Muslim model breaks beauty stereotype featuring in top magazine cover

716 views · Published 21 August 2017 · 2:28 · Indexed 14 November 2026

Channel: Beauty Pageants · 2017 · Entertainment

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Halima Aden, who is only 19-years-old, is pictured wearing Nike's high-performance hijab on the cover of the July issue of the women's magazine, with a caption that says "This is American Beauty". 

Aden has long been working to busy stereotypes of Muslim women in the media, having appeared in the bikini round of the 2016 Miss Minnesota USA beauty pageant while wearing a burkini and hijab.

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