Mohamed, born Novemin Nazareth, Israel, is a real estate developer known for building luxury mansions and hotels, including several Ritz-Carlton hotels, across Los Angeles, New York, and Washington. Mohamed Hadid Mohamed Hadid and daughter Gigi (Amy Sussman/Shutterstock) These days, Yolanda is accompanying her model children at their runway shows, tending to a career in interior design, and spending time with her family at their Pennsylvania farm.

It’s so important we learn to listen to people, as many of us are suffering in silence.” Following her split from Mohamed, Yolanda married composer David Foster in 2011, but they split six years later. If it weren’t for my children, I don’t think I would be here today. Many nights I wished to die, and prayed I would just be free of the pain. “For some time, it didn’t even feel like living at all. “I can’t begin to describe the darkness, the pain and the hell I lived through every day,” she said. In an interview with British Vogue in February, Yolanda credited her children for keeping her alive during her harrowing health journey. She left the show in 2016 after three seasons to focus on her health: the former model was diagnosed with Lyme disease, a bacterial infection from the bite of an infected tick, in 2012. Following her modeling career, Yolanda forayed into the world of reality TV, starring in The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. In 1994, she wed Mohamed, welcoming Gigi, Bella, and Anwar soon after. The apples don’t fall too far from the tree, as Yolanda began a modeling career in the 1980s, appearing in the pages of Vogue and Grazia, among others.

Visit INSIDER's homepage for more stories.Yolanda, born Januin Papendrecht, Netherlands, is a former model and TV personality.

Here's how the Hadid family built their fashion empire and what their lives look like now.

Three out of five Hadid family members have Lyme disease, and the entire family has used their wealth and influence to bring awareness to the disease.

But that doesn't mean they're immune to criticism by the public.

Now, Gigi and Bella have built their own empire - dominating the covers of international and American Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and so many more magazines.

Yolanda and Mohamed Hadid were both immigrants in America when they were just starting out in their industries - modeling and real estate, respectively.The three children, Gigi, Bella, and Anwar are all runway and campaign models with a combined estimated net worth of more than $57 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.The Hadids have become one of the most famous modeling families in the fashion industry over the past decade - they've even been called the 'first family' of fashion.

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