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

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

" 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. "

" There is beauty in everything. "

" I feel like people put too much on the title of a role model. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" You can't let someone else lower your self-esteem, because that's what it is - self-esteem. You need to first love yourself before you have anybody else love you. "

" I don't do much cooking because it's impossible when you travel so much. You go grocery shopping, buy everything, and then get a call to fly out for two weeks. By the time you're back, all the food is rotten. "

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

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" My modelling career is about hard work. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" If you're not drinking enough water, or you're not eating enough vegetables, or you're not working out enough, or you're not getting your toxins out, I feel like it always reflects. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I don't really talk about 'ANTM,' although I'm very grateful for it, as it was the platform that allowed me to catapult to where I should have been. "

" There wasn't anyone who was specifically taking me under their wing. I definitely looked up to people, though, one major person being Naomi Campbell, of course. That's, like, a given. "

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

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

" I'm not a vitiligo spokesperson just because I have vitiligo. "

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