{"id":138478,"date":"2025-09-12T11:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T11:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/138478\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T11:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T11:31:08","slug":"major-skincare-brand-cancels-contract-worth-millions-with-actress-after-she-adopts-niqab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/138478\/","title":{"rendered":"Major skincare brand cancels contract worth millions with actress after she adopts niqab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Updated on: Sept 12, 2025 01:03 pm IST <\/p>\n<p>    The husband of popular Malaysian actress Neelofa has claimed that a major skincare brand cancelled their contract with her after she adopted the niqab     <\/p>\n<p>The husband of a popular Malaysian actress has claimed that a major skincare brand cancelled their contract with her after she adopted the niqab. The niqab is a veil worn by some Muslim women that covers the face and hair, leaving only eyes visible.<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Neelofa_1757580697155_1757580697482.jpg\" alt=\"Neelofa, 36, is a Malayisan actress married to independent preacher Haris Ismail. (Instagram\/@neelofa)\" title=\"Neelofa, 36, is a Malayisan actress married to independent preacher Haris Ismail. (Instagram\/@neelofa)\"\/>   Neelofa, 36, is a Malayisan actress married to independent preacher Haris Ismail. (Instagram\/@neelofa)    <\/p>\n<p>Independent preacher and actor Haris Ismail said in a viral video that his wife Neelofa lost out on a contract worth millions because she chose to adopt the niqab, according to a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kosmo.com.my\/2025\/09\/08\/neelofa-hilang-kontrak-jutaan-ringgit-sebab-berniqab\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"backlink\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"report\">report <\/a>in Kosmo. However, Haris also added that the skincare brand later returned and offered more money to Neelofa \u2014 a Malaysian actress and television presenter who rose to fame when participated in a drama queen competition, Dewi Remaja.<\/p>\n<p>     Skincare brand backs out<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a big company from France selling facial care products. They said, &#8216;Neelofa is wearing a <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/cities\/mumbai-news\/hc-upholds-ban-on-hijab-burqa-niqabs-in-chembur-college-101719427926980.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"niqab\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">niqab<\/a>, so we need to think again about whether to hire her or not.&#8217; They terminated a contract worth millions of ringgit,\u201d Haris said in his viral video.<\/p>\n<p>The televangelist claimed that the company came back a few years later and offered more money to Neelofa when they realised her popularity and saw her style being copied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen, the company that fired her came back with an offer many times higher than before, they asked and begged Neelofa to become an ambassador,\u201d Haris revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it were me, I would ask them to resume projects worth millions like this, but Neelofa didn&#8217;t choose that. When she wears the niqab and highlights the &#8216;trendy&#8217; way of wearing it, many people buy it,\u201d the preacher added.<\/p>\n<p>Haris said he was sharing his wife\u2019s story to encourage Muslim women to practice modesty.<\/p>\n<p> Who is Neelofa?<\/p>\n<p>Neelofa, 36, is a Malaysian actress, TV host and entrepreneur. She featured on the &#8216;Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia&#8217; in 2017, with the piece describing her as a \u201chousehold name\u201d in her native country.<\/p>\n<p>Neelofa is involved in a number of business ventures, including the Muslim women\u2019s clothing brand Naelofar Hijab. She adopted the hijab in 2013 and was first spotted in a niqab in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/story_trending@2x.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\" class=\"breadcrumbclick\" data-vars-event-label=\"Home_clicked\" data-vars-event-action=\"\/\" data-vars-event-cta=\"News\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/trending\" class=\"breadcrumbclick\" data-vars-event-label=\"Trending_clicked\" data-vars-event-action=\"\/trending\" data-vars-event-cta=\"Trending\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trending<\/a> \/ Major skincare brand cancels contract worth millions with actress after she adopts niqab   <\/p>\n<p> See Less <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated on: Sept 12, 2025 01:03 pm IST The husband of popular Malaysian actress Neelofa has claimed that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75,3845,74874,74877,74876,74873,74875],"class_list":{"0":"post-138478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-malaysia","13":"tag-malaysian-actress","14":"tag-modesty","15":"tag-neelofa","16":"tag-niqab","17":"tag-skincare-brand"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}