Why did the first veil model decide to leave the model: I can go against my faith

Halima Aden, one of the first models to wear the traditional dress of Islamic women, says that during all this time she has been forced to compromise her religious beliefs.

Aden, who has been a model for some of the best-known studios including Yeezy's, from Canye West, posted a series of images on social networks to illustrate the times when she lost contact with what she was and believed”, from the fact that she did not pray anymore to keeping jeans on her head as a shadow.

I blame myself only because I saw more of the opportunities I was being offered than for what I would sacrifice”, she wrote in the Instagram story.

The model shared a photo of her for Rianna's campaign, “Fenty Beauty”, and wrote:

“Rihanna, let me keep the perk/hib dress, which I brought to decide. This is the girl I want back to, the real Halima. ”

In another post, Aden spoke of the feeling that comes from being “a minority within a minority”, adding:

That I blame the industry for is the absence of Muslim designer women”.

According to Aden, this makes the fashion industry much less understood.

I tried very hard to justify these. Like we needed these firms to represent us, when it's exactly the opposite. They need us, not vice versa. But I was so desperate then for any “representation” that I lost contact with what I was. ”

This isn't even my style. Never was. Why did I let them put jeans on their heads when I always wore skirts and long dresses? ”

Last year she told <x0observer” that her Islamic dress was non-negotiable in her contract with the IMG modeling agency.

I did this not because I thought people wouldn't listen to me, but so they would know what was coming. ”

Halima added:

My Muslim “Sisters kept writing to me, and even at the beginning of my career, they would tell me to stop wearing it as an old woman”, which made me think I was doing something wrong.

I remember wanting to be the woman “sex with the Islamic dress” and that was contrary to the whole purpose of religion. ”

Aden gained fame in 2016, after participating in the Miss W. SA, when she stood in front of Carine Rotfeld fashion editor.

She later signed the contract at the global IMG modeling agency and made her debut in the slide, during New York fashion week, where she filmed for Yezy and Maxmara.

IThe sh-mod has caused debate, but there have also been supporters, like the first headscarf model, to be part of the cover of Sports Illustrated.