“I think it’s a great loss,” says fashion journalist and fashion activist Janice Deul. “She has always been celebrated as an example of diversity. The first model with a Muslim background, with a very leading modeling agency behind her. Unique. We celebrate all steps in terms of diversity in the fashion world. Aden was also a big step.”
‘Hot hijabi’
Within the fashion industry, Aden felt little understanding for her headgear. In an interview last year she said that her hijab was not negotiable with her in the contract with modeling agency IMG Models. “It’s not because I don’t think people will listen, it’s more so they know what to expect,” she said.
The model shared a post of herself in a campaign for singer Rihanna’s fashion brand, in which she wore a simple black hijab. “Rihanna makes me wear the hijab I brought. This is the real Halima. This is the girl I return to,” she wrote.
“Aden does not stop because of her faith. She stops because the fashion industry does not have the ability to deal with a Muslim background,” Deul emphasizes. “Every time she was confronted with the lack of stylists with a Muslim background, people who also wear a hijab. She wanted to represent those people and lost herself in the process. She also says:” I put up with everything. Have myself. made fun of and lost myself for having the hot hijabi wanted to be ‘. “
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