The path from doing a simple makeup vlog to becoming one of Time Magazine's 25 most influential people on the internet has been one wild ride. It's almost totally been ups with Gigi. She moves from project to project and strength to strength, very rarely not shining. She starred as herself in web series The Avenue, had a two-page photo spread with Miley Cyrus in Marie Claire, and has even become best buds with Kylie Jenner.
The path hasn't been without its hiccups, though. On August 9th of 2016, Gigi was held in the United Arab Emirates for over five hours, just for being a transgender woman. It's unclear how or why the authorities would question this, since she is stated as female on her passport. Whatever it was, she was lucky to escape at all, since jail time for such an "offence" can exceed a year.