Muslim Model To Feature In Sports Illustrated Swimwear

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We all know the nudity involved in most sports Illustrated swimsuit edition, we also understand that Muslim women are meant to cover up.No one should see a Muslim woman’s skin only her husband.

The Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue is the publications most anticipated issue.  This years is no different with one exception. 

Muslim model Halima Aden poses for Sports Illustrated Swimwear Issue. (Instagram)

“Growing up in the States, I never really felt represented because I never could flip through a magazine and see a girl who was wearing a hijab,” Aden said in a video tweeted by the magazine.

The model posted a picture from the shoot wearing a turquoise hijab, long yellow earrings and a deep blue burkini while lying down in shallow water.

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Halima, 21, made headlines at age 19 when she was the first woman to wear a hijab in the Miss Minnesota USA Pageant, where she made the semi-finals in 2016.

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