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Tragedy struck the van den Herik family when Yolanda Hadid’s dad was killed suddenly in a car accident when she was just 7 years old, leaving her mom Ans van den Herik to raise her and her brother, Leo van den Herik. It was then that the young Yolanda made a choice; to be strong and provide for her devastated family. “I so vividly remember that winter day of the funeral when my feet were nervously dangling off the church bench as I looked at my devastated mother, brother and family,” Yolanda wrote on her website of the tragedy that changed her life forever. “In my little mind, I kept telling myself not to cry and to be strong. I truly believe that at that particular moment, an unexplainable power came over me as I consciously decided that I was going to be the provider for our family.”
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“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alumni also touched on the newfound purpose she felt during a 2018 appearance on “Larry King Now,” where she admitted of losing her dad without warning, “It changed me forever. I remember sitting at the church in my little town and looking to the side and seeing my mom and my brother, my family all in tears. In that moment, I made the choice, like, ‘Okay, I’m the one that has to be tough and strong to take care of all of them.'”
