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The Somali-American model, who has worked with labels including Max Mara and Alberta Ferretti and fronted the cover of magazines such as Allure, first rose to fame in 2016 after wearing traditional Muslim dress to compete in a US beauty pageant. Aden, 23, regularly shares anecdotes from the holy month on her Twitter account, and has previously revealed she also sleeps a lot when she’s fasting. “Because most days, I have not been working at the pace I normally do, I haven’t found fasting to be as difficult this year,” said. “In fact, being home, I’ve really been able to focus on the practice and take the time to appreciate the meaning. When I’m travelling, I always eat out at restaurants, so because I don’t really cook or know how to, that makes skipping meals easier, too.”