'I had EVERY RIGHT to defend myself': Furious supermodel Gigi Hadid lashes out at prankster and has to be held back by security after he lifts her up as she leaves Milan fashion show 

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Supermodel Gigi Hadid says she had every right to defend herself after she furiously lashed out at a man while leaving a fashion show in Milan when he grabbed her from behind and tried to pick her up.

The 21-year-old is in the Italian city for Milan Fashion Week and was leaving the Max Mara show earlier today, which she took part in.

However, as the model made her way to a waiting car hand in hand with her sister Bella, the man, believed to be serial prankster Vitalii Sediuk, grabbed her taking her by surprise and forcing her to fight him off.

Supermodel Gigi Hadid was pictured leaving the Max Mara show at Milan Fashion Week hand in hand with her sister Bella

The man, believed to be prankster Vitalii Sediuk, can be seen bending down and placing his arm around the 21-year-old's waist as he prepares to lift her up 

He then lifted her clear off the ground, much to her surprise as she gripped on to sister Bella's hand  

Clearly shocked by being grabbed, Gigi used her fists to fight off the man while Bella tried to pull her sister away from his clutches 

The man eventually put Gigi back down on her feet but she was clearly shaken by the man who took her by surprise 

And after the incident, Gigi took to Twitter to defend her actions saying the prankster had no right to man handle her.

She wrote: 'I am a HUMAN BEING and had EVERY RIGHT to defend myself. How dare that idiot think he has a right to man handle a complete stranger. He ran quick tho...' (sic). 

The incident happened this morning in Milan as the model made her way to a waiting car with Bella, where Sediuk appeared to linger around as she posed for selfies with fans.

And as she walked towards her car, he then grabbed the American from behind, picking her up off the ground.  

The man had been waiting outside the venue of the Max Mara show and had been following Gigi as she posed for selfies with fans before he tried to pick her up 

Supermodel Gigi could be seen using her elbows and fists to try and fight off the man who tried to grab her from behind 

Eventually security intervened and her sister could also be seen trying pulling the model away towards their car

A furious Gigi then lashed out using her fists and elbows to fight him off as Bella, 19, shouted: 'Let go of her!' and scrambled to free her sister. 

Sediuk eventually put her back down on her feet, but she then tried to storm after him when he ran off, yelling: 'Who the f*** are you, you piece of s***.' 

Eventually security intervened and she was whisked away, looking shaken and carrying her sunglasses, which nearly fell off her head.

After the man released her from his grip he ran off down the street and Gigi charged after him but her security pulled her back 

Gigi looked shaken but tried to storm off down the street chasing after the man as she shouted: 'Who the f*** are you, you piece of s***'

A furious Gigi was then whisked to a waiting car after the altercation at Milan Fashion Week and asked her security to find the man

As she got into her car, Gigi was still wearing the green and silver eye make-up she wore during the Max Mara show 

The sisters then got into a waiting car but not before Gigi tapped a security man on the shoulder and pointed saying 'can you go find that man.'

After the stunt, Sediuk took to Instagram where he explained he carried out the prank in protest at Gigi and her fellow model friend Kendall Jenner being considered 'high fashion' while also making a dig at American Vogue editor Anna Wintour. 

He wrote: 'While I consider Gigi Hadid beautiful, she and her friend Kendall Jenner, have nothing to do with high fashion. By doing this I encourage fashion industry to put true talents on the runway and Vogue covers instead of well-connected cute girls from Instagram. 

'You can call it a manifest or a protest. This is also a wake up call for Anna Wintour who turned Vogue into tabloid by putting Kardashians and other doubtful celebrities on a cover of a well-respected magazine.' 

Gigi is in Italy for Milan Fashion Week and after the incident was later seen walking in the Fendi runway show 

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Before the incident in the street, Gigi had walked in the Max Mara presentation during Milan Fashion Week 

Gigi has had a whirlwind few weeks after taking part in New York, London and Milan fashion weeks back to back

Gigi arrived in Italy on Tuesday and has been treating the sidewalk as her very own catwalk with numerous outfit changes including this short gold playsuit 

Earlier in the week, Gigi was in the English capital, where she was spotted hand in hand with her boyfriend, ex-One Direction star Zayn Malik 

Gigi and sister Bella have had a whirlwind few weeks after taking part in New York, London and Milan fashion weeks back to back. 

She had only arrived in Italy on Tuesday and has been treating the sidewalk as her very own catwalk with numerous outfit changes. 

Earlier in the week, Gigi was in the English capital with sister Bella, 19, and close pals Hailey Baldwin, 19, and Stella Maxwell, 25.

She was also spotted with boyfriend, ex-One Direction star Zayn Malik, putting on an extremely affectionate display as they headed to watch Bella walk the runway in the LFW Versus show.

The singer and his model girlfriend only had eyes for each other as they arrived hand-in-hand at the catwalk event in an impeccably stylish fashion. 

However today's stunt is not the first time Ukrainian prankster Sediuk has angered a celebrity by ambushing them at an event. 

In 2014, Sediuk broke on to the red carpet at the Hollywood premiere of Angelina Jolie film Maleficent and tried to bury his face in the crotch of her now estranged husband Brad Pitt, pictured, as security rushed in 

The melee on the red carpet left Pitt with broken sunglasses as he was struck in the face and Sediuk, pictured appearing in court in Los Angeles with his lawyer, was sentenced to 30 days in jail

In 2014, he broke on to the red carpet at the Hollywood premiere of Angelina Jolie film Maleficent and tried to bury his face in the crotch of her now estranged husband Brad Pitt.

A melee later ensued leaving the actor with broken sunglasses after he was hit in the face and Sediuk was later sentenced to 30 days in jail.

The incident came as he was on probation for rushing the stage at the Grammy in 2014 where Jennifer Lopez was presenting fellow singer Adele with her award, forcing her to shoo him away.

Later that year he also accosted Kim Kardashian at Paris Fashion Week as she made her way to the Balmain show.

In 2014 Sediuk, pictured left in the orange scarf, also accosted Kim Kardashian at Paris Fashion Week as she made her way to the Balmain show and almost knocked her to the ground as he tried to hug her 

Last year outside the Louis Vuitton show in Paris, he also tried to kiss model Miranda Kerr, left, while at the Chanel show last year, he also accosted American Vogue editor Anna Wintour, right  

In May 2014, he was arrested at the premiere of How To Train Your Dragon at the Cannes Film Festival after trying to put his head up the skirt of actress America Ferrera 

He almost knocked the reality TV star to the ground when when he tried to hug her, in front of husband Kanye West and her mother Kris Jenner.

However, he later told MailOnline: 'I hope Kim is OK and won't be mad at me as I didn't mean any harm. Kanye is one lucky man as Kim is a goddess!'

Sediuk has also had run ins with America Ferrera, Leonardo DiCaprio, model Miranda Kerr and Anna Wintour.

At an event in Santa Barbara, California in 2014, he had a run in with Leonardo DiCaprio, left, and at the 2014 Screen Actors Guild awards he accosted Bradley Cooper, right