Hailey Baldwin is one of fashion industry's rising talents, walking in runway shows for
the most famous designers in world, and appearing in all the biggest magazines.
But in July, 2018, she crossed into a whole new level of fame when she got engaged to
on-again, off-again friend-with-benefits Justin Bieber.
So how much do you really know about the soon-to-be Mrs. Bieber?
Here's a look at the untold truth of Hailey Baldwin.
Struggles of the spotlight
If anyone is perfectly positioned to handle the media spotlight that comes with being
married to Justin Bieber, it's Baldwin, who grew up surrounded by celebrities like her
father Stephen Baldwin and her uncle Alec Baldwin.
Though her father attempted to shield her from the media spotlight as a child, she has
still faced more than her share of bullying on social media, something she has unfortunately
gotten used to.
She told The Evening Standard,
"There are people much older than me saying horrible things who have no business paying
attention to what [I do].
It's not the best feeling in the world.
It comes with the job so you just have to accept it and move on."
Her battles with backlash are likely why Hailey intends to follow her father's lead when she
starts her own family.
"When I have kids, they will not grow up around all this.
It's so easy to become spoiled and pretentious and to have the wrong attitude.
You have money and access to things the average person doesn't, and you're constantly surrounded
by people trying to kiss your ass."
Falling into modeling
Speaking of her father, Baldwin told W magazine she doesn't plan to stay a model forever,
as she eventually wants to keep up the family tradition and become an actor.
“Acting is in my family.
My cousins, my sister, and I always say it’s a legacy that should be kept alive.
In the future, it’s something I really want.”
It wouldn't be her first change in direction.
Though Baldwin's modeling career is really taking off now, growing up, she spent most
of her youth studying ballet, taking lessons for more than 12 years before a foot injury
reportedly derailed things.
She told Yahoo Style that modeling was just a happy accident.
"It's not something I always wanted to do.
It was something that just started happening naturally, which I think is better because
then you're in no way forced into it at all."
No to the nipple
Many consider the annual lingerie-clad Victoria's Secret runway show to be the biggest fashion
event of the year, and Baldwin is no exception, telling Yahoo,
"I can't say that for sure I'll ever get it in my life, but I think it's definitely a
dream of every model."
However, she said she would only do the show under one strict condition: no nudity or partial
nudity of any kind.
She explained to The Times,
"I have serious morals that are instilled in me because of how I was raised.
There are some things that will never leave my structure.
[…] It's just who I am.
I would never pose naked."
Relationship woes
When Baldwin and Bieber got engaged, it came as a serious surprise to some die-hard Beliebers.
However, these two have reportedly known each other since 2009, when they were introduced
by her father in an awkward exchange that was caught on camera.
What followed after their initial meeting was a slew of ups and downs, breakups and
makeups.
One of their most notable dust ups occurred in 2016, when Bieber was reportedly hooking
up with model Sofia Richie.
He reportedly unfollowed Baldwin on social media, Gasp!, a move that many speculated
was actually Richie's doing.
That same year, Baldwin reportedly began dating Drake, with the rapper even wearing her signature
H necklace.
Inside sources claimed the relationship was very casual, but Baldwin refused to say one
way or another, telling E! News she valued her privacy.
"It really is my personal business.
And I like to think my relationships are not between me, the person and the whole entire
world.
It's hard.
I don't think people are really able to understand if they're not in that position."
Fated to be
With all the ups and downs in their relationship, their engagement came as a surprise to many
Beliebers.
But Baldwin told The Times it was all just part of growing up.
"I met him when I was really young and he was one of my best friends.
Everybody knows that at a certain point in time that turned into something else, but
that just happens when you're 18, 19.
It was what it was.
We went through a long period of time when we weren't friends.
We didn't speak for quite some time and there was a lot of weirdness that went on.
We've moved past that."
And no matter what we going on between them, it seems Bieber always knew on some level
she was the one.
Way back in 2016, when asked why he didn't want to commit to Baldwin - or any woman - he
revealed he was considering her as a future wife.
"I know that in the past I’ve hurt people and said things that I didn’t mean to make
them happy in the moment.
So now I’m just more so looking at the future, making sure I’m not damaging them.
What if Hailey ends up being the girl I’m gonna marry, right?
If I rush into anything, if I damage her, then it’s always gonna be damaged.
It’s really hard to fix wounds like that.
It’s so hard.…
I just don’t want to hurt her.”
Talk about planning ahead!