As a child, Halima Aden received a well-intentioned homework ... Now a 19-year-old student in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Aden competed in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant on Nov. 26 wearing a hijab ...

Halima Aden, a Somali-American teen ... the young Muslim woman wore a traditional hijab and burkini throughout the Miss Minnesota USA pageant on November 26. “A lot of people will look at ...

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Case in point, Miss Minnesota USA Halima Aden wears a hijab, making her the first Miss Minnesota to do so. The pageant semi-finalist understands a great deal about what representation ...

While most Americans were still recovering from Thanksgiving feast over the holiday weekend, Halima Aden was making history. The 19-year-old St. Cloud State University freshman walked across the ...

This article originally appeared on people.com. Halima Aden didn’t win the Miss Minnesota USA pageant Sunday night, but she made history nonetheless. The 19-year-old Somali-American became the ...

BURNSVILLE, Minn. (WCCO) -- For the first time, a fully-covered Muslim contestant is participating in the Miss Minnesota USA competition. Nineteen-year-old Halima Aden from St. Cloud is competing ...

Halima Aden/Instagram "A lot of girls were very ... and proved controversial within her Somali community. But Miss Minnesota's executive co-director, Denise Wallace, told the Star Tribune that ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Halima Aden, who made headlines last year for being the first fully-covered Muslim woman to compete for the Miss Minnesota title, is now walking the runway for Kanye West.

Halima Aden knows she'll stand out at the Miss Minnesota USA pageant — and that's the point. While other contestants don revealing bikinis during the swimsuit portion of the competition this ...

Last weekend, 19-year-old Halima Aden made history as the first contestant to compete in a hijab in the Miss Minnesota USA beauty pageant. She did this at a time when attacks against Muslims have ...