Aboulhosn was raised in a
Lebanese-American household in
Orlando. In 2011, she won
American Apparel's XL Model Search, which led to her first photo shoot, for
Seventeen Magazine. She then moved to New York and worked at an office job while building an online following. In 2014, her blog had 160,000
Instagram followers. By 2015, that number had risen to 350,000. After being rejected by the
Fashion Institute of Technology, she approached the Canadian plus-size retailer
Addition Elle about a collaboration. She appeared in lingerie ads for the company and, in 2015, designed a collection for its Love and Legend brand. In 2014, Aboulhosn had become the brand ambassador for the British fashion brand
BooHoo and, in 2015, designed a collection for the company. Aboulhosn had begun playing football in the 8th grade, when she also became a runner. In 2016, she made the cover of ''
Women's Running Magazine
. She has also appeared in Vogue Italia, Complex Magazine, Marie Claire, Redbook and BuzzFeed''. In 2016, Abhoulson became a Good Squad judge for the fashion brand
Good American. In 2017, she moved to Los Angeles and launched her own clothing line, By Nadia Aboulhosn. Abhoulson is married, with a daughter born in 2014. She lives in Florida. As of 2026, she has 783,000 Instagram followers. ==See also==