Hailey Rhode Bieber (néeBaldwin; born November 22, 1996) is an American model, socialite, and businesswoman.[3] She has been featured in major ads for
Guess,
Ralph Lauren, and
Tommy Hilfiger.[4]
She has been married to Canadian singer
Justin Bieber since September 2018. She is currently pregnant with their first child.
The first modeling agency Bieber signed with was
Ford Models,[8][9] appearing in magazines such as Tatler, LOVE, V and i-D.[10] Her first commercial campaign was for the clothing brand
French Connection in the winter of 2014.[11] In October 2014, Bieber made her runway debut walking for
Topshop[12] and French fashion designer
Sonia Rykiel.[13] In December 2014, she was involved in a photo session for
Love magazine, which also produced a short movie shot by photographer Daniel Jackson and released on the magazine's official
YouTube channel.[14]
In January 2015, Bieber was photographed for American Vogue[15] and in March for Teen Vogue.[16] In April, she shot her first magazine cover for Jalouse magazine alongside male model
Lucky Blue Smith.[17] In the same month she was involved in two further cover-shoots, for the Dutch edition of L'Officiel[18] and the American edition of Wonderland magazine[19] and was also pictured in editorials for Miss Vogue[20] and W[21] magazines. In July 2015, she was featured in
Ralph Lauren advertising alongside Australian singer
Cody Simpson, and in October returned to the runway for
Tommy Hilfiger and
Philipp Plein.[22]
In January 2016, Bieber appeared in a Ralph Lauren campaign and shot an editorial for the Korean edition of Vogue.[23] After walking again for Tommy Hilfiger in February, Bieber featured in spring/summer campaigns for Philipp Plein and Tommy Hilfiger.[24] In the same period she was also shot for Self magazine[25] and filmed for a commercial of clothing brand H&M, which was released in the
Coachella Music Festival period in April.[26] In March 2016, Bieber signed a contract with high-profile New York modeling agency
IMG Models[27] and in May appeared on the cover of Marie Claire, who described her as a "fresh face".[28] The American cover was also released as the July cover of the Dutch edition of Marie Claire.[29] In June, Bieber walked for
Moschino alongside high-profile supermodels such as
Miranda Kerr,
Alessandra Ambrosio,
Jourdan Dunn and
Chanel Iman[30] and in the same month she also made her debut in advertising for
Guess.[31]
In 2017, Bieber was featured on the cover of Spanish Harper's Bazaar alongside male model
Jon Kortajarena[48] and the British edition of
Elle.[49] Bieber also appeared in the promotion video for the
Fyre Festival. She has since then stated that the money went towards charity.[50] Bieber appeared in the March 2018 issue of US Elle.[51] In September 2018, Bieber became a face of the Power of Good campaign for the
Shiseido-owned make-up brand bareMinerals.[52] Bieber became the face of
Levi Jeans in 2019.[53]
Other ventures
Acting and TV appearances
In 2005, aged nine, Bieber appeared by the side of her family in the television documentary Livin It: Unusual Suspects, and in 2009, she made an appearance in an episode of the TV show Saturday Night Live by the side of her uncle
Alec Baldwin. In 2011, she appeared as Australian singer
Cody Simpson's love interest in the music video of the song "
On My Mind" as part of her early work[54] and several years later, in 2016, she had a role in a second music video, "Love to Love You Baby" by French model and singer
Baptiste Giabiconi, a
cover of the
Donna Summer song released in 1975.[55]
Beginning on May 2, 2017, Bieber began hosting a new TBS show Drop the Mic with rapper
Method Man, featuring four celebrities facing off in a series of
rap battles.[58] As of 2020, the show had been broadcast for two seasons but had yet to be renewed or cancelled for season three.[59][60]
Personal branding
In 2016, Bieber collaborated with clothing brand
The Daily Edited, promoting a handbag capsule collection labeled as #theHAILEYedited collection.[61] In the same year, she announced a collaboration with UK footwear brand Public Desire using the hashtag #PDxHB,[62] and announced she would be launching her own make-up collection produced by Australian brand ModelCo.[63]
In 2018, Bieber applied for and received a trademark on her name "Hailey Bieber" for commercial purposes.[64][65] Her request to use the trademark Bieber Beauty was denied due to Justin Bieber having ownership of that trademark.[66]
On June 15, 2022, Bieber launched a skincare brand, called Rhode, after her middle name.[67]
Personal life
Bieber's first career aspiration was to become a professional
classical ballet dancer, but her training ended due to a foot injury.[68]
Bieber was linked to
Shawn Mendes in 2018, with the two making their first public appearance together that May at the
Met Gala.[69][70] She and
Justin Bieber briefly dated from December 2015 to January 2016 before splitting, then reconciled in June 2018.[71] The couple got engaged in July 2018, and confirmed in November 2018 that they were married.[72][73] On May 9, 2024, it was announced that Hailey was pregnant with the couple's first child.[74]
In addition to English, Bieber speaks some Portuguese as the maternal side of her family is Brazilian.[86]
Bieber supports
abortion rights, describing the
overturning of Roe v. Wade as "an extreme loss and disappointment. This is really really scary."[87] In May 2022, Bieber appeared alongside almost 160 other celebrities in a "
Bans Off Our Bodies" full-page advertisement in the New York Times advocating for reproductive rights.[88]
Health
On March 12, 2022, Bieber was hospitalized with
stroke-like symptoms. She was discharged the following day.[89] In a 12-minute video she posted on her YouTube channel, she revealed she had suffered from a
transient ischemic attack, caused by a
patent foramen ovale and had surgery to repair the
heart defect.[90]
In November 2022, she stated that she had an
ovarian cyst "the size of an apple" on her ovary and she had had such cysts "a few times".[91]
On April 20, 2023, Bieber issued a statement about her mental health where she revealed that she had been "fragile" since the beginning of the year.[92]