Meet Aheda Zanetti – the woman who invented the Burkini
Her modest swimsuit divided France, but for self-described "Aussie chick" Zanetti, the burkini has made her – and her teenage daughters – feel freer.
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Her modest swimsuit divided France, but for self-described "Aussie chick" Zanetti, the burkini has made her – and her teenage daughters – feel freer.
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