Musician Cody Simpson and his girlfriend Gigi Hadid arrive at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscars Party
Musician Cody Simpson and his girlfriend Gigi Hadid arrive at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscars Party in West Hollywood, California March 2, 2014. Reuters/Danny Moloshok

Gorgeous American model Gigi Hadid is the new face of Maybelline, it has been announced. The 19-year-old, whose real name is Jelena Noura Hadid, was very excited about the announcement by the make-up brand. Gigi's modeling career has been on the rise since last few years and in 2014, the blonde model has also bagged the "Model of the Year" award at the Daily Front Row's first annual Fashion Los Angeles Awards.

The model with beautiful skin told Vogue that she was not allowed to wear any make-up as a school girl but she had a fascination for the brand since then. "In middle school, I wasn't allowed to wear makeup. I secretly bought Maybelline's SuperStay 24HR concealer at CVS. I thought it was the coolest thing in the world," the teenager is quoted by Vogue as saying. The gorgeous model told the magazine that she keeps the bottle of the concealer in her bag till date. The website further added that the beautiful model will now make use of Maybelline's "high-impact eye shadows and lipsticks" along with its "skin-warming bronzers and lash-lengthening mascaras," for the upcoming advertisement campaigns of the brand.

Gigi will debut her first advertisement for Maybelline in October this year. The model, who has already walked the runway for Chanel and other high-end fashion brands, is good friends with singer Selena Gomez and partied with her on the New Year's Eve in Dubai. She also recently celebrated the birthday of his singer boyfriend Cody Simpson and wished him famously on her Instagram profile with a romantic picture. "happy birthday to you my bub you are an unmatched soul in this world and love in my heart x," the Sports Illustrated model wrote as she wished Cody.

There were many celebrities who attended Cody's 18th birthday bash. Some of the famous names present at his party were singer Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus and her boyfriend Patrick Schwarzenegger, Will Smith's son Jaden Smith, Selena Gomez and Cody's sister Alli Simpson. Apart from being the face of Maybelline, Gigi also recently posed topless for Guess in their Spring 2015 campaign. Paul Marciano, co-founder of Guess said on his Instagram that the special floral motif jeans worn by her in the campaign will be available in all Guess stores by Feb. 10, 2015. Read more here.

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