The 'Fetish' singer appears on one of 12 Time covers as she is one of 46 people profiled in the mag's 'FIRSTS' issue, recognized for being the first person to reach 100 million Instagram followers.
- Sep 8, 2017
AceShowbiz - Selena Gomez is named one of the women who are changing the world by Time. The 25-year-old songstress graces the cover of one of 12 Time covers as she is one of 46 people profiled in the mag's "FIRSTS" issue. It highlights women of various ages, ethnicities, political affiliations and sexual orientations who are changing the world.
Selena is recognized for being the first person to reach 100 million followers on Instagram. The "Fetish" songstress credits her mom, Mandy Teefey, who makes her the woman she is today. "My mom is the kind of person who understands what hard work is," she says in an interview with the magazine.
"She was still in high school when she had me. She worked multiple jobs. But she made me feel like I was capable of doing anything I wanted, maybe because she didn't really have that opportunity," she shares. "She taught me everything I know. How I'm no less but also no greater than anyone. How when people come at you with their worst, you should come at them with your best."
In the interview, Selena also reveals that "it's already difficult to get up every day and just feel good about yourself without seeing the highlights of everyone else's life. That's why I like being vulnerable with my fans on social media. I like that they've seen my mistakes. I try to use that as a way to connect with them. That's all I can do. I hope that they know that strength doesn't mean that you have to put on a facade. Strength is being vulnerable."
Of the "FIRSTS" project, editor-in-chief of Time, Nancy Gibbs, says, "Our goal with this extraordinary project...is for every woman and girl to find someone who moves them, to find someone whose presence in the highest reaches of success says to them that it is safe to climb, come on up, the view is spectacular. They were candid about their challenges, aware of their responsibilities, eager to tell the stories that will surprise and inspire. We hope everyone, at every life stage, will encounter an insight here that will open a door to new ambitions."
Selena has taken to her Instagram account to share the cover featuring her looking beaming in a black-and-red outfit. The former Disney darling along with 11 other faces, including Hillary Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Ava DuVernay, Sylvia Earle, Nikki Haley, Ilhan Omar, Lori Robinson, Katherine Jefferts Schori, Mo'ne Davis and Janet Yellen, were all photographed by Brazillian photographer Luisa Dorr with an iPhone.
Selena captions the photo she posts, "Sometimes it's incredibly difficult to wake up every day knowing there is so much going on in the world. At times I feel selfish, I ask why, I ask how can this change? Will it actually ever change? I try to contribute my heart before anything because it can be so easy to lose the desire to have hope when sometimes all I want to be is angry."
"When I read about the beautiful women who wake up consciously every day to make a change, it inspires me to want to do so much more," she adds. "Not really sure how I got so lucky @time but thank you for highlighting the power of what we can and will always strive to be. I believe in the goodness in the land of the living. I hope this is just the beginning of more change."
