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Gigi Hadid joins Reebok to empower women from imperfection to improvement in #PerfectNever movement

Gigi Hadid joins Reebok's #PerfectNever campaign to empower women. (Reebok)
Gigi Hadid joins Reebok’s #PerfectNever campaign to empower women through imperfection. (Reebok)

You don’t have to be perfect to be beautiful. Gigi Hadid, style icon, fitness advocate and trendsetter, joins Reebok’s community of inspiring women as the newest face of the brand’s #PerfectNever movement.

A powerful and inspirational call to action,#PerfectNever encourages women around the world to celebrate the beauty of imperfection.

Championing Reebok’s intrinsic message of self-betterment, Gigi and Reebok will challenge women to use physical fitness as an escape to drown out all of the negativity that surrounds them by deploying the three-point principles of the Reebok delta that puts forth the social, physical and mental benefits of fitness.

It was my mistakes, my imperfections that motivated me most - Gina Hadid. (Reebok)
It was my mistakes, my imperfections that motivated me most – Gina Hadid. (Reebok)

As an international supermodel Hadid is no stranger to the pressures of perfection placed on women, living under the constant scrutiny of a global audience of critics. It is through fitness that Hadid has found her tranquility.

“Working out isn’t only physical for me. It’s mental. It helps me escape the noise in my head. It’s the only time my mind goes quiet.” shares Hadid.

“When I was a competitive athlete, I used to be so focused on being perfect that my coaches would take me out of competing all together. I’d focus on my mistakes which would breed more missteps – a domino effect. Until I learned to change the channel, to re-focus, re-set. It was my mistakes, my imperfections that motivated me most.” adds Hadid.

Learning to “change the channel” and take control, Hadid discovered that it was in fact these failures and setbacks that helped her improve – accepting them and using them as motivation to better herself. Hadid will now work with Reebok to motivate women to accept their own setbacks and imperfections by embracing their inner strength, grit and determination.

Gigi Hadid learned to change the channel, to re-focus, re-set from imperfection to improvement. (Reebok)
Gigi Hadid learned to change the channel, to re-focus, re-set from imperfection to improvement. (Reebok)

Corinna Werkle, General Manager of the Training Business Unit at Reebok states:

“Working with Reebok, Gigi will empower women by challenging them to express themselves to the fullest through bold, fearless style and to be confident enough to embrace their uniqueness.”

Reebok’s partnership with Hadid marks the second phase in the #PerfectNever movement’s chapter. July 2016 marked its debut, lead by a powerful campaign video featuring athlete Ronda Rousey.

The poignant video captured Rousey at her most raw and real, as she shattered the illusions of perfection and empowered women to be the best version of themselves through embracing and learning from their imperfections. Gigi and Reebok will work together in 2016 and beyond to further champion this message.