From Gigi Hadid to Hillary Clinton: World Famous Women Who Wore Hijab

"The Sun doesn't lose it's beauty when covered by the clouds. The same way your beauty doesn't fade when being covered by a hijab", Angelina Jolie stated in 2015.

Contrary to popular belief, Christian women also used to wear headscarves or apparel to cover their hair. The tradition of wearing headscarves continues to be a normal practice in different parts of the world, such as Russia, Ukraine, India, Pakistan, and South Korea.

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Models Kendall Jenner (L) and Gigi Hadid (R) wearing scarves while visiting the UAE.

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EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini adjusts her headscarf during a press conference with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif following their talks in the capital Tehran.

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Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Angelina Jolie (C) walks with officials at the Kacha Ghari Repatriation Centre outside Peshawar. Oscar-winning US actress Angelina Jolie arrived in Pakistan on a four-day mission to focus the world's attention on the plight of over three million Afghan refugees.

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Actress Paris Hilton is wearing a headscarf while visiting the UAE.

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An Egyptian helps former US First Lady Hillary Clinton to put a headscarf on her hair, 21 March before entering the Mohammed Ali mosque in Cairo.

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip (L) stand with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahayan upon their arrival to visit the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in the Emirati capital.

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The Princess of Wales visits the Badshahi Mosque on 27 September 1991 wearing a knee length skirt. For most Pakistanis, it was the first time they had seen a woman walk through a grand mosque with her legs uncovered, and some clerics complained that they would have preferred her to wear trousers.

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Then US President Barack Obama with first lady Michelle Obama and Grand Imam Ali Mustafa Yaqub, left, talks to journalists during their visit to the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2010.

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Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, prepares to visit a mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate were in Malaysia for a three-day visit as part of a tour to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.