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Model First to Wear Hijab and Burkini for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Shoot

Halima Aden may not be the first Muslim to model for Sports Illustrated, but she is the first Muslim model to wear a hijab and burkini for the magazine.

Aden is a Somali-American who was born at a refugee camp in Kenya. She lied there as a young girl until she was seven.

"I keep thinking [back] to six-year-old me who, in this same country, was in a refugee camp," said Aden. "So to grow up to live the American dream [and] to come back to Kenya and shoot for SI in the most beautiful parts of Kenya–I don’t think that’s a story that anybody could make up."

"Whether you feel your most beautiful and confident in a burkini or a bikini, YOU ARE WORTHY," said SI Swimsuit editor MJ Day.

What do you think of an SI model wearing a hijab and burkini for the magazine? What are other ways that the magazine can diversify its swimsuit issue?

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