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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 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. "

Winnie Harlow

Think

Best

Friend

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

" 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. "

Winnie Harlow

People

Today

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

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

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

" I loved reading magazines about the entertainment world. "

" The worst thing I've done while sad is sit in defeat. That's very unhealthy. The best thing to do is dust yourself off and try again. "

" My modelling career is about hard work. "

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

Winnie Harlow

People

Connected

" 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. "

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

" I wasn't part of the BeyHive before I met her, but after my experience working with her, meeting her, I'm a die-hard fan. "

" 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. "

Winnie Harlow

People

Skin

" 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. "

Winnie Harlow

She

Race

" Focus on your opinion of yourself and not the opinion others have of you. "

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

Winnie Harlow

Kids

Cow

" 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

Way

Myself

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

" I wasn't born with vitiligo. It developed when I was 4 years old. My skin changed dramatically over the next few years. "

Winnie Harlow

Years

Skin

" 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. "

" Nick Knight was my first big gig as a 'real' model. Prior to and during 'ANTM,' I never actually called myself a model because I always viewed it as a hobby. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There is beauty in everything. "

Winnie Harlow

Beauty

Everything

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

" People sometimes ask when I learned to love myself. But that was not the issue. "

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

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

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