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.
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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, and obtained a BA in sociology from the University of Washington. In January 2008, Salwa began her modeling career in New York City and went on to become a successful fashion model.