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On my radar: Elaine Welteroth’s cultural highlights

The former Teen Vogue editor on Ava DuVernay’s latest TV series, why she models herself on Blanche from The Golden Girls, and what she listens to in the shower

Born in California in 1986, journalist and author Elaine Welteroth was named editor of Teen Vogue in 2016. The magazine’s first African American editor and the youngest in Condé Nast’s history, Welteroth became known for her efforts to increase its coverage of politics and championing of diversity. After Teen Vogue’s final print issue in 2017, she became a judge on the television show Project Runway. Her memoir More Than Enough (Ebury Press) is out now.

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