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Hijab-Wearing Model Halima Aden Debuts at Milan Fashion Week

The model, who inked a contract with IMG earlier this month, walked alongside Gigi and Bella Hadid for Alberta Ferretti on Wednesday.
Hijab-Wearing Model Halima Aden Debuts at Milan Fashion Week
Halima Aden
By Samantha Cooney · Updated October 26, 2020

Muslim model Halima Aden, 19, who made history for wearing a hijab and burkini to the Miss Minnesota USA pageant, is now making waves at Milan Fashion Week.

The model, who inked a contract with IMG earlier this month, walked alongside Gigi and Bella Hadid for Alberta Ferretti on Wednesday. “Embracing culture and diversity to break norms and change the thinking of modern-day fashion,” the Instagram account for Alberta Ferretti captioned a photo of Aden in the show.

Embracing culture and diversity to break norms and change the thinking of modern-day fashion with @kinglimaa #AlbertaFerretti #fallwinter17 #MFW #Instatakeover | Photo by @fashiontomax

A post shared by Alberta Ferretti (@albertaferretti) on Feb 22, 2017 at 8:48am PST

On Thursday, she strutted down the catwalk at Max Mara, which also featured Vogue cover girl Liu Wen. The appearances follow Aden’s New York Fashion Week debut at Kanye West’s Yeezy show.

“It’s unbelievable,” Aden told People about walking in West’s show. “I never thought that I would see a hijab-wearing model walking in such a prestigious event, but it makes it even more exciting that it was me.”

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This article originally appeared on motto.time.com.