In the article “From 'cow' to cover girl, model Winnie Harlow is changing beauty standards,” published on January 8th of 2016, the author Zahra Jamshed uses a question and answer format to show how this model has changed the fashion community. The author of this article, Zahra Jamshed, works for CNN and publishes for CNN style. In this particular article she focuses on a model named Winnie Harlow who overcame adversity and became an incredibly successful woman. Winnie Harlow was diagnosed with a skin condition when she was younger in which she had patches of her skin that was colorless. Since she was African American, and with her condition she had patches of light skin, people used to taunt and tease her when she was younger, being called names such as “cow” and “zebra.” Now, Harlow has over a million followers on Instagram and has a very successful career as a model, and is now changing the norms.
In the article, the author successfully uses a question and answer format to easily tell the stories of how this particular model has come so far. The questions include such like: How did you overcome being bullied as a child? Does prejudice and discrimination still exist within fashion? How important is social media in changing and developing concepts of beauty? Your look has become a fashion statement in and of itself. What do you think of the backlash against some of the people trying to imitate your condition? By incorporating these very direct statements followed by exactly what Harlow says, it makes it very easy for the audience to pick apart the information and put a story together. These questions also show how important Harlow believes self-confidence is, and how beauty comes in many different forms and that we should not judge based off of looks. Especially because someday something you believed was ‘ugly,’ may now be incredibly trendy and beautiful.
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