Kaya Gerber inokuba yintombi kaCindy Crawford, kodwa ngokukhawuleza uphuma yedwa njengoko kubonisiwe ngokubonakala kwi-Teen Vogue kaSeptemba 2016. Umntwana oneminyaka eli-14 ubudala umi elunxwemeni kule nto Yelena Yemchuk Umhleli onelensi. U-Kaia uyothuka kwimbonakalo evela kwingqokelela yokuwa kukaStella McCartney, uMolly Goddard kunye nezinye izitayile Delphine Danhier.
Kudliwanondlebe lwakhe, uKaia uncokola nomama wakhe oyi-supermodel malunga nemodeli, ukufana kwabo okumangalisayo kunye nokunye. Malunga nokuthatha ishishini lokufota, uKaia uthi, “Kundinike ithuba lokudibana nabantu abahle kangaka. Ukuhlala eMalibu kufana nokuba kwiqamza, ke ukufumanisa abanye abahluke kakhulu kum kuye kwandonelisa ngendlela emangalisayo. Ndikhe ndamjonga [umama wam] engeyonto ngaphandle kobubele kuye wonke umntu oseti, ukusuka kumfoti ukuya kumpheki.”
