Once upon a time there was a young girl who rushed out to pick up the latest copy of Seventeen magazine to see if what she had heard was true. That Whitney (Houston) was actually in it – modeling. Seeing her on the pages and on the cover made a girl from Brooklyn smile and feel a little less out of sorts. The pride that soared from seeing one of “us”  in something other than Essence or Ebony was very palpable. When she released her first album, Whitney Houston, I like many other teen girls raced out to get it. Played...