By IVAN THOMAS-HICKS
Vanessa Bryant is thinking of her late daughter, Gianna âGiGiâ Bryant. The celebrity mom recently shared a throwback candid of Gianna with her older sister, Natalia, alongside an updated picture of Vanessaâs youngest daughters Bianka and Capri.
Bianka and Capri wore the same dress styles Natalia and Gianna wore years prior. âMissing my baby girl, GiGi,â Vanessa told her social media fans. âMy #2,â the celebrity mom said of her daughter. âMambacita.â
Vanessa Bryant has shown incredible resilience since the death of her daughter and husband, Kobe Bryant. In fact, it was just a few months ago that Vanessa and Kobeâs oldest daughter, Natalia, told the press that her mom was the strongest person she knew.
âMy mom, sheâs really the strongest person Iâve ever known,â Natalia revealed during an interview with Vogue that included her mom. âYouâre always there,â Natalia told Vanessa. âI would say that youâre like the sun,â the young adult continued. âYouâre always shining this beautiful smile. And youâll always find the sun somewhere. Even if you canât see it, itâs shining somewhere.â
Vanessa Bryant recently told PEOPLE that her daughters were her inspirations to keep going. âThis pain is unimaginable [but] you just have to get up and push forward,â Vanessa revealed. âLying in bed crying isnât going to change the fact that my family will never be the same again,â the celebrity mom added. âBut getting out of bed and pushing forward is going to make the day better for my girls and for me. So thatâs what I do.â
Kobe and Gianna âGiGiâ Bryant were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday, January 26, 2020. Gianna was 13-years-old at the time of her death. Vanessa took to Instagram in May to celebrate what would have been her late daughterâs fifteenth birthday.
âI love you! I miss you every day,â Vanessa wrote to her daughter. âI wish you were here with us,â the celebrity mom said. âThere are no words to express how much I miss you. I love you Mamacita!â