#15 Entertainment or Popular Culture

 "PrettyLittleThing" is praised for featuring model in hijabs for the first time including a plus-size Muslim influencer to promote it's new modest range."

Soooo... that’s me. THE FIRST HIJABI ON PLT!!! Still so wild to me 😩😩🔥🔥🔥💕💕 pic.twitter.com/oVcSyebjCf

— billy marsal (@billy_marsal) October 19, 2020

PrettyLittleThing is a fashion-based retailer company, aimed at 16-24 year old women. When scrolling through the site you normally see petite American women modeling in different dresses,tops, and more. Recently PrettyLittleThing chose a model wearing a hijab for the first time ever! Shoppers have praised PrettyLittleThing for selecting photographs of women wearing hijabs to model its products for the first time. The model that the company picked goes by the name of IIwaad Marsal. She is considered the first hijab model on PLT. She actually recently blew up on twitter after she shared photos of herself advertising a range of of plus-size clothing on the website. IIwaad told supporters,"PrettyLittleThings recently launched the Middle Eastern range and they reached out to me as a Muslim to represent the idea and I got to be a part of the campaign". She also stated that " The love has been so unreal, I'm really happy that I got to be a part of something so big, just being able to represent other modest women and to have that representation is amazing". 

  

 When IIwaad made her post on twitter about modeling for the company, the post received more than 500,000 likes, with people commenting: "This is exceptionally beautiful, and "seeing some hijabi representation in mainstream media is a huge step for us."IIwaads last words to supporters was, "I think the more modest representation the better ,because girls will grow up feeling comfortable and stylish knowing huge brands like PLT are including them and their potential style." 

https://www.dailyechoed.com/prettylittlething-chooses-a-woman-wearing-a-hijab-to-advertise-their-collection-for-the-first-time/