Winnie Harlow Quotes

Winnie Harlow

Profession : Model

Birth : July 27, 1994

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

Regardless of what race, what color, what sex, what nationality, what sexual orientation - regardless of who you are, equality should always rule! Whatever is right for you is right. Period.

Winnie Harlow

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

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The worst thing I've done while sad is sit in defeat. That's very unhealthy. The best thing to do is dust yourself off and try again.

Winnie Harlow

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

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

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When I got older, it got harder because when kids get older, they get meaner, so I went through a lot of bullying and people calling me, like, 'zebra' or 'cow,' so it was really hard growing up.

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I was never raised as the daughter with vitiligo or the granddaughter with vitiligo or the cousin with vitiligo. I was just Chantelle.

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I always loved the spotlight, just not the negativity.

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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.

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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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People sometimes ask when I learned to love myself. But that was not the issue.

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Growing up, I didn't have a lot of real friends, and the people I was friends with, I've grown apart from - they were frenemies more than anything.

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I think you have to feel your best by yourself. I do think it's important to have a solid friend that you can turn to, though - one that you can vent to.

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I was a lucky kid, and I grew up connected to a lot of people.

Winnie Harlow

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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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.

Winnie Harlow

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

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

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Growing up in the greater Toronto area, I was a happy kid. I was my mother's first child, surrounded by admiring godparents and cousins.

Winnie Harlow