Halima Aden's Burkini Shoot and Paradigm Shift in Fashion

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Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue, best known for racy covers of bikini-clad models, will for the first time feature a Muslim model wearing a hijab and burkini, the magazine said Monday.

Somali-American model Halima Aden's rookie spread will be set in Kenya, where she born in a refugee camp and lived until the age of seven.

"Growing up in the States, I never really felt represented because I never could flip through a magazine and see a girl who was wearing a hijab," Aden said in a video tweeted by the magazine.

Sports Illustrated also posted a picture of her posing lying down in shallow water, wearing a turquoise hijab, long yellow earrings and a deep blue burkini — a full length bathing suit worn by some Muslim women seeking modest swimwear.

Halima, 21, made headlines at age 19 when she was the first woman to wear a hijab in the Miss Minnesota USA Pageant, where she made the semi-finals in 2016.

She has previously featured on the cover of British Vogue and walked on the New York Fashion Week runway.

“We believe beauty knows no boundaries,” said Sports Illustrated swimsuit editor MJ Day. “I admire Halima, and I consider her an inspirational human...She is, in my opinion, one of the great beauties of our time, not only outside but inside."

The Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition will hit newsstands on May 8.