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Bella Hadid shares a birthday recap roughly two weeks after her 29th birthdayThe model posted a rare look at life with her boyfriend, equestrian Adan BanuelosAhead of her celebratory post, she walked the 2025 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in New York City on Oct. 15
Bella Hadid is basking in birthday bliss.
On Wednesday, Oct. 22, the model posted an Instagram carousel of snaps from the festivities for her 29th birthday, which was on Oct. 9.
In the round-up, her boyfriend Adan Banuelos made a sweet cameo smiling while carrying two red balloons as he walked toward the camera in a blurry snapshot taken in a bar.
“Birthday week🎈… Flying straight from this kind of Love into the VS show two years in a row …. Makes me feel so grateful for my Texas family and loved ones… thankful to God for these moments. you make me feel so so loved even when we’re showing. 🏆 Lucky 🍀 Girl … 29 🎈,” she captioned the post.
Her first photo showed her sitting alone at a bar, flashing a slight smile as she looked at a birthday cake topped with “29” candles placed atop a cake stand.
A party hat, a present and another red balloon was also seen in the shot.
Adan Banuelos and Bella Hadid on September 12, 2024 in New York City.
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Hadid has been dating the equestrian since October 2023. Many of her birthday pictures featured horses, whether at competitions or on a ranch watching them run.
One of her photos was taken in the style of a birds-eye-view, looking down at her legs. A man’s hand was wrapped around her waist, and rested next to her hands, which revealed freshly manicured red nails.
Another image showed a photo of two people resting their feet on an outdoor fire pit, overlooking a river.
Hadid and Banuelos first met at a horse show after she relocated to Texas, she told British Vogue in a June interview.
“I saw him walk in and it was like a gust of fresh air,” she told the publication. “So he basically came in, walked into the exhibit hall, which is where we do all of the show stuff. I was getting a cowboy hat fitted. I just saw him and I was like that’s the… I always wanted the cowboy.”
Hadid said Banuelos was unfamiliar with who she was, calling it an added bonus.
“For me, that was such a breath of fresh air,” she said.
In April, she described Banuelos to Allure as her “partner” and “an incredible older businessman” as she’s taken a step back from modeling in recent years.
Bella Hadid in the 2025 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.
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Hadid returned to the runway for the 2025 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in New York City on Oct. 15, despite being hospitalized while suffering from Lyme disease in September.
“Ok, we’re not going to pretend these wings weren’t 50 pounds but how beautiful,” the model disclosed on her Instagram Stories after the show.
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Hadid’s looks for the night included a lace lingerie piece dripping in silver fringe and a red hot satin bra with a matching garter and underwear, along with a floor-sweeping robe.
“Happy birthday angel,” the Victoria’s Secret Instagram account commented on Hadid’s birthday carousel on Wednesday, adding an angel wing emoji.