Hailey Baldwin: It’s hard being in the social media spotlight

Model Hailey Baldwin has spoken about following her family into the limelight — and the pressure on young celebrities in the social media age.

Baldwin, 19, is the daughter of The Usual Suspects star Stephen Baldwin, younger brother to fellow actors Alec, William and Daniel.

She has 7.2 million Instagram followers, has appeared in Vogue and worked with brands such as Tommy Hilfiger.

Baldwin, who counts modelling sisters Bella and Gigi Hadid and Kendall and Kylie Jenner among her friends, told ES Magazine how their popularity on social media has its drawbacks.

“This generation has a lot of eyes on them,” she said. “Everybody my age struggles with insecurities, so take that and multiply it by seven million people.

"There are people much older than me saying horrible things who have no business paying attention to what a 19-year-old does.

It’s not the best feeling in the world. It comes with the job so you just have to accept it and move on.”

The model, who is signed to IMG Models, says she is grateful to her father and mother, graphic designer Kennya, for trying to limit her exposure to the celebrity lifestyle when she was growing up.

“When I have kids, they will not grow up around all this,” she said. “It is easy to become spoiled and pretentious and to have the wrong attitude.”

Read the full interview in this week's ES Magazine.

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