know it. The game is definitely changing.”

Harper’s Bazaar executive editor Laura Brown says of British beauty Delevingne, “Cara’s a gorgeous girl, but her personality and her social media, that’s what made her, whereas I think Karlie’s just the sort of emblem of good health and girlfriendship. They have their own little currencies on social media, and I think that they’ve become, at least to us, the sort of archetype.” She also talks about SM, “If a model happens to come with a few thousand or a few million followers, that’s amazing for brands. Especially if you’re a brand that wants to target a new, younger demographic, you’d have to consider [hiring] those girls in a second.”

Hadid also stuns for VOGUE Spain’s latest issue (catch it on our Tumblr Blog HERE), but she talks about ‘life after modeling’, she says, “What people want to know is, OK, what’s after modeling? And that’s forcing us to think about those things [even earlier]. It’s not just OK anymore to model until you’re 25 and then stop and be a housewife.”

So, what does she have planned? “I’m an entertainer, and I think that I’ll always be in that business,” she adds, “Who knows? I could always be a fact checker on CSI.” (Hadid currently took a leave of absence from The New School in NYC to focus full time on modeling – but she has plans on returning & getting her degree).

Well, her fellow supermodel BFFs are already proving their careers are not only expanding from modeling but their not ending anytime soon.

Kloss (the latest face of L’Oreal Paris) has “her own line of cookies with New York bakery Momofuku Milk Bar, taken classes at Harvard Business School, learned how to code & participated in a panel on social media at SXSW. Earlier this year, she announced she was ending her run as a Victoria’s Secret Angel so she could attend New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study.” Ummm talk about GiRLBOSS.. or ModelBOSS in this case.

Cara, who’s Chanel’s main homegirl, has started dipping into acting, she’s set to star in multiple films, including the much anticipated ‘Paper Towns’.

*Interview & photos courtesy of ADWEEK.

Model of the Year: GiGi HADiD.

»GiGi Hadid« From ruling the runways of CHANEL to Marc Jacobs to Jean Paul Gaultier & more, gracing the pages of VOGUE, Harper’s Bazaar, V Magazine, Sports Illustrated, ELLE, Schön, CR Fashion Book, starring in ad campaigns for GUESS!, Tom Ford, and now named as the face of Maybelline — homegirl GiGi is beyond just hitting #SupermodelStatus. It’s no wonder this blonde beauty was named Model of the Year at the Daily Front Row Fashion Awards in Los Angeles.

Gigi tweeted, “Thank you @dailyfrontrow for a beautiful night and for the honor! Congratulations to all the other winners, who inspire not only me but the entire fashion world every day and thank you @nicolerichie for being you and for your beautiful intro. I love you!”

She rocked a red Calvin Klein gown on the red carpet, “It’s kind of surreal, because I feel like if you were to ask me who deserves model of the year I could name a hundred people that I think deserve it as well. It’s such an honor, and I love the whole team at Daily Front Row. I feel so lucky that they think that I deserve it.”

And of course, her model mama, Yolanda Foster (also star of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills) helped GiGi with the infamous Maybelline contract, she said, “Well my mom kind of was involved with the whole contract. She actually knew a lot of it with my agent [Luiz Mattos] before they told me. Luiz gave me my Christmas present. I opened it in front of the whole agency and it was my contract. My mom was there when I opened my present. And my whole family’s so excited. It was the best Christmas present I’ve ever gotten in my life.”

Girl had some serious supermodel competition from Cara Delevingne, Kate Upton, Kendall Jenner, Joan Smalls … the list goes ON & ON.

She chatted with E! News — on BFF Kendall,  “We’ve only been friends for like a year now, but she’s one of my best friends. She’s so awesome.”

Gigi had modeling in her genes: “I was always kinda told that when I was becoming a model, don’t live with a model because you get competitive…but I don’t really find that I get competitive with my friends, especially with someone like Kendall…we look nothing alike. So someone that’s gonna want a Kendall is not gonna want a Gigi.”

On her mom’s (Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Yolanda Foster) illness: “You know it’s hard, especially with something like Lyme Disease, not a lot of people know about it, especially doctors so they don’t really know how to help, medical wise. So it’s really hard for me and my siblings to know how we could help, but I guess just being supportive is the best way we can do it.”

Adding, “You can tell how much it means to her when, during a lunch break on a shoot, I’ll FaceTime her and talk to her about how my day’s going. I think just the little things like that is what’s helping her get through it.”

On body image: “”I’ve kinda had an easy time with the whole body image thing, just because from the second I walked into IMG, I was like, ‘This is what I wanna do with my career, but the one thing is that I’m not gonna lose a certain amount of weight. I’m not gonna be extremely skinny.’ I just don’t want to do that,” she explains. “I’ve always been an athlete. I’ve always had a certain body type that I’ve always been happy with and I didn’t wanna let that go for a career.”

The 19 year old’s younger sister Bella Hadid is also following in her sisters modeling footsteps. Congrats Gigi!! Can’t wait to watch you continue your fabulous reign over the modeling & fashion world! XOXO »Z.

Model of the Moment: Gigi Hadid.

The gorgeous Gigi Hadid has officially hit supermodel status. The blonde babe opened up to VOGUE about modeling -from meeting the entire fashion industry to the hectic scheduling. Gigi’s already got a pretty rad modeling career going on, but that doesn’t stop this bad-a** chick from keeping her studies going – she is currently attending college at The New School in NYC. #BeautyandBrains.

On Modeling: “I’d say the best thing is the travel and being able to meet a lot of great amazing talented people. It also opens so many doors to other industries. Fashion is really a place where every other industry connects, whether it’s music or acting.”

The 19 year old added, “At the end of the day, everyone is going to walk the red carpet and be interested in the fashion side of it. I think that’s really cool because as a model you get to connect with a lot of different worlds. The negative is that I can never make plans until like a week or two in advance because everything happens very last minute. It’s a wait and rush thing. I couldn’t tell you what I’m doing for Christmas, or even Thanksgiving.”

Gigi graduated high school in 2011 and moved to the fashion/modeling capital of the world: New York City to pursue modeling. She’s appeared in magazines from V Magazine, ELLE, Grazia, Cleo, VOGUE, Galore, Sports Illustrated, Paper magazine & Schön!. After signing with IMG Models she became the face of GUESS, Gigi was actually discovered by Paul Marciano (co-founder of GUESS? Inc.).

Just this year, homegirl has starred alongside Patrick Schwarzenegger in Tom Ford’s Eyewear campaign, as well as starring for the brands new fragrance Velvet Orchid. She’s set to appear in the 2015 Pirelli calendar, prior to that she was featured in the SI Swimsuit Issue, up for ‘rookie of the year’.

Recently Gigi walked for Marc Jacobs S/S 15 during NYFW, Giles S/S 15 RTW at London Fashion Week, and in Jean Paul Gaultier SS15 Show, Sonia Rykiel SS15 and Chanel SS15 during Paris Fashion Week. Of course it’s a family affair, Hadid’s mom stars on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills & Bella Hadid (Gigi’s younger sister) is also pursuing modeling, recently signing with IMG Models too. Gigi hangs with fellow top model besties, Kendall/Kylie Jenner, Cara Delevingne, Hailey & Ireland Baldwin, Sara Sampaio & more.