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

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

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" 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 liked to hang around my mom's beauty salon, watching her do hair. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If God wanted be to be black, I'd be black; if he wanted me to be white, I'd be white, so I guess He chose for me to be both and original. That's the way I'm supposed to be. "

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

" Growing up, I didn't have a lot of real friends, and the people I was friends with, I've grown apart from - they were frenemies more than anything. "

" I learned to love who I am despite what anyone would say about or to me. This gave me the courage to really stand up to anyone or any obstacle in my life. "

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

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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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "