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" I've been doing my own makeup since I was 15. I would steal my mom's products, go online, watch YouTube videos of girls doing their makeup, and try. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" I've never been a die-hard Beyonce fan. I always thought she was inspirational and beautiful. "

" I don't perm my hair anymore, but I'm not a natural hair expert just because it grows out of my head like that. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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.' "

" Winnie Harlow is my alter ego like how Beyonce refers to her stage name as Sasha Fierce. "

" We lived on our own for a very long time, and those are my happiest years, me and my mom. "

" I have my flaws, but I embrace them and I love them because they're mine. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" My skin's not a normal sight. "

" 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 don't remember my skin changing, but I do recall feeling deeply loved by my family. "

" 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. "

" With my skin, I have to avoid direct contact with the sun, so that, combined with my mom being conservative, meant I grew up wearing stockings under shorts and long sleeves under tank tops. It was kind of embedded in me that I was supposed to be covering up. "