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

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

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

" You should be careful what you choose to see as a role model, whereas inspiration can come from anywhere. "

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

" Chantelle Winnie is my birth name. Chantelle Winnie Harlow, I call her my Sasha Fierce. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" My parents separated before I was born, but they remained friends, so I was close to both sides of my family, with siblings and cousins and godparents. I've had the same best friend since grade six. "

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

" Like any other kid, I was trying so hard to fit in that school made no sense to me. I wasn't attending class; I was trying to hang out in the caf with the cool kids. I was always trying to be cool. "

" I loved reading magazines about the entertainment world. "

" The only person that can make you feel that you aren't beautiful is you. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" A journalist in Toronto named Shannon Boodram saw my Facebook page and told me I was 'strikingly beautiful.' She shot a YouTube video of me, and it made a hit, grabbing thousands of views. She said the camera loved me and that I should be a model. I had never thought about modeling - it just hadn't seemed possible. "

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

" I want to see different faces on the covers of magazines, the stars of movies, featured on billboards. "

" 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. "

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