Halima Aden becomes the first model to wear the Hijab-Burkini in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition

Image tweeted [19659006] Halima Aden, the revolutionary Muslim supermodel, once again marked history by becoming the first model to wear a hijab and burkini in the number of Sports Illustrated The Media reported in Tuesday

In 2016, Aden became the first competitor to wear the hijab and burkini in Miss Minnesota, eventually reaching the semi-finals of the contest, reports CNN .

"Growing up in the United States, I've never really been represented because I could never go through a magazine and see a girl wearing a hijab," she said in a statement. video behind the scenes of Sports Illustrated .
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"Do not be afraid to be the first."
Aden, who is an American of Somali descent, grew up in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, before moving to the United States with his family at the age of seven.

Halima Aden writes history as the first model to wear a hijab and burkini for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: https://t.co/8WFD4hHmiH. pic.twitter.com/OsBthnjoLY

– Sports Illustrated swimsuit (@SI_Swimsuit) April 29, 2019

His photo shoot of Sports Illustrated, photographed by Yu Tsai, s & # 39; is held at the Kenyan beach of Watamu.

] "I think (again) of me, six years old, who was in a refugee camp in this same country," Aden told the magazine. "So, growing up to live the American dream (and_ to return to Kenya and shoot for IS in the most beautiful parts of Kenya … I do not think it's a story anyone could invent." [19659013InMarch2018shewasoneofthreemodelsofblackhijabionthecoverofVogueArabiaalongsideIkramAbdiOmarandAminaAdan

In April 2018, she broke new ground in British Vogue, as the first hijabi woman on the cover.