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Teen
Vogue
celebrated
its
20-year
anniversary
at
the
publication’s
annual
Teen
Vogue
Summit
in
Los
Angeles
and
iOne
Digital
was
in
the
building
to
commemorate
the
magazine
as
it
leaves
its
teenage
years.
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Vogue
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The
most
fashionable
creatives,
changemakers,
journalists,
and
speakers
gathered
for
an
action-packed
day
filled
with
keynotes,
live
Q&As,
musical
performances,
brand
activations,
as
well
as
appearances
from
celebrities
like
Coco
Jones,
Aoki
Lee
Simmons,
Kimora
Lee
Simmons,
Elaine
Welteroth,
Renee
Rapp,
Philip
Picardi,
Dylan
Mulvaney,
and
Ashley
Tisdale.
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The
all-day
event’s
theme
was
‘Dream
Your
Future’
with
various
panels
that
were
set
to
encourage
attendees
to
“dream
bigger.”
The
Summit
began
with
a
warm
welcome
by
Teen
Vogue
Editor-in-Chief,
and
new
mother,
Versha
Sharma.
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Kopalof/Getty
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Vogue
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In
an
exclusive
interview
with
HelloBeautiful
and
BOSSIP’s
Social
Media
Manager,
Versha
chatted
about
the
importance
of
listening
to
young
people.
“Our
mission
is
always
news
for
young
people,
by
young
people.
We
always
have
our
audience
top
of
mind
like
what
are
they
talking
about?
What
are
they
interested
in?
And
then
we
try
to
reflect
that
as
much
as
possible.
I
don’t
know
what
it
is
about
older
people,
but
young
people
are
constantly
underestimated
or
constantly
written
off,
but
we
have
so
much
to
say.
We
have
so
much
that
we
can
actually
teach
each
other
and
teach
other
people,”
she
said.
“It’s
always
been
young
people
at
the
forefront
of
any
activist
movement
pushing
for
change
and
pushing
for
progress.
So
I
trust
young
people.
I
believe
in
young
people
and
that’s
why
we
should
listen.”
Versha
joined
Teen
Vogue
as
editor-in-chief
in
2021
and
two
years
later
she’s
celebrating
a
significant
milestone
20
years
of
the
magazine’s
legacy.
“It
feels
incredible
and
I
think
the
reason
that
we’ve
been
able
to
do
that
is
because
we
have
grown
and
evolved
with
our
audience
over
the
years.
Again,
like
reflecting
what
their
interests
and
passions
are,
has
allowed
us
to
stay
relevant
and
also
to
understand
we
all
contain
multitudes,
right?
Like
you
can
care
about
fashion
and
beauty
and
foreign
policy.
They’re
not
mutually
exclusive
by
any
means,
and
so
it’s
really
amazing
actually
having
a
job
and
a
publication
that
covers
all
of
these
topics.”
During
the
Summit,
Versha
moderated
live
speaking
sessions
on
the
colorful
stage
including
an
engaging
conversation
with
the
gorgeous
mother-daughter
duo,
Kimora
and
Aoki
Lee
Simmons.
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Jon
Kopalof/Getty
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for
Teen
Vogue
/
Getty
Aoki
is
stepping
into
her
own
and
stepping
on
runways
just
like
her
supermodel
mother.
Before
graduating
from
Harvard
(at
the
age
of
20
shall
we
add?)
–
the
budding
supermodel
was
already
booked
on
the
runways
of
high-profile
designers
like
Sergio
Hudson
and
Pyer
Moss.
How
she
juggled
full-time
academia
and
modeling?
We’ll
never
know.
But,
when
we
asked
about
one
of
her
most
recent
achievements,
being
one
of
the
youngest
Black
women
to
graduate
from
Harvard,
Aoki
answered
in
the
most
humble
way.
“It’s
kind
of
a
lot
of
pressure
to
where
I’m
like,
I’m
not
even
sure
that’s
true.
Oh,
my
God.
It’s
just
like
I
want
to
make
sure
I’m
honoring
all
the
people
who
helped
me
get
here
when
I
got
to
Harvard.
I
joined
the
Association
of
Harvard
Black
women
immediately,”
she
told
HelloBeautiful
and
BOSSIP.
“There
are
so
many
women
who
have
kind
of
made
their
way
even
from
Radcliffe,
a
separate
campus
to
Harvard.
It
all
came
together,
my
generation,
for
me
and
I’m
really
lucky
in
that
sense.
But
there
are
so
many
women
it
should
have
been
and
could
have
been.”
Aoki
also
discussed
the
importance
of
using
her
platform
on
social
media
to
advocate
for
others.
“I
don’t
ever
want
it
to
become
cool
or
a
trend
to
not
care
about
the
world.
But,
it’s
not
cool
tapping
out.
That’s
what
people
want
you
to
do.
As
a
feminist,
you
have
to
remain
engaged
with
the
world
and
I
want
to
make
that
as
so
many
women
are,”
she
said.
“
If
I’m
giving
any
kind
of
influence,
it
has
to
be
that.”
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Teen
Vogue
/
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On
the
Summit
stage,
Kimora
Lee
Simmons,
discussed
her
reservations
about
her
youngest
daughter
entering
the
modeling
world
as
someone
who
deeply
understands
the
industry.
“I
think
the
biggest
thing
I
wanted
to
teach
her,
which
is
probably
what
I
would
tell
all
of
you
and
it’s
very
similar,
whether
you’re
modeling
or
not,
or
going
to
get
whatever
job
or
not.
It’s
like
in
life
you
face
rejection.
And
you
face
people
not
thinking
that
you
look
cool
enough
or
that
you’re
tall
enough,
or
that
you’re
thin
enough,
or
that
you’re
light
enough
or
dark
enough,
or
your
hair
does
this
or
that.
I
grew
up
in
this,
that
kind
of
time,
and
I
actually
was
13
in
Paris,
but
I
was
in
Saint
Louis
locally,
modeling
at
like
10
or
11
years
old.”
“Now
I’m
so
proud,”
she
continued.”I’m
proud
the
whole
time,
but
you
don’t
want
your
best
friend
or
your
kid
or
your
sister
or
your
brother
to
face
those
kinds
of
things,
but
you
just
want
to
be
supportive.”
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Kopalof/Getty
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for
Teen
Vogue
/
Getty
Aoki
spoke
about
how
her
business-savvy
mom
has
taught
her
to
stand
up
for
herself
as
she
steps
into
her
own
lane
as
a
career
woman.
“She’s
always
like,
if
you’re
going
to
do
this
kind
of
entertainment,
if
you’re
gonna
be
putting
your
face
on
it,
you
have
to
be
ready
[to]
talk
for
yourself,
advocate
for
yourself,
because
you
can’t
just
be
a
model,
give
your
face,.
start
being
out
there
and
then
not
know
who
you
are
or
if
you’re
comfortable
with
it,”
she
said.
“You
have
to
really
decide
and
protect
yourself
like
you
would
in
actual
business
or
a
job,
or
the
obligations
of
your
job.
So
definitely
treat
yourself
with
seriousness
and
respect
and
mind
your
career,
mind
your
business.”
That
word
from
Kimora
is
definitely
one
we’ll
be
taking
with
us!
We’ll
be
minding
our
careers
AND
sour
business!