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" For me, honestly, the term 'role model' means for someone to be imitated, and I don't feel like anyone is to be imitated. "

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" People have black skin, people have brown skin. I have both. "

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" 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. "

" There is beauty in everything. "

" I don't want to be put in a category. "

" My mom will sometimes call me Winnie. It's so annoying. I'm like, 'Who are you talking to?' "

" Some rules are there for a reason - but it's one thing to have a rule that protects and another to have rules that stifle. "

" When I was in high school, I wanted to be so thick that I'd eat all the pizza and all the McDonald's and everything. "

" I feel like I pull inspiration from everyone, and I feel like I'm honored and grateful that people feel that they can pull inspiration from me, be inspired by me. But I definitely don't think I'm a role model. I'm not someone to be imitated. "

" I feel like I have so many amazing opportunities because of my immigrant mother, my immigrant grandparents. "

" I am not my skin. I am a model with a skin condition. "

" 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. "

" We lived on our own for a very long time, and those are my happiest years, me and my mom. "

" My confidence was more of a fake-it-until-you-make-it kind of thing. I tried to build my own confidence and not rely on the opinions of others. "

" I am happy with my skin, and I'm proud of my skin, which is why I wear it so boldly. But if a job wanted me to, say, try a smoky eye and cover the vitiligo around my eye, I wouldn't have a problem with that. "

" I learned to love who I am despite what anyone would say about or to me. This gave me the courage to really stand up to anyone or any obstacle in my life. "

" My skin's not a normal sight. "

" It's weird to me for people to stare at me, because I feel like I'm normal. I don't see what there is to stare about. "

" If I'm running around or just hanging out at home, then I barely wear any make-up. "

" I don't do much cooking because it's impossible when you travel so much. You go grocery shopping, buy everything, and then get a call to fly out for two weeks. By the time you're back, all the food is rotten. "

" If you're not drinking enough water, or you're not eating enough vegetables, or you're not working out enough, or you're not getting your toxins out, I feel like it always reflects. "

" I remember sitting by my window, wishing upon the stars that my skin condition would go away. I wondered, 'Why me?' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If humans want to see the same types of people over and over, that's what industries will give us. If we want to see something different, that's what they'll have to give us. "

" Winnie Harlow is my alter ego like how Beyonce refers to her stage name as Sasha Fierce. "

" Kids called me a cow and mooed at me. "

" I get comments saying that I'm a leper, I control how my skin changes, I bleach my skin, my skin's burned. None of those are true. "