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" Growing up, I didn't have a lot of real friends, and the people I was friends with, I've grown apart from - they were frenemies more than anything. "

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" The more people see, the more they want to see. "

" I more so appreciate people loving the fact that I love myself and not just glorifying my skin or me. "

" Social media is a great way to get discovered in the industry because it's free, it's worldwide, and everyone's on it - a very powerful combination. "

" My sense of fashion has developed a lot. "

" I'm happy to inspire your seven-year-old child, but I do not want to be her role model. "

" 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.' "

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

" I don't think it's good to focus on being celebrated but to celebrate yourself. "

" 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 always loved the spotlight, just not the negativity. "

" I discovered that I was 'different' in the third grade. As the new kid at school, I was trying hard to find my footing. I thought I had made friends with a couple of girls - until they stopped talking to me. When I confronted them, they said their mothers had warned them to stay away because they might catch my skin condition. "

" 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. "

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

" I've never been a die-hard Beyonce fan. I always thought she was inspirational and beautiful. "

" 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. "

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

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

" For me personally, I have vitiligo, so my whole career, it's always been this very odd debate: 'Does she want to be white? Is she white and black? Is her mum white?' It's always been this question of my background, my race, and what I stand for. "

" There is beauty in everything. "

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

" 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.' "

" I loved reading magazines about the entertainment world. "

" 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. "

" My modelling career is about hard work. "

" To be completely honest, I never thought I could become a model growing up. I actually wanted to be an entertainment journalist. "

" I was a lucky kid, and I grew up connected to a lot of people. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think you have to feel your best by yourself. I do think it's important to have a solid friend that you can turn to, though - one that you can vent to. "

" I feel like I am an inspiration. That's the word I prefer. I don't believe that I have to be a role model, someone to be emulated. "