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Wearing a Hijab on the Runway Is Built Into Halima Aden’s Contract

Halima Aden, the first hijab-wearing model to sign with IMG and Teen Vogue’s July cover star, has built a career around being a trailblazer.

She was the first to compete in the Miss Minnesota pageant and the first to walk the runways in New York and Milan while wearing a hijab, and she’s just been named an ambassador for UNICEF, a humanitarian organization that serves children and mothers around the world.

“When I got that opportunity to sign with IMG models, I made sure I wasn’t conforming,” Halima told CBS This Morning.

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Were you always a hijabi? I’m trying to be committed to my hijab (I sometimes take it off) any advice? Thank you 💜

I’ve been wearing it now for the past 7 years. I won’t stay that i didn’t have my ups and downs and there were a lot of moments where i wanted to take it off. But i think the part that really helped me stick to my commitment is that it’s suppose to be hard. Taking it off would set me back a couple of steps from my Deen, and that kinda scares me. Anyway, just thinking back to when i first started wearing it and how that made me feel always really helps me to keep it on.