Gigi Hadid pleads with paparazzi to blur photos of her infant daughter's face in an open letter to the press and fans

• Gigi Hadid asked the paparazzi and social-media fan accounts to blur her daughter's face in photos.
• The model shares 10-month-old daughter Khai with longtime boyfriend Zayn Malik.
• Hadid said she wants Khai to enjoy NYC without the "media circus" that comes with famous parents.

Gigi Hadid is pleading with the paparazzi and "beloved fan accounts" to blur her daughter's face in photographs to maintain the infant's privacy.

The supermodel wrote in an open letter shared across social-media platforms on Monday that she wants her 10-month-old daughter Khai to experience "the beautiful and diverse people that walk down the streets" of New York City without having to face the "media circus that comes with parents who are public figures."

Since Hadid and longtime boyfriend Zayn Malik welcomed Khai in September 2020, they've kept the baby's face hidden in social-media posts and use stroller coverings while out so Khai's face isn't visible. But more recently, Hadid says, her daughter has started lifting her sun shade to peek out when they walk outside.

"She doesn't understand why she's covered in the city or what I've wanted to protect her from," Hadid wrote, adding that the family has a little more privacy when on their Pennsylvania farm.

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Hadid wrote in Monday's post that it "would mean the world" to her and Malik if "the paparazzi, press, and beloved fan accounts" blurred Khai's face in photographs where the baby is "caught on camera."

"Our wish is that she can choose how to share herself with the world when she comes of age," she continued. "And that she can live as normal of a childhood as possible, without worrying about a public image that she has not chosen."

Hadid added: "For a child, I can imagine that close or dramatic paparazzi frenzies must be overwhelming and disorienting ... it still is as an adult that understands and deals with it often."

Hadid went on to thank some members of the paparazzi for being "respectful" and keeping their distance from the new mother during some of her first trips to NYC with Khai.

Hadid isn't the only celebrity parent to keep her child's face hidden from public view. Many others, like Kristen Bell, Ashton Kutcher, and Mindy Kaling have done it for years to maintain their kids' privacy.

Channing Tatum only recently revealed his 8-year-old daughter Everly's face on social media for the first time on June 24. Tatum and his ex-wife, Jenna Dewan, had previously only shared photos of Everly with her face partially covered.