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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.
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The more people see, the more they want to see.
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Vitiligo is just another difference, like freckles, big hair, tiny ears Everyone has differences.
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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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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 loved myself. And with that, opportunities start to fall into my lap. And I thank God for all of them.
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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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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 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.
Written by Winnie Harlow
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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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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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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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 was a lucky kid, and I grew up connected to a lot of people.
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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 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.
Written by Winnie Harlow
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.
Written by 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.
Written by Winnie Harlow
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.
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I liked to hang around my mom's beauty salon, watching her do hair.
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I discovered that I was 'different' in the third grade. As the new kid at school, I was trying hard to find my footing. I thought I had made friends with a couple of girls - until they stopped talking to me. When I confronted them, they said their mothers had warned them to stay away because they might catch my skin condition.
Written by Winnie Harlow
With vitiligo, my skin is sensitive in extreme temperatures.
Written by Winnie Harlow
It's amazing what a little encouragement can do.
Written by Winnie Harlow

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