Gigi Hadid has joined the long list of celebrities in speaking out about the results of the presidential election. But rather than complain or lash out in anger, the model chose to spread a message of hope.
The 21-year-old admitted that she voted for Hillary Clinton on Tuesday morning when she accompanied her sister to the voting polls, and was shocked to wake up to the news that Donald Trump is the new president-elect.
"I think we all kind of woke up, like kind of an 'is this real?' moment," she told The Associated Press in an interview yesterday.
But watching Clinton's concession speech helped her cope. "I was very inspired by Hillary speaking," she said. "I think that it's important that we all kind of understand that this is our reality, and it's something that we all have to accept."
She continued:
"I think that like she said, at this point Donald has won, and he's going to be the president and honestly, as a country, we have to give him a chance because that's what our country voted for and that's what we accept as citizens in this country. But I think that we have go into it with positivity, and we can't lose heart or hope or have a feeling that we still can't make a difference and that we still can't help Trump make great decisions. And I think that's what Hillary this morning was really trying to inspire the whole country to do and I know that she has offered to help him. So, I think that he should, and hopefully will, try to find guidance. The entire nation and even the people that weren't supporting him during the election, I think that hopefully he can learn from. And yeah, we need to move forward."
The model was impressed to hear that her fellow peers mostly voted for the same candidate as she did. "It's nice to hear most younger people voted for her, but a huge problem, I think, in our country is that under 40 percent went out and voted yesterday," she said of the voter turnout. (The exit polls show 55 percent of voters aged 18-29 voted for Clinton. The United States Election Project reported that 46.9 percent of eligible voters did not vote at all.)
"I think that we hopefully can get it up in our next election and make sure that everybody's voices are heard," Gigi added. "I think it's easier to accept the outcome when you know that it's truly what people want."
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