Hijab Fashion Model
Apollo graduate, Halima Aden, turned heads at Kanye’s Yeezy Season 5 fashion show in a stunning hijab, strutting her first-ever catwalk and bringing diversity and politics on stage at this year’s New York Fashion Week. This was yet another big first for Halima who was also the first woman to wear a hijab during a Miss Minnesota pageant and to wear a burkini, a type of swimsuit for women that covers the whole body except the face, the hands and the feet, while being light enough for swimming, during the swimwear competition. With beauty and grace, Halima sent a message that models can be any religion, race, or background and carry that onto the runway. “I signed with the top modeling agency in the WORLD and still wore my hijab as my crown,”