This yearรขโฌโขs Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue will be a little different this time, with the definition of รขโฌหswimsuitรขโฌโข widened to include the modesty garment known as a burkini. The full-body swimwear is modeled by stunning 21-year-old Somali-Americanรย Halima Aden, who was born in theรย Kakuma Refugee Campรย in Kenya before moving to the United States aged 7.
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Halima Aden makes history as the first model to wear a hijab and burkini for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: https://t.co/8WFD4hHmiH. pic.twitter.com/OsBthnjoLY
รขโฌโ Sports Illustrated Swimsuit (@SI_Swimsuit) April 29, 2019
รขโฌลI never really felt represented because I never could flip through a magazine and see a girl who was wearing a hijab.รขโฌย #ShatteringPerceptions pic.twitter.com/EtNfpszcmy
รขโฌโ Sports Illustrated Swimsuit (@SI_Swimsuit) April 29, 2019
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