Musician Jaime Jamgochian designed the popular "Modest is Hottest" T-shirts and started a conference that focuses on teaching young girls how to dress in the latest styles while maintaining modesty.
As Jaime Jamgochian performs concerts and leads worship around the country, she communicates to teenage girls messages about modesty, purity and self-worth.
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"I really want young girls to be who God created them to be and to believe that they are fearfully and wonderfully made," Jamgochian said.
"That really comes out of being true to who Christ says we are and our identity in him. Modesty, purity and self-worth really come into the light when we really know who Jesus says we are, and we experience the hope and love that he has to offer through a relationship with him."
During Jamgochian's junior year at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass., her life completely changed after a classmate explained what it meant to have a relationship with Christ.
"At the beginning, I kind of thought she was crazy. But I got to see the life that she lived. She had this joy and peace without surrounding herself with the typical college party scene," she said.
After she graduated, she felt a calling to ministry--to lead worship, write songs and minister to young girls.
"The Lord was restoring so many areas of my life and renewing hope, and I really wanted to share this with others," she said.
As Jamgochian began leading worship and telling how God had transformed her life, she was asked to team with the Girls of Grace conferences, hosted by the musical group Point of Grace.
While leading worship for these conferences, Jamgochian was inspired to design a T-shirt with the slogan "Modest is Hottest" to help young girls remember the valuable lessons taught at the conferences.
Not long after, the overwhelming support and response from both students and parents prompted Jamgochian to establish her own conference, which would focus on instructing girls on how to dress in the latest styles while maintaining modesty.
"After I started selling those shirts, I realized that girls weren't just buying it because they wanted a cute T-shirt or a souvenir," Jamgochian said. "They really wanted to support that it's possible to live a life of modesty that pleases God and still look cute and trendy."
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SOURCE: Baptist Standard
Leann Callaway, Special to the Baptist Standard
