TIME — First-year student and Student Government senator Halima Aden made history over the weekend by wearing a burkini and hijab during the Miss Minnesota USA pageant.
The competition saw a series of firsts from the 19-year-old, who became the first fully-covered Muslim woman in the contest, and the first contestant to wear the burkini during Sunday’s semi-final swimsuit round.
The teenager, who was born in a refugee camp in Kenya before moving to the U.S. at the age of six, did not win the pageant, but she told CBS that she hopes her participation helped combat misconceptions about Islam.
She is quoted in the print version of the Dec. 12 issue of the 93-year-old magazine: “We are all born to stand out.”
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