Half Palestinian supermodel Gigi Hadid ‘not welcome’ in China after racist video

In February, she offended thousands across the world after a video of her mocking a Buddha cookie by squinting her eyes in a racist gesture went viral. 

She was sitting at a restaurant with her friends, when her sister Bella filmed her on her Instagram story as she picked up the cookie and squinted her eyes. The video was later deleted, but not before it fell into the archives of the internet’s history.

— . (@hvrrystime) February 5, 2017 " style="color:#fff;" class="twitter-post-link" target="_blank">Twitter Post this is y'all woke palestine queen? Gigi out here mocking Asian people. i would say she's cancelled but she never started. rat @GiGiHadid pic.twitter.com/b6wj5k1sXE — . (@hvrrystime) February 5, 2017

With the announcement that the annual fashion show will be hosted in China, the video resurfaced on the internet, and so did everyone else’s anger.

— 刘晨 (@1iuchen) August 30, 2017" style="color:#fff;" class="twitter-post-link" target="_blank">Twitter Post I am looking forward to watching this year's VSFashionshow!😊😊😊But Gigi Hadid is not welcomed to China for her rude behavior!😠😠😠 pic.twitter.com/RveLZdeey3 — 刘晨 (@1iuchen) August 30, 2017

While there were many excited about the show, and were buzzing about the lingerie to be featured, tweets showing anger towards Gigi took over the Victoria's Secret thread on Twitter:

— Wang Yijing (@WangYijing3) August 31, 2017 " style="color:#fff;" class="twitter-post-link" target="_blank">Twitter Post no gigi hadid, racist!!!!!!China doesn't welcome her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! — Wang Yijing (@WangYijing3) August 31, 2017

The show was threatened with a boycott...

— bummerbobo (@summerzhangtian) August 30, 2017 " style="color:#fff;" class="twitter-post-link" target="_blank">Twitter Post No Gigi otherwise we will not come to see the show. We do not want a racist at the stage👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼 @GiGiHadid — bummerbobo (@summerzhangtian) August 30, 2017

Gigi even turned off her Instagram comments after she announced on her photo-sharing page that she will be featured in the China fashion show, with many filling the comments with snake emojis and demanding she stays away from China.

Forever and ever and ever a dream come true to be asked back to the VS Show !!! 🙌🏼 Thank you my friends @ed_razek @10magazine @johndavidpfeiffer @monica.mitro for another unforgettable opportunity; every aspect makes me feel like a dreaming kid again 🕊🕊🖤 (as shown here at last year's fitting, by @jeromeduran)! ☁️ @victoriassecret #VSFS2017 A post shared by Gigi Hadid (@gigihadid) on Aug 28, 2017 at 12:05pm PDT