A college student from Trussville who once ran strict fashion auditions in Instagram group chats was recently featured in Vogue.
Chelsi Banks, 19, is studying apparel merchandising and journalism at Auburn University while working toward the editor-in-chief position at Swatch, the college’s fashion magazine.
Banks told Vogue her journey began at age 13, when she staged what the magazine called an “Instagram coup” by taking control of modeling-related group chats where aspiring young models practiced runway walks and sought scouting advice…