denise wallace
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Somali-American Teen Participates in Pageant Wearing Hijab, Burkini
Halima Aden, 19, became the first Somali American to participate in the Miss Minnesota USA competition, ABC 7 Chicago reports. She competed in the pageant over the weekend in a hijab and a burkini, a bathing suit covering everything but her feet, hands and face. Aden was born in a Kenyan refugee camp and lived…