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" 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. "

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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. "

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

" Funnily enough, of course I've always thought B was amazing, but I've never been, like, 'Beyhive status'... until actually meeting her. I would honestly drop anything I'm doing to work for her again. Not just because of who she is but because of my experience with her filming for two days. "

" 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 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. "

" Some rules are there for a reason - but it's one thing to have a rule that protects and another to have rules that stifle. "

" 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. "

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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 one day I'm all black, I'm still a model. If one day I'm all white, I'm still a model. "

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

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

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