Hailey Baldwin says social media is a 'breeding ground for cruelty' in candid social media post

Even Hailey Baldwin isn't immune to cyber bullying.

Despite being one of the world's most famous supermodels with a hefty social media following, the 23-year-old shared a candid Instagram post on Saturday to remind her followers that she is only human, and, like the rest of us, has feelings too.

"I would say my most favourite part of existing is human connection," she began.

"I absolutely love connecting with other people, I love finding common interests between me and others, hearing people's story, I love laughing with others, and I love crying with others. I feel so very very deeply. My heart explodes with happiness when my friends and family are happy and my heart feels crushed when they are hurting and sad."

She continued, "The reason I say all of this is: because I love to connect, I do my best to expose my heart which means I love freely and I empathise deeply, and because of that I also hurt very easily when I feel like people don't see my heart and see me for who I am and the reason I'm even sharing this, is because Instagram, Twitter etc is SUCH a breeding ground for cruelty towards each other, and because people don't take the time to connect with each other on an honest level before they resort to hatred, it starts to damage what could be really beautiful human interaction and connection. I could sit here all day and say the hate doesn't bug me, that the words that are said don't affect me."

Revealing that "it hurts to be torn apart on the internet," Bieber dove deeper into which comments upset her the most.

"It hurts to be compared to other human beings every single day, it hurts for people to jump to conclusions and make assumptions. It hurts to be called names, and to feel like you don't measure up to a certain standard.. the list goes on and on."

The TV personality concluded her post by admitting that "it weights often on my heart" and that she decided to open up "because it's so important to be honest about how these things affect us mentally and emotionally."

She added, "Hopefully it speaks to someone struggling with the same. With that being said Happy New Year. Let's connect more in 2020."

Marrying Justin Bieber in 2019, it was undoubtedly a huge year for Baldwin and 2020 is looking to be even bigger with the Canadian pop star having just announced a new single and docuseries set to premiere on YouTube on January 27.