Amena Khan

Amena Khan is a British model, fashion designer, and social media influencer. She is best known for founding the fashion company "Pearl Daisy," designing head scarfs, and becoming the first hijab model in a L'Oreal hair-care campaign.

Personal life
Amena Khan was born in Leicester, United Kingdom in 1983. She was raised in Muslim family but did not start wearing hijab until she was in her twenties. She felt like she never saw people of her background portrayed in a positive light on television and that's what inspired her to become a model.

In 2006, Khan married Osaama Khamkar. The couple has two children— a son born May 2009 and a daughter born March 2011.

Career

L'Oréal partnership
She was the first woman wearing a hijab to be part of a mainstream advert for hair care. She resigned following the criticism of her now deleted tweets criticising Israel in 2014 in which she stated that the Israeli government were "child killers". She later said:

Businesses and other ventures
Khan co-founded "Ardere Cosmetics" a makeup line meant for darker skinned woman and has her own false lash line called "Lashionery." In 2018, she also launched a clothing line for her fashion boutique "Pearl Daisy." 

In 2017, Khan was featured by Elle as one of four Muslim beauty influencers, in which she spoke about stereotypes as well as her experience wearing a headscarf.

References 

Category:English female models
Category:Living people
Category:1983 births
Category:Social media influencers
Category:Muslim models