A Muslim journalist has posed for Playboy wearing a hijab as she makes a powerful statement about modesty.
Stunning Noor Tagouri, 22, appears in the October issue as part of the 2016 Renegade series, which celebrates people who break the rules.
It is the first time the publication that normally favors nudes has ever featured a Muslim American
Tagouri, a first-generation Libyan American from West Virginia, says she dreams of being the first hijab-wearing anchor on US commercial television.
She garnered attention in 2012, when she posted a photo of herself at an ABC 7 News desk, with the caption: ‘The first hijab wearing news anchor on American television.’
The post went viral and became a campaign with the hashtag #LetNoorShine, which encouraged others to embrace their identities and pursue their dreams.
Tagouri, now works at Newsy, a video news network.
Writing alongside the photos of her Playboy said: ‘’
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