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Hijab-clad supermodel quits modelling, calls it "mentally damaging"

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Created: Jan 18, 2021, 17:00 IST
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Hijab-clad supermodel quits modelling, calls it "mentally damaging"
Somali-American fashion model, Halima Aden hit the headlines when she became the first woman to wear a hijab in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant, where she was a semi-finalist. She was also the first model to wear a hijab and burkini for a leading sports magazine. And now, Halima is in news again, this time around for quitting the industry that gave her everything. Yes, the hijab-wearing model has quit modelling as it was hampering her in many ways.
The model rose to fame, when she made official the hijab clause in her agreement - in which, she'd declared she'd never remove it. The 23-year-old, was also the first model with a hijab to feature on the cover of Vogue.

In a detailed Instagram story, Aden claimed that she was “not rushing back to the fashion industry.”
“My mom asked me to quit modeling a LONG time ago. I wish I wasn’t so defensive. Thanks to COVID and the breakaway from the industry I have finally realized where I went wrong on my hijab journey,” she added.


“I was just so desperate back then for any ‘representation,’ that I lost touch with who I was," she wrote.


The model hinted at the modeling world clashing with her faith. "I should have walked off the set because clearly the stylist didn’t have a hijab wearing woman in mind,” she added.


In an interview to BBC, Halima said that could not recognise herself on leading magazine covers, calling it “mentally damaging”. “I had zero excitement because I couldn’t see myself. Do you know how mentally damaging that can be to somebody? When I’m supposed to feel happy and grateful and I’m supposed to relate, because that’s me, that’s my own picture, but I was so far removed. My career was seemingly on top, but I was mentally not happy,” she expressed.


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