{"id":73096,"date":"2025-05-05T12:04:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T16:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=73096"},"modified":"2025-05-30T12:06:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T16:06:15","slug":"bella-hadid-was-once-again-absent-from-the-met-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/bella-hadid-was-once-again-absent-from-the-met-gala\/73096\/","title":{"rendered":"Bella Hadid was once again absent from the Met Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"360\">Bella Hadid has managed to earn the title of one of the most talented models at a very young age. Whether it\u2019s walking the runway or making a statement on the red carpet, she has never failed to impress \u2014 including with her memorable Met Gala looks in the past.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"362\" data-end=\"579\">This year, fans were eagerly waiting to see what Bella would wear to the Met Gala, but unfortunately, she wasn\u2019t there. Instead, it was her sister Gigi who showed up and totally stole the spotlight on the blue carpet.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"910\">It\u2019s been a little while since Bella last appeared at the Met Gala. Her most recent walk on those famous steps was back in 2022, when she wore a stunning custom dress by Burberry. A couple of years after that, Bella opened up in an interview with <em data-start=\"828\" data-end=\"836\">Allure<\/em> about why she decided to step back from the modeling spotlight for a bit.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"912\" data-end=\"1272\">Bella explained that after about ten years in the industry, she realized she was putting a lot of energy, love, and effort into something that wasn\u2019t really giving back to her in the same way. She talked about how much she enjoyed styling herself, doing her own makeup and hair, and just being happy with how she looked while hanging out with friends in Texas.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1274\" data-end=\"1636\">She shared that these times with her friends were some of the best she\u2019s had, and the best part was she didn\u2019t feel pressured to put on a \u201cfake face\u201d or pretend to feel good when she didn\u2019t. Bella said, \u201cIf I don\u2019t feel good, I won\u2019t go. If I don\u2019t feel good, I take time for myself.\u201d This was a new feeling for her \u2014 something she hadn\u2019t allowed herself before.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1638\" data-end=\"1857\">Bella also revealed that now, when people see photos of her and say she looks happy, it\u2019s genuine. She said, \u201cMy bad days now were my old good days,\u201d meaning she\u2019s in a much better place emotionally than she used to be.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1859\" data-end=\"2114\">Meanwhile, it was a golden night for her sister Gigi, who dazzled in a custom gold dress by Miu Miu. Gigi\u2019s look was more than just glamorous \u2014 it was a tribute to Zelda Wynn Valdes, a legendary dressmaker from the 1940s who made a huge impact in fashion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bella Hadid has managed to earn the title of one of the most talented models at a very young age\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":73097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[412],"class_list":["post-73096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-bella-hadid"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}