Winnie Harlow
Winnie Harlow

I have my flaws, but I embrace them and I love them because they're mine.

Winnie Harlow
Winnie Harlow

I am the underdog, and I want to prove that one can follow one's dreams despite all the flaws and setbacks.

Winnie Harlow
Winnie Harlow

A journalist in Toronto named Shannon Boodram saw my Facebook page and told me I was 'strikingly beautiful.' She shot a YouTube video of me, and it made a hit, grabbing thousands of views. She said the camera loved me and that I should be a model. I had never thought about modeling - it just hadn't seemed possible.

Winnie Harlow
Winnie Harlow

Chantelle Brown-Young is my real name. Winnie is my nickname that I was given as a teenager, and it has stuck with me. I've combined my real name and my nick name to create 'Chantelle Winnie.' My alter ego, where I seek confidence when I model, is 'Winnie Harlow.'

Winnie Harlow
Winnie Harlow

I loved myself. And with that, opportunities start to fall into my lap. And I thank God for all of them.

Winnie Harlow
Winnie Harlow

I am literally just a human. I have the same brain as you; there's a skeleton under my skin just like yours.

Winnie Harlow
Winnie Harlow

Vitiligo is just another difference, like freckles, big hair, tiny ears Everyone has differences.

Winnie Harlow
Winnie Harlow

Regardless of what race, what color, what sex, what nationality, what sexual orientation - regardless of who you are, equality should always rule! Whatever is right for you is right. Period.

Winnie Harlow
Winnie Harlow

I was never raised as the daughter with vitiligo or the granddaughter with vitiligo or the cousin with vitiligo. I was just Chantelle.

Winnie Harlow
Winnie Harlow

When I got older, it got harder because when kids get older, they get meaner, so I went through a lot of bullying and people calling me, like, 'zebra' or 'cow,' so it was really hard growing up.

Winnie Harlow
Winnie Harlow

It's amazing what a little encouragement can do.

Winnie Harlow
Winnie Harlow

I think we need to take a step back and realize what the real issues are - it's not being from different places or being different.

Winnie Harlow
Winnie Harlow

There is beauty in everything.

Winnie Harlow
Winnie Harlow

You can't let someone else lower your self-esteem, because that's what it is - self-esteem. You need to first love yourself before you have anybody else love you.

Winnie Harlow
Winnie Harlow

Things were fine in elementary school, but when I moved schools in grade three, not only was I the new kid, I was the new kid with the skin condition.

Winnie Harlow
Winnie Harlow

I didn't have a problem with myself or my skin. I had a problem with the way people treated me because of my skin. They tried to define me.

Winnie Harlow
Winnie Harlow

The only person that can make you feel that you aren't beautiful is you.

Winnie Harlow
Winnie Harlow

I'm just living life. And if that inspires you, I'm proud, but I'm not going to put pressure on myself to be the best person in the world and tell everyone I have vitiligo. If you want to know about it, you can do your research. Either way, I'm not in the dictionary under 'vitiligo.'

Winnie Harlow
Winnie Harlow

If God wanted be to be black, I'd be black; if he wanted me to be white, I'd be white, so I guess He chose for me to be both and original. That's the way I'm supposed to be.

Winnie Harlow
Winnie Harlow

I've always been a lot about beauty and products, and skincare and make-up.