The letter has since received a huge amount of support from others in the industry, including Tyra Banks who has battled similar criticism throughout her career.

Reposting Hadid’s letter on her own Instagram feed, Banks says: “I haven't met you yet @gigihadid but I FEEL you so much. Your words are powerful. Your words are necessary. Your words are vulnerable. Your words are real.”

Clearly at an emotional point in her rise to success, Hadid says that comments about her body and walk had started to impact her confidence. Support that has since flooded in however, has helped to restore her faith.

Talking to Vogue.com, the model says: “There are people who feel like they’re able to hide behind their usernames and their private accounts, who feel like they can say whatever they want and it won’t affect anyone.”

“I try not to pay attention to it that much, but it got to a point where I started to feel self-conscious about certain things. When you see that people are not only saying [negative things] but are saying them in a very, very hurtful way, you start to pay more attention to it.”

“I started crying at the multiple text messages I got today from everyone, from Victoria’s Secret models to plus-size models to people like Tyra Banks, who is someone I’ve looked up to for my entire life. Those are the people who really touched me because I know those are the people who are the most emotionally affected within the fashion industry by this type of criticism.”

“Change is undeniably happening”: Gigi Hadid writes open letter about body image on the runway