Popsugar Fashion Celebrity Fashion Halima Aden in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue 2019 Photos Halima Aden Stuns in a Hijab and Burkini While Making History in Sports Illustrated's Swim Issue 27 May 2019 by Victoria Messina Image Source: Yu Tsai RIP to boundaries, because Sports Illustrated is breaking down all of them with its annual Swimsuit Issue. This year's edition is set to feature its first Polynesian model, Veronica Pome'e, in addition to 53-year-old icon Paulina Porizkova, and now the magazine is announcing its latest boundary-breaker: Halima Aden. The Muslim model will make history in the 2019 issue as the first to grace the publication's pages in a hijab and burkini. And, boy, does she look stunning! Halima travelled to her birth country of Kenya for the photo shoot, wearing custom-made burkinis by Cynthia Rowley and No Ka'Oi while posing on Watamu Beach for photographer Yu Tsai. While reflecting on the accomplishment in a Sports Illustrated video, the Somali-American model expressed excitement to represent modest Muslim women. "Growing up in the United States, I never really felt represented, because I never could flip through a magazine and see a girl who was wearing a hijab," she said. The 21-year-old model initially made waves back in 2016 when she became the first woman to proudly wear a hijab and burkini in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant. Since then, she's gone on to sign with IMG Models, be the cover star of British Vogue, and own the New York Fashion Week runways like an old pro. Keep reading for a sneak peek at her gorgeous, history-making Sports Illustrated debut, and be sure to pick up a copy of the magazine when it hits newsstands on May 8. More Gorgeous Photos of Halima Image Source: Getty / Pietro D'aprano Walking the Fashion Week runway for Max Mara in 2017. 1 / 13 Image Source: Getty / Nicholas Hunt Attending a Tiffany & Co. event in 2018. 2 / 13 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Tachman/amfAR Posing at the amfAR Gala in France in 2018. 3 / 13 Image Source: Getty / Dimitrios Kambouris Walking the New York Fashion Week runway for Philipp Plein in 2018. 4 / 13 Image Source: Getty / Timur Emek Attending Milan Fashion Week in 2017. 5 / 13 Image Source: Getty / Bertrand Rindoff Petroff Attending the Stella McCartney show during Paris Fashion Week earlier this year. 6 / 13 Image Source: Getty / Pietro D'aprano Walking the runway for Alberta Ferretti during Milan Fashion Week in 2017. 7 / 13 Image Source: Getty / JP Yim Walking the runway for Sherri Hill during New York Fashion Week earlier this year. 8 / 13 Image Source: Getty / Dimitrios Kambouris Attending Glamour's 2017 Women of the Year Awards in New York. 9 / 13 Image Source: Getty / Samir Hussein Attending The Fashion Awards in London back in 2017. 10 / 13 Image Source: Getty / Pascal Le Segretain/amfAR Walking the runway in Marc Jacobs at the amfAR Gala in 2018. 11 / 13 Image Source: Getty / Pascal Le Segretain/amfAR Posing for portraits at the 2018 amfAR Gala. 12 / 13 Image Source: Getty / JP Yim Walking the runway for Sherri Hill during New York Fashion Week earlier this year. 13 / 13 Celebrity FashionHalima AdenFashion NewsRunwaySports IllustratedSports Illustrated Swimsuit IssueModelsSwimwear