Gigi Hadid fought back hard after being assaulted Thursday as she left the MaxMara fashion show in Milan.

The 21-year-old was grabbed from behind and lifted into the air as she and sister Bella Hadid, 19, walked to their car nearby. Instead of waiting for a bodyguard, Gigi defended herself by elbowing the man in the face as onlookers watched the scene unfold.

Notorious celebrity prankster Vitalii Sediuk confirmed via social media that he was responsible for the vile incident.

As reports and photos of the situation surfaced, Gigi took to Twitter to address the distressing encounter.

“…I’m a HUMAN BEING — and had EVERY RIGHT to defend myself,” she tweeted Thursday. “How dare that idiot thinks he has the right to man-handle a complete stranger. He ran quick tho.”

Sediuk says he went after Gigi to protest celebrities making their way into the “high fashion” business.

“While I consider Gigi Hadid beautiful, she and her friend Kendall Jenner, have nothing to do with high fashion,” he wrote on Instagram. “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.”

While Gigi and Bella are both in Italy for Milan Fashion Week, it’s clear Sediuk picked the wrong model to mess with. An avid kickboxer, Gigi occasionally shares photos and videos from her grueling workouts.

Source:pagesix.com