Kaya Gerber kungenzeka ukuthi uyindodakazi kaCindy Crawford, kodwa uphuma ngokushesha eyedwa njengoba kukhonjisiwe ngokuvela kumagazini kaTeen Vogue kaSepthemba 2016. Le ntokazi eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala imile olwandle kulokhu Yelena Yemchuk okuhleli kwelensi. U-Kaia ubambe ongezansi ekubukeni okuvela eqoqweni lekwindla lika-Stella McCartney, uMolly Goddard nabanye abaklanywe Delphine Danhier.
Engxoxweni yakhe, uKaia uxoxa nomama wakhe oyi-supermodel mayelana nokumodela, ukufana kwabo okumangalisayo nokunye. Mayelana nokuqala ibhizinisi lokuthwebula izithombe, uKaia uthi, “Kunginikeze ithuba lokuhlangana nabantu abahle kangaka. Ukuhlala eMalibu kufana nokuba sebhamuzeni, ngakho ukuthola abanye abahluke kakhulu kunami kuye kwajabulisa ngendlela emangalisayo. Ngike ngabuka [umama] engelutho kodwa enomusa kuwo wonke umuntu osethilini, kusukela kumthwebuli wezithombe kuya kumpheki.”