From refugee camp to runway, model breaks barriers

Roughly one year ago, Denise Wallace, the executive co-director of the Miss Minnesota USA pageant, received a phone call from 19-year-old Halima Aden asking if she could compete in the contest wearing her hijab.

"Her photo popped up and I remember distinctly going, 'Wow, she is beautiful,'" Wallace says.

The Somali-American teen made headlines as the first hijab - and burkini-sporting contestant in the history of the pageant. The bold move catapulted her career to new heights involving many "firsts," including being the first hijabi signed by a major modeling agency.