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Gigi Hadid taking a break from college

Written by . Published: December 09 2015

Model Gigi Hadid is taking a break from college to focus on her modeling career.

The beauty, who walked the runway at the 2015 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show last month (Nov15), began studying criminal psychology at The New School in New York in 2013, but she has been unable to keep up her studies amid the demands of her fashion career, and so she has decided to take a step back.



But the 20 year old, who is currently dating former One Direction star Zayn Malik, insists she's still very passionate about psychology.


"I don't want any special treatment with that kind of stuff, so if you miss two classes, you can't get higher than a C," she tells Live! with Kelly and Michael. "I'd be staying up on flights writing my papers, landing tired because I wouldn't be sleeping and then shooting all day and even if I was writing great papers, I couldn't get the grades I really wanted because I just couldn't be in class with my schedule."


"(But) I loved it and I think what I realized is that I didn't really need the degree necessarily," she continues. "I just loved being in class, I live being in that environment and (being) part of the conversation..."

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