(CNN) Supermodel Bella Hadid faced a wave of internet backlash after she posted an Instagram photo that some felt disrespected the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

Now, she's apologizing for it.

Here's what happened: On Sunday, Hadid posted a photo on her Instagram Story of her foot facing a trio of airplanes, one being a UAE plane and the other a Saudi plane. From the angle of the photo, some felt it looked like she was kicking the flags that are painted on the planes' tails.

Twitter users said they were insulted. Soon enough the hashtag #BellaHadidIsRacist starting trending.

Amid all the backlash, Hadid posted a lengthy response on Twitter and her Instagram apologizing for her post, which she described as a mistake.

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