American - Model | September 19, 1997 -
For a really long time, I thought being different was a negative thing. But as I grew older, I started to realize we were all born to stand out; nobody is born to blend in.
Halima Aden
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Be who you are. It's easy to feel like you have to blend in, but it takes courage to live your life with conviction and embrace the person that you are.
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Always stay true to who you are - barriers can and will be broken!
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There is not one description of beauty - that in fact it has different faces, different stories, and different background, and it's important to embrace all of those.
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My favorite part of modeling is backstage. Every day you work with different people, and as much as people learn about my story, I get to learn about theirs.
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Sometimes I'll go with a long hijab, or sometimes I'll wear my scarf and go somewhat business-y with a blazer. Every day is something new.
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I thought for a very long time that I had to conform or maybe change the way I look, or maybe the hijab was dimming my beauty. I took a moment, and then I realized, you know what, there's a lot of girls who do wear this, and this is their reality. It just made me even more prouder to wear it.
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Being Somali, being Muslim, it's always something I've been very proud of.
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Skin care is so much more important than makeup. Makeup is for when you're having fun and going out. But your skin is forever.
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If there's one message I want people to take away is never compromise being your authentic self. Even if that means making others uncomfortable.
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A lot of people had a misconception that I would be the perfect poster child for Islam. So I got a lot of Instagram comments like, 'Oh, you don't have your neck covered, you're not a Muslim!' My thing is, stop judging women, especially if you're a man, because you don't know the responsibility that comes with wearing a hijab.
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There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.
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