Originally appeared on E! Online

Gigi Hadid is grateful for her guardian angels.

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The supermodel got emotional while reflecting on the early days of her modeling career , saying that booking her first-ever Victoria's Secret fashion show in 2015 was a "dream come true."

"I'm just so happy for her," Gigi Hadid tearfully shared in an Oct. 10 video with the lingerie brand , explaining how she "went to a lot of go-sees" and "tried out two or three times" before finally landing the gig. "She just wanted it so bad. I look back at pictures of that time and the world was so hard on her — and not just me, hard on girls."

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But 10 years later, Gigi Hadid now realize

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