Gigi Hadid has known for being a red carpet regular and stylish model. However, she made headlines during Milan Fashion Week when she was grabbed and carried by some random stranger. After he got her, her instincts set in and immediately started to hit the man. Her reaction was quickly scrutinized by the press, but now she finally speaks out on what happened.

"I remember taking the time, as it all felt slo-mo, to look at him, a stranger," she tells Lena Dunham for her Lenny Letter, "and my first reaction was: 'Get me out of this situation.' I played volleyball, and my coaches talked about muscle memory. I started boxing two years ago and I always remembered that. Since then, I hadn't been in a situation that forced me to fight back, but it just came out when he grabbed me — it wasn't a choice. I do have that fighter in me."

She continues, "Honestly, I felt I was in danger, and I had every right to react the way I did. If anything, I want girls to see the video and know that they have the right to fight back, too, if put in a similar situation. Practicing self-defense is important so that when you're in the moment, reacting from muscle memory comes more naturally to you than freezing up. Confidence in your own ability to defend yourself comes with educating yourself about it, and is a massive advantage when in an unsafe situation."

She admitted that she was "pissed" when she not only found out that she was being criticized by her behavior but also by another woman. 

"First of all, it was a woman who wrote the story with that headline," she says. "What would you tell your daughter to do? If my behavior isn't model behavior, then what is? What would you have told your daughter to do in that situation?"

Read Gigi's full story here, and watch what happened to her in Milan below.