"I was just so desperate back then for any 'representation,'" the model wrote in her Instagram Story on Tuesday Halima Aden is saying goodbye to runways after reflecting on how she has been portrayed ...

Aden, who was born at a refugee camp in Kenya where she lived until the age of seven before moving to the United States, traveled back to her birth country for her ground-breaking SI Swimsuit rookie ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo credit: Hair by Nai’vasha Johnson at the Wall Group; makeup by Grace Ahn at Julian Watson Agency; manicure by Honey at ...

Halima Aden is just what the modeling industry needed. She has been the first of many while unapologetically sporting her hijab every step of the way. Aden’s dedication to her religion and culture is ...

Halima Aden made a powerful statement about being in fashion and has decided to take a break, saying that the industry has forced her to compromise her religious beliefs. Halima made her New York ...

Image Credit: credit: https://www.si.com/swim-daily/2019/01/04/halima-aden-si-swimsuit-2019-model-kenya / Photographer: Yu Tsai Halima Aden, 21, has made history. She ...

As the fashion industry’s first hijab-wearing supermodel, Somali-American stunner Halima Aden is no stranger to breaking boundaries. “They could call me tomorrow and not even for $10 million would I ...

Model Halima Aden made “Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue” history by becoming the first Muslim woman to wear a hijab and burkini in the magazine. While the annual issue has been around since 1964 and ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Somali-American Halima Aden made history as the first female model to ...