Hailey Rhode Bieber (née Baldwin) was born November 22, 1996 and is an American model and television personality.
Baldwin was born in Tucson, Arizona, to actor Stephen Baldwin, the youngest of the Baldwin brothers, and graphic designer Kennya Deodato Baldwin. Her mother is a Brazilian of Italian and Portuguese descent, and her father is of English, Irish, Scottish, French, and German descent. Baldwin’s maternal grandfather is the Brazilian musician Eumir Deodato. Baldwin was home schooled as a child. She attended American Ballet Theater in New York through her teen years.
The first modeling agency Baldwin signed with was Ford Models. She initially appeared in magazines such as Tatler, LOVE, V and i-D. Her first commercial campaign was for the clothing brand French Connection in the winter of 2014. In October 2014 Baldwin made her runway debut walking for Topshop and French fashion designer Sonia Rykiel. In December 2014 she was involved in a photo-session for Love magazine, which also produced a short movie shot by photographer Daniel Jackson and released on the magazine’s official YouTube channel.
She has been featured in major ads for Guess, Ralph Lauren, and Tommy Hilfiger.
In October 2015, Baldwin worked as a TV host in a segment of the 2015 MTV Europe Music Awards in Milan, Italy. Alongside Italian supermodel Bianca Balti and English rapper Tinie Tempah.
Starting May 2, 2017, Baldwin began hosting a new TBS show Drop the Mic with rapper Method Man, featuring four celebrities facing off in a series of rap battles.
Baldwin’s first career aspiration was to become a professional classic ballet dancer, but her training ended due to a foot injury. She performed for the Miami City Ballet before her injury.
