Winnie Harlow Quotes

Winnie Harlow

Profession : Model

Birth : July 27, 1994

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

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

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It's amazing what a little encouragement can do.

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Vitiligo is just another difference, like freckles, big hair, tiny ears Everyone has differences.

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I'm just living life. And if that inspires you, I'm proud, but I'm not going to put pressure on myself to be the best person in the world and tell everyone I have vitiligo. If you want to know about it, you can do your research. Either way, I'm not in the dictionary under 'vitiligo.'

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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I feel like I pull inspiration from everyone, and I feel like I'm honored and grateful that people feel that they can pull inspiration from me, be inspired by me. But I definitely don't think I'm a role model. I'm not someone to be imitated.

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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.

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I had to relearn how to love myself by forgetting the opinions of everyone else and focusing on my opinion of myself.

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I'm very sick of talking about my skin.

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There is beauty in everything.

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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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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.

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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.

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My skin's not a normal sight.

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