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One of the emerging fashion models who is very closely tied to her Middle Eastern heritage, Deba Hekmat — now based in the U.K. — is signed to Anti-Agency and known to champion diversity and inclusivity in the modeling industry. She has walked for Vivienne Westwood and Vetements, and continues to model for streetwear and sports brands (like Nike and Hoodlab) while embracing her Middle Eastern origins both on the runway and on social media, where Deba (not Debbie, as her Instagram bio proudly proclaims) does shoots for Middle Eastern magazines and projects, and explains in one Instagram post that she “hopes to be part of the change in Middle Eastern media.”