“I’m lost”: the Muslim model ends her career

Halima Aden it’s enough! The Muslim model arrived in the United States as a Somali refugee at the age of six, where she was finally discovered in a beauty pageant at the age of 18. It then arrived on the covers of the most important fashion magazines and walked the international catwalks of countless designers. The special thing Halima: Wore a hijab for religious reasons. But now she is ditching her modeling career!

Above Instagram published Halima an extremely broad story that explains why she no longer wants to work in the industry: she felt compelled to deny her faith and got lost in the process. He constantly had to compromise: his hijab was often not presented as he wished. This was mainly due to the fact that there were too few Muslim designers who knew what the hijab means. “The truth is, I felt very uncomfortable. It just isn’t me.”revealed the 23-year-old. “I wish I’d never stopped wearing my black hijab on set,” says the beautiful.

Halima I was often involved in certain styles that were actually incompatible with her beliefs, because she didn’t dare say no: “I knew it couldn’t be done that way. But I was too scared to speak.”he confessed.