i now let's here from ramla again.ules - and basically, you enforce the rules. so with my teams, i make sure that we are equally as diverse i and inclusive behind—the—scenes i as we are in front of the lens. i now let's here from ramla again. when brands cast me, it often feels like they're basically casting me because i'm black and muslim, and i tick both boxes, so it means that quota's done, they don't really have to worry about it, and it's definitely reflected in the way that they cast hijabi models. you kind of see that the brands will cast one model for, like, the entire fashion week, or a certain sector of fashion and then they'lljust like oh, 0k, we have the one, we don't really need any more because we've covered our quota. and i just wish that wasn't really how it is. and i've seen a lot of other brands where they have, i i don't know, six white models and then they put one personl of colour in. but when i cast people of colour in my showsl or on my runway, it's. because i choose them because it's the real wo

i now let's here from ramla again.ack and muslim, and i tick both boxes, so it means that quota's done, they don't really have to worry about it, and it's definitely reflected in the way that they cast hijabi models. you kind of see that the brands will cast one model for, like, the entire fashion week, or, like, a certain sector of fashion and then they'lljust like "oh, 0k, we have the one, "we don't really need any more because we've covered our quota." and i just wish that wasn't really how it is. i think it's called tokenism. and i've seen a lot of other brands where they have, i don't know, - six white models and then they put one person of colour in. _ but when i cast people of colour in my shows or on my runway, i it's because i choose theml because it's the real world. did you feel like a token in any of the campaigns _ you've done in the past for others? not necessarily a token but i understood that i checked many boxes. you know, on one hand i'm a somali american, i'm a petite model, 5'5.5". you know, iam bla