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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 love to play with make-up. I adapt my beauty look to my outfit, so as soon as I know what I'm wearing, I know if I want to go for a red lip or a smoky eye. I usually won't put those two together, but it all depends on what outfit I'm going for. "

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

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

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

" 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 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. "

" 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 give kudos to people like Zendaya who are like, 'Yes, I want to inspire young kids.' And I'm like, 'Girl, that's a lot of work!' "

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

" I feel like I have so many amazing opportunities because of my immigrant mother, my immigrant grandparents. "

" I faced challenges as a kid, but who hasn't? A lot of people have experienced far worse. I was bullied, sure, and it was painful at the time. I even quit high school to get away from it. But I've never been the kind of person to let my past predict my future. "

" I try to keep my skincare routine very simple and don't put too much on my face. "

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

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

" 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.' "

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

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