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" 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. "

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" 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!' "

Winnie Harlow

Girl

Inspire

People

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

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

" 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. "

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

Winnie Harlow

Name

Ego

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

" Chantelle Winnie is my birth name. Chantelle Winnie Harlow, I call her my Sasha Fierce. "

" 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. "

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

" There is beauty in everything. "

Winnie Harlow

Beauty

Everything

" 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. "

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

" 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 loved reading magazines about the entertainment world. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

Winnie Harlow

Proud

Happy

" I am not my skin. I am a model with a skin condition. "

Winnie Harlow

Skin

Condition

" 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. "

" A lot of people ask me how I keep my skin fairly smooth and avoid breakouts, and I think that's because I always take off my make-up before I go to bed, and I mean really take it off. "

Winnie Harlow

People

Skin

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I think we need to take a step back and realize what the real issues are - it's not being from different places or being different. "