Meet the First Hijab-Wearing Runway Model, Who Started Making Money at 10 and Loves Paying Taxes

Aug 28, 2018, 03:16 AM

In the age of Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid, being born into wealth feels like a prerequisite to working in the fashion industry. But that's not true for the world’s first hijab-wearing international runway model, 20-year-old Halima Aden, who grew up in a Kenyan refugee camp and arrived in the U.S. with no money to her name.

The Somali model hustled her entire life to get to where she is now — and it's paying off. At age 10, she braided hair to fund her school trips.