The Most Famous
MODELS from Kenya
This page contains a list of the greatest Kenyan Models. The pantheon dataset contains 249 Models, 1 of which were born in Kenya. This makes Kenya the birth place of the 52nd most number of Models behind Uzbekistan and North Macedonia.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Kenyan Models of all time. This list of famous Kenyan Models is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Halima Aden (1997 - )
With an HPI of 22.83, Halima Aden is the most famous Kenyan Model. Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.
Halima Aden (Somali: Xaliima Aaden; born September 19, 1997) is an American fashion model. She is noted for being the first woman to wear a hijab in the Miss Minnesota USA 2016 pageant, where she was a semi-finalist. Following her participation in the pageant, Halima received national attention and was signed to IMG Models. She was also the first model to wear a hijab and burkini in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. In 2021 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as models born between 1997 and 1997. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living models include Halima Aden. As of April 2022, 1 new models have been added to Pantheon including Halima Aden.
