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

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" I'm very sick of talking about my skin. "

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

" Growing up in the greater Toronto area, I was a happy kid. I was my mother's first child, surrounded by admiring godparents and cousins. "

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

" With my skin, I have to avoid direct contact with the sun, so that, combined with my mom being conservative, meant I grew up wearing stockings under shorts and long sleeves under tank tops. It was kind of embedded in me that I was supposed to be covering up. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My skin's not a normal sight. When a photographer says, 'I don't know what it is, but that's just not it...' I know. They like the different colours of my skin. They're not getting them with a particular outfit. "

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

" 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. "

" I don't remember my skin changing, but I do recall feeling deeply loved by my family. "

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

" It's amazing what a little encouragement can do. "

" I loved reading magazines about the entertainment world. "

" I don't perm my hair anymore, but I'm not a natural hair expert just because it grows out of my head like that. "

" I had to relearn how to love myself by forgetting the opinions of everyone else and focusing on my opinion of myself. "

" I definitely hope and I feel that I am inspiring, but I don't like the word 'role model.' "

" 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. "

" I feel like people put too much on the title of a 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.' "

" Even as a little girl, my mom never wanted me to watch BET, but when I was at my grandparents' house, and my older cousins were there and I could watch it, I was infatuated with the idea that I could one day be a DJ or the host of a show. "

" 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. "

" You think of floating on a rock in space as so alien, but that's exactly what we're doing. "

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

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

" 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. "