NBC News – Somali-American model Halima Aden is once again making history, this time by becoming the first woman to wear a burkini and a hijab for Sports Illustrated’s 2019 swimsuit edition.
Aden, 21, who was born in Kenya and moved to Minnesota as a child, appears in the magazine wearing blue and black burkinis — a head-to-toe wetsuit worn by some Muslim women — paired with colorful coverings and matching hijabs.
“This is literally a dream come true,” Aden told Sports Illustrated. “I can’t even tell you how this feels.”
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In 2016, Aden became the first contestant to wear a hijab and a burkini while competing in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant, in which she was a semi-finalist. She was also the first Muslim-Somali student senator at her college, St. Cloud State University, in Minnesota.
