In Jazmine Hughes’ article “Elaine Welteroth, Teen Vogue’s Refashionista,” the author describes the stories that Elaine Welteroth and others told her about Welteroth’s struggles and adventures throughout her career. The author herself provides such vivid imagery that the readers are not only able to live through Welteroth’s encounters, but they are even able to picture the textures of the clothes that each character is wearing (a perfect touch to an article discussing a company dedicated to the beauty of fashion). In addition to this, Hughes is also able to highlight the conflicts of Welteroth bringing political movements into the works of Teen Vogue. When Welteroth introduced these concepts to Teen Vogue, her fellow interns told her that her work “wasn’t real journalism.” Despite this, she continued through with submitting her work, and was hired. This victory was just one of many. I did feel that I could relate to Welteroth in some ways. When she mentioned that she would constantly rewrite her proposals, and even showed them to her mother to get her opinion on them, I was taken back to almost every project I’ve ever worked on. Also the fact that her fellow peers would always tell her that her work was irrelevant or less than, I think is something that all of us have experienced at some point in our lives. All in all, I feel that the reason Hughes felt so passionate about writing Elaine Welteroth’s story was not just because she herself believed Welteroth was “famous,” but because her story is one that tells kids and adults all across the world that if you truly believe that you have put in your best work, eventually someone will recognize it and reward you for your hard effort.
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