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" I don't want to be put in a category. "
Winnie Harlow
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" A lot of people ask me how I keep my skin fairly smooth and avoid breakouts, and I think that's because I always take off my make-up before I go to bed, and I mean really take it off. "
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" You should be careful what you choose to see as a role model, whereas inspiration can come from anywhere. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I remember sitting by my window, wishing upon the stars that my skin condition would go away. I wondered, 'Why me?' "
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" When I was young, I was picked on for something that today I feel is amazing. One thing about me connects millions of people around the world. And it's my skin condition - vitiligo. "
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" I had to relearn how to love myself by forgetting the opinions of everyone else and focusing on my opinion of myself. "
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" 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. "
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" I love myself the way I am, but people will always message me about other people with vitiligo who cover their skin. 'Winnie Harlow, you need to tell them that they need to love themselves the way they are and stop covering their skin!' No! If that's what makes them comfortable and what makes them happy, let them be. "
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" I want to see different faces on the covers of magazines, the stars of movies, featured on billboards. "
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" 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. "
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" I wasn't born with vitiligo. It developed when I was 4 years old. My skin changed dramatically over the next few years. "
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" 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. "
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