'He loved my curves': Gigi Hadid defends Tommy Hilfiger after his show casting director put her in a poncho because other models were 'thinner'

By Sarah Jones For Dailymail.com

Published: 20:01 EST, 9 November 2016 | Updated: 08:51 EST, 10 November 2016

As one of the most sought after models in the world, she is no stranger to flaunting her impeccable figure on the runway. 

But Gigi Hadid was forced to cover up in a large poncho during New York Fashion Week at the Tommy Hilfiger Fall 2015 show after a casting director said she 'wasn't as thin' as the other girls.

However the 21-year-old supermodel defended the designer, telling Access Hollywood: 'Tommy was rooting for me and... regardless of what the stylist of that season said or what he put me in, Tommy wanted me in the show, and Tommy was pushing for me and Tommy loved my curves.'

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'Tommy loved my curves': Gigi Hadid defended criticism Tommy Hilfiger took for a poncho she wore in his 2015 fall runway show

Gigi wore an oversized red, white and blue poncho on the runway as she sauntered down the catwalk.

The designer received backlash last week after comments he made regarding his team's decision to put her in the garb.

'Our casting director said she doesn't really fit,' Hilfiger, 65, began. 'Because you know, she's not quite as tall as the other girls, she's not quite as thin, so they put a red, white and blue poncho on her.'

'She doesn't really fit': The 21-year-old supermodel wore an oversized red, white and blue poncho because casting directors said she wasn't 'quite as thin' as the other models

'Tommy wanted me in the show': The high end designer received backlash after comments he made in an interview with Yahoo regarding his team's styling decisions

He continued: 'Covered a lot of her body, unfortunately, but it received millions of hits.'

The bold coloured frock went on to become a best-selling item by the high end apparel line. 

Hilfiger told Yahoo: 'So I said you know, why don't we ask her to design a line with us? So I said, "Gigi, come design this with me, we'll do a Gigi, Tommy Hilfiger line."'

'Come design with me': The bold coloured frock went on to become a best-selling item by the high end apparel line

Speaking to Access Hollywood the genetically-gifted stunner said: 'When Tommy said it last week it was in context of a larger story that wasn't shown in that video.'

'The next season I wore a bikini on the same runway with the same stylist of the show that had previously put me in a poncho,' Gigi went on to further prove her point that Hilfiger was on her side.

She added: 'So I think you learn and that's something I think you know was something that brand's had to become more accepting of because it was proven.' 

'More accepting': The next season Gigi rocked the runway in a skimpy bikini for the designer 

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