The annual number of Sports Illustrated swimsuit, known for its elegant covers of slightly dressed bikini models, will feature a muslim model dressed in a hijab and a burkini.
Sports Illustrated also published a photo of her posing on the ground. in shallow waters, wearing a turquoise hijab, long yellow earrings and a deep blue burkini – the favorite full-length swimsuit of some Muslim women.
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Who is Halima Aden?
The US-Somali recruit Halima Aden will be reunited in Kenya, where she was born in a refugee camp and lived there at the age of seven.
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Halima Aden Goes In History
"Having grown up in the United States, I never really felt represented because I could never flip through a magazine and see a girl wearing a hijab, "said Aden.
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Full Swimsuit
Halima Aden appeared in the swimsuit edition, in May , wearing a number of different colors of Burkinis.
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Titles
Halima, 21, was in the headlines at the age of 19 when she was the first woman to wear a hijab at the Miss Minnesota USA contest, where she went to the semi-finals in 2016.
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Previous Achievements [19659007] She has already appeared on the cover of the British Vogue and participated in the New York Fashion Week parade.
