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        <title><![CDATA[Halima Aden, Sports Illustrated’s first burkini-wearing model, is back]]></title>
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            <media:title type="html">Halima Aden, Sports Illustrated’s first burkini-wearing model, is back</media:title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Halima Aden is now a veteran Sports Illustrated Swimsuit star.</p><p>The model, 22, made history in 2019 as the <strong>first-ever person to wear a hijab and burkini</strong> in the pages of the magazine — and now she&#8217;s returned for the 2020 issue, posing in a slew of modest beach looks.</p><p>&#8220;SI Swim provides a safe and collaborative environment for the women to express themselves how they want to be, whether that&#8217;s through the images or how they break down the conception of what sexy is and looks like,&#8221; Aden <strong>told PopSugar</strong> about her experience with the shoot.</p><p>&#8220;You&#8217;re not just there to be a model, but you&#8217;re part of the scene, and what you say matters. At the end of the day, it&#8217;s your image, so the team does everything to make the girls feel confident enough to speak up.&#8221;</p><figure id="attachment_5327875"  class="wp-caption alignright"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/07/halima-aden-burkini-02.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/07/halima-aden-burkini-02.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/07/halima-aden-burkini-02.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>Aden, a Somali-American model and activist, was the first-ever woman to appear in the magazine wearing a burkini and hijab.</span><span class="credit">Sports Illustrated</span></figcaption></figure><p>Aden also shouted out Valentina Sampaio, the magazine&#8217;s <strong>first-ever transgender model</strong>.</p><p>&#8220;That is a huge, huge deal and going to make so many people feel proud. We&#8217;re talking about representation, and the LGBTQ+ community is just another group of people that hasn&#8217;t felt represented,&#8221; she said.</p><p>Aden, a Somali-American activist and former nurse, was photographed by Kate Powers in the Dominic Republic wearing dozens of different suits, including a pink Tommy Hilfiger catsuit with a clear visor and camouflage-printed hijab, a two-piece suit by Myra Swim, a Nike burkini with matching hijab, a Fendi logo-printed poncho over a nude-colored Amazon Fashion burkini and more.</p><p>Also included in the same issue are 56-year-old model <strong>Kathy Jacobs</strong> and SI Swim veteran <strong>Samantha Hoopes</strong> — who modeled just four months after giving birth — as well as cover stars <strong>Jasmine Sanders</strong>, <strong>Olivia Culpo</strong> and <strong>Kate Bock</strong>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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