Hillary Clinton was 'replaced on Vogue cover by Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner after election loss' as fashion bible reveals it plans to cover First Lady Melania Trump moving forward
- Hillary Clinton was set to cover the March issue of Vogue according to multiple sources
- That cover was reportedly scrapped however after her loss in November and she was replaced by models including Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner
- New York Times features writer Jacob Bernstein wrote about Clinton being set to cover the March issue in a since-deleted tweet
- Some thought Clinton was being shot for a Vogue cover back in October when Annie Leibovotz appeared on the campaign trail with her
- Those photos were later used in Leibovoitz's exhibit WOMEN: New Portraits
- In a new interview, Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour said that Melania Trump would be featured in the magazine moving forward
Hillary Clinton was set to cover the upcoming issue of Vogue starring Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner according to multiple sources.
The former Secretary of State was reportedly lined up to front the March issue of the fashion bible, but it appears that this plan may have been scratched at some point after her loss to President Donald Trump in the election back in November.
The issue instead features Hadid and Jenner on the cover alongside Chinese supermodel Liu Wen, plus-sized stunner Ashley Graham, Anna Wintour-favorite Imaan Hammam, British beauty Adwoa Aboah and rising star Vittoria Ceretti.
Vogue does not comment on their covers.
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Covergirl: Hillary Clinton (above with Anna Wintour in 2013) was set to cover the March issue of Vogue according to multiple sources
New girls: That cover was reportedly scrapped however after her loss in November and she was replaced by models including Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner (l to r: Liu Wen, Ashley Graham, Jenner, Hadid, Imaan Hammam, Adwoa Aboah and Vittoria Ceretti)
Claim: New York Times features writer Jacob Bernstein wrote about Clinton being set to cover the March issue in a since-deleted tweet (above)
On Wednesday, New York Times features writer Jacob Bernstein posted a photo of the cover on Twitter, writing: 'Vogue's March issue was going to feature Hillary Clinton in the cover. That didn't quite work out...'
He later deleted that tweet, which came two weeks after Fast Company also claimed that a Clinton cover had been planned and then scrapped post-election.
'The idea to have Clinton on the cover of the upcoming "power" issue was ultimately tabled in the wake of her election defeat - it's not clear if that was Clinton's decision or the magazine's - and the editors spent weeks scrambling to find a replacement,' wrote Fast Company at the time.
Meanwhile, in a new interview with the Wall Street Journal, the magazine's longtime Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour promised that there would be more coverage of the current First Lady moving forward.
'We have a tradition of always covering whoever is the first lady at Vogue and I can't imagine that this time would be any different,' said Wintour.
She also used the interview to plug the new issue of the magazine, which marks the first of nine that will celebrate the 125th anniversary of Vogue.
'I think women have been on everybody's mind after recent results,' said Wintour.
'It seemed to us that it was time to celebrate and be positive and optimistic and say, 'look at all these incredibly talented people we have working not only in fashion but in every possible walk of life.'''
In addition to the diverse group of cover stars, the magazine also features a number if female designers in the upcoming issue, among them Miuccia Prada, Tory Burch and Maria Grazia Chiuri, who recently left Valentino to become the creative director of Dior.
Photog: Some thought Clinton was being shot for a Vogue cover back in October when Annie Leibovotz appeared on the campaign trail with her (Clinton and Leibovotz in plane door above)
First ladies: In a new interview, Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour said that Melania Trump would be featured in the magazine moving forward (Clinton left in 1993, Trump in 2005)
One of those talented women is Clinton, who some thought was shooting an upcoming cover of the magazine back in October when she was spotted on the campaign trail with Annie Leibovitz.
Those photos later appeared however in Leibovotz's exhibit 'WOMEN: New Portraits.'
Vogue also endorsed Clinton for president, the first time the magazine had formally put their support behind a candidate in its history.
'Obviously we felt it was a moment in history for women,' said Wintour.
Clinton could of course be covering next month's issue of the magazine, which is also reportedly set to feature a spread with British Prime Minister Theresa May.
That honor could also go to the new First Daughter Ivanka Trump - who outfitted herself in designs from Carolina Herrera, Oscar de la Renta, and Jason Wu during the inauguration - or First Lady Melania Trump.
The March issue of Vogue hits newsstands February 21.
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