In a first, Sports Illustrated to feature burkini-clad model


  • World
  • Tuesday, 30 Apr 2019

SPORTS Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue, best known for its racy covers of scantily clad bikini models, will feature for the first time a Muslim model wearing a hijab and burkini, the magazine said Monday (April 29).

Somali-American model Halima Aden's rookie spread will be set in Kenya, where she born in a refugee camp and lived until the age of seven.

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