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Kaia Gerber was 'worried' when she was named Model of the Year when she was just 17 years old

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Kaia Gerber walks the runway during the Givenchy Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2020 show as part of Paris Fashion Week. Photo by Peter White
Kaia Gerber walks the runway during the Givenchy Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2020 show as part of Paris Fashion Week. Photo by Peter White

The 18-year-old beauty scooped the coveted Model of the Year title at the 2018 Fashion Awards when she was just 17, and she admitted it left her panicking about what else she could achieve even though she's still in her teens. 

"I was quite worried because I thought 'oh my God, what do I do now?'" she told Grazia Magazine. 

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Kaia, who is the daughter of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, was just 10 years old when she made her modelling debut and didn't even realise it was work. 

"It was for Versace Kids and I loved it, but I had no idea what I was doing," she said. "I didn't even realise it was a job. I was like, 'this is work?'" she added.

Compiled by Afika Jadezweni

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