Halima Aden — PICS

By:

Elissa Anderson

April 30, 2019 11:59AM EDT

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Halima Aden — PICS — Halima Aden is a Muslim model and activist. She was born on September 19, 1997, in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. After the Somali Civil War, Halima’s family fled from Somali and she learned to speak English after she arrived in the United States. Halima then moved to St. Cloud Minnesota, where she was crowned the Homecoming Queen by her classmates at Apollo High School. She’s been an activist for her culture, with the message of acceptance. When she was 19, Halima competed in the Miss Minnesota pageant, where she made national headlines after rocking braces, a hijab and a burkini. She recalled facing backlash from both her American and Muslim communities for her participation in the pageant. She is signed to IMG Models. Halima made history in April 2019 when she became the first model to wear a hijab and burkini in the 2019 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, which hits stands on May 8 of that year. As of 2019, Halima was said to be attending St. Cloud University in Minnesota.

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Halima Aden — PICS — Halima Aden at the BoF500 Gala Dinner at New York Fashion Week on September 9, 2018. She stunned in a navy blue, belted floor-length gown.

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Halima Aden — PICS — Halima Aden at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards in New York, NY on November 13, 2017. She was all smiled on the red carpet in a black top with a high-waist skirt, which featured red roses. Halima coordinated her look with a red hijab.

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Halima Aden — PICS — Halima Aden shows off street style during Spring Summer 2018 Milan Fashion Week in Italy on September 21, 2017. She wore a yellow silk ensemble wiht a light blue, printed hijab. She paired her look with black pointed boots.

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Halima Aden — PICS — Halima Aden posed during a fashion photo-shoot for Modanisa, an online retailer of modest fashion, in Buyukada, the largest of the Princes’ Islands in the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul. She wore an all-red look on March 25, 2018, which featured a red hijab and heels.

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Halima Aden — PICS — Halima Aden at the Messika x Gigi Hadid party during New York Fashion Week on September 12, 2018. She wore a black floor-length coar with matching pants and shoes. She added a polp of color with her light beige top.

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Halima Aden — PICS — Halima Aden walks the catwalk during the Max Mara Spring/Summer 2019 show at Milan Fashion Week in Italy on September 20, 2018. She looked fierce in a polka-dot trench and matching hijab by the fashion house. She accesorized on the runway with circular sunnies.

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Halima Aden — PICS — Halima Aden at the Green Carpet Fashion Awards during SpringSummer 2019 Milan Fashion Week in Italy on September 23, 2018. She smiled on the carpet in a black and white hijab and a black ensemble.

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Halima Aden — PICS — Halima Aden attended the Tiffany & Co. 2018 Blue Book Collection: The Four Seasons of Tiffany celebration at Studio 525, in New York
on October 9, 2018. She looke dbeaytiful in a floral-print look with a brown hijab.

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Halima Aden — PICS — Halima Aden walked the runway at the Sherri Hill show at New York Fashion Week on February 9, 2019. She wore pleated blue skirt on the runway with a floral top and a blue hijab.

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Halima Aden — PICS — Halima Aden on the catwalk at the Tommy Hilfiger show, Spring 2019 at Paris Fashion Week in France on March 2, 2019. She stunned in a multi-colored printed trench coat dress, which featured a belt. Halima walked the runway in leather, maroon knee-high boots.

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Halima Aden — PICS — Halima Aden at the Stella McCartney Fall Winter 2019 show at Paris Fashion Week in France on March 4, 2019. The model is wearing Stella McCartney.

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