British model Amena Khan made headlines when L’Oreal selected her as the first woman in Hijab for a mainstream shampoo campaign. The model has now has pulled out over accusations she made anti-Israeli comments in a series of old tweets.
The French cosmetics giant last week selected her for a shampoo campaign.
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Khan’s messages, posted on Twitter in 2014, have since been deleted.
“I deeply regret the content of the tweets I made in 2014, and sincerely apologise for the upset and hurt that they have caused,” she said on Twitter on Monday.