OLYMPIC FENCER IBTIHAJ MUHAMMAD NEVER COMPETES WITHOUT TWO THINGS: 1) A 35-INCH SABRE. 2) FLAWLESS BLACK EYELINER. BY EMILY SHIPPEE
It was hard not to feel overcome with joy when fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In case you aren’t familiar with her story: Muhammad became the first American woman to medal at the Olympic Games wearing a hijab. But she was also wearing something else that day that caught our attention: perfectly winged inky-black eyeliner. “I always wear it when I compete,” she says. “I believe women should wear and do what makes them feel best. If you feel great, you’ll conquer anything in your path.”
This story is from the January 2018 edition of Allure.
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