People Are Mad At Teen Vogue For The Model Featured In An Article About Senegalese Twists
The article’s author defended the photo shoot, saying, “This mixed-race model is as black as I am.”
The latest issue of Teen Vogue features an article by its beauty and health director, Elaine Welteroth, in which she discusses her experiences with Senegalese twists.
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She talks about getting the twists done in Rwanda and the reaction she got when she returned to New York.
But people are up in arms about the print version of Welteroth's story, which doesn't feature her, but a model named Phillipa Steele. Steele told Models.com she is half Fijian, and also Tongan, French, English, and American.
The print version also featured a collage of other women, including Zendaya. The teen pop star made headlines for wearing dreadlocks to the Oscars, and then for battling racist comments over her look.
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