Discovered on Instagram, Ugbad Abdi's journey from Somali refugee raised in Des Moines, Iowa, to high fashion supermodel is a testament to resilience.

Ugbad Abdi is a Somali refugee who moved with her family ... As a devout Muslim, Abdi wears a hijab and has become a role model in modest fashion. Just out of sight of global fashion’s hundred ...

As news agencies began to report on the Somali-American teen ... and one girl said someone took off her hijab in school. When I hear those things, they make me really sad, but it also reminds ...