Kendra Spears

Princess Salwa Aga Khan (née Kendra Irene Spears; born August 5, 1988) is an American former fashion model. She commenced her modelling career in 2008, participating in the Ford Models Supermodel of the World and walking in New York Fashion Week. She has walked the runway for Gucci, Christian Lacroix, Lanvin, Hermès, and Valentino. Salwa has appeared on the covers of Amica, Cover Magazine, Vogue China, Vogue Japan, Vogue Germany, Vogue México y Latinoamérica, Elle, Allure, and Numero and in editorials in Dazed & Confused, V, and Vogue Italia. She has been the face of Prada, Armani's Code Fragrance, and Moschino's Pink Bouquet fragrance and modelled in advertisement campaigns for Calvin Klein, Etro, Diane von Fürstenberg, Peek & Cloppenburg, and The Limited.

In 2013, she married Rahim al-Hussaini (now the Aga Khan V), the eldest son of Aga Khan IV, at the Château de Bellerive in Switzerland. Upon her marriage, she converted to Islam and adopted the name Salwa, meaning "solace" in Arabic. She and Rahim have two sons. They divorced in 2022.

Early life and education Kendra Irene Spears was born on August 5, 1988, in Seattle, Washington. She graduated from South Kitsap High School with an associate's degree acquired through a dual-credit high school and college program (Running Start). She then attended Portland State University to study sociology, In January 2008, Salwa began her modeling career in New York City and went on to become a successful fashion model.

Career In January 2008, Salwa participated in the Ford Models Supermodel of the World competition, after winning a modeling contest via MySpace. After the competition ended, she gained a contract with Ford Models of New York and debuted at New York Fashion Week in September 2008. After success in New York, Salwa went on to walk for the most prestigious designers in Milan and Paris, including Gucci, Christian Lacroix, Lanvin, Hermès, and Valentino.

Shortly after the show season ended in October, Salwa appeared on a succession of covers of the Danish fashion magazine Cover and the Italian magazine Amica. The covers were followed by a Dazed & Confused editorial featuring new faces of the season as well as editorials for V and Vogue Italia.

Salwa was the face of Armani Code Fragrance and Moschino Pink Bouquet Fragrance in 2012.

Married life On April 26, 2013, Aga Khan IV announced the engagement of his eldest son, Rahim Aga Khan, to Spears. The couple married on August 31, 2013, in Geneva, Switzerland, with Spears taking the name "Salwa". They have two children: Irfan (b. April 11, 2015) and Sinan (b. January 2, 2017).