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" There is beauty in everything. "
Winnie Harlow
Beauty
Everything
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" 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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" For me, honestly, the term 'role model' means for someone to be imitated, and I don't feel like anyone is to be imitated. "
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" I remember sitting by my window, wishing upon the stars that my skin condition would go away. I wondered, 'Why me?' "
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" Kids called me a cow and mooed at me. "
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" 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. "
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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 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. "
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" I get comments saying that I'm a leper, I control how my skin changes, I bleach my skin, my skin's burned. None of those are true. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" I've never been a die-hard Beyonce fan. I always thought she was inspirational and beautiful. "
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