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Gigi Hadid: I’m picking up British accent and cooking skills from Zayn

The US model tells how she has been adapting to British life as she hits the capital for her London Fashion Week show.

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Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid (PA)

US model Gigi Hadid has told how her singer boyfriend Zayn Malik has been helping her blend into British life, with tips on how to cook a Sunday roast and perfect her Yorkshire accent.

The star shared details of her English crash-course as she joined designer Tommy Hilfiger on BBC Radio 1’s Breakfast show with Nick Grimshaw on Tuesday.

She said that she had watched the entire run of teen drama Skins to help her pick up a British accent, helped by the One Direction star’s own northern heritage.

Gigi Hadid and Tommy Hilfiger in the studio.
Gigi Hadid and Tommy Hilfiger in the studio (BBC/PA)

Hadid said she had been seeing more success mastering traditional British cooking, but confessed that her attempts at concocting a full roast will “never be able to compete” with Malik’s mother’s.

“I’m trying to learn everything as I go and make a little cookbook, writing it all down instead of annoying his mum by texting her every week.”

The interview was aired hours before Hadid exhibits her new fashion line with Hilfiger at London Fashion Week.

Now a model and designer, Hadid credited her model mother for giving her the best words of advice to further her career.

She said: “She told me to be the nicest person people work with because there will always be someone nicer and prettier than you, waiting to come along next.”

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