Elaine Welteroth

I read everything, but particularly, growing up in a household where my mom was black and my dad was white, I remember really loving 'Ebony' and 'Essence.' Those magazines were the only place where I could see images of women who looked like me or my mom. ”

My mom used to call me 'Oprah' because I was always in a corner crying with somebody. I've always been attracted to storytelling around women's lives. ”

If you feel that it diminishes your intelligence to be asked about your fashion choices for an evening on the red carpet, so be it. ”

There were times I was underestimated a lot. It gave me a unique benefit. The expectations were so low I could blow their head off. ”

I started out as the assistant to the editor-in-chief at 'Ebony' magazine. She took me under her wing and gave me opportunities to take on bigger responsibilities very early on in my career. ”

Teen Vogue' fortunately has proved you can have smart, political, and fashionable content delivered in one place, and you don't have to choose. ”

Practicing free speech on an open platform is a perilous path for any public figure, and there are no get-out-of-jail free passes in the court of public opinion. ”

It's only shocking to the uninitiated that 'Teen Vogue' would have the audacity to be political and style-focused. ”

What is unusual is not always threatening. What is different is not necessarily strange. ”

Besties Adwoa Aboah and Cara Delevingne have lot in common. They are both beautiful It Brits with impressive modeling chops - and matching half-heart tattoos that symbolize their unbreakable bond. ”