Winnie Harlow Quotes

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

- Winnie Harlow

Big, Everyone, Like, Freckles

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

Happy, I Am Happy, Skin, Smoky

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Love, Beauty, Play, Smoky

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Think, Need, I Think, Being Different

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

- Winnie Harlow

Movies, See, Featured, Billboards

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

Toronto, Surrounded, Area, Admiring

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Reason, Some, Protects, Stifle

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Love, Self-Esteem, Need, First Love

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

Worst Thing, Again, Very, Unhealthy

I don't do much cooking because it's impossible when you travel so much. You go grocery shopping, buy everything, and then get a call to fly out for two weeks. By the time you're back, all the food is rotten.

- Winnie Harlow

Buy, By The Time, Weeks, Two Weeks

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Changes, Skin, Comments, Leper

I'm not a vitiligo spokesperson just because I have vitiligo.

- Winnie Harlow

Just Because, Because, Just, Spokesperson

I have my flaws, but I embrace them and I love them because they're mine.

- Winnie Harlow

Love, Mine, I Love, Flaws

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

- Winnie Harlow

Underdog, Want, Prove, Flaws

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

- Winnie Harlow

Rock, Doing, Think, Floating

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Skin, Conservative, Covering, Embedded

There wasn't anyone who was specifically taking me under their wing. I definitely looked up to people, though, one major person being Naomi Campbell, of course. That's, like, a given.

- Winnie Harlow

Me, Naomi, Major, Wing

I don't want to be put in a category.

- Winnie Harlow

Want, Put, Category

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Modeling, YouTube, Named, YouTube Video

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

- Winnie Harlow

Role Model, Be Careful, Role, Whereas

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

- Winnie Harlow

Old, Next, Over, Dramatically

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Challenges, Away, Been, Faced

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Love, My Life, About, Obstacle

If humans want to see the same types of people over and over, that's what industries will give us. If we want to see something different, that's what they'll have to give us.

- Winnie Harlow

Give, Over, Types, Industries

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

Young, Give, Like, Young Kids

Chantelle Brown-Young is my real name. Winnie is my nickname that I was given as a teenager, and it has stuck with me. I've combined my real name and my nick name to create 'Chantelle Winnie.' My alter ego, where I seek confidence when I model, is 'Winnie Harlow.'

- Winnie Harlow

Ego, Seek, Real Name, Teenager

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

Discovered, Very, Great Way, Social Media

I don't think it's good to focus on being celebrated but to celebrate yourself.

- Winnie Harlow

Focus, Celebrate, Think, Celebrated

I remember sitting by my window, wishing upon the stars that my skin condition would go away. I wondered, 'Why me?'

- Winnie Harlow

Skin, I Remember, Away, Sitting

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Always, Like, Drinking, Reflects

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

- Winnie Harlow

Daughter, Never, Raised, Cousin

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

- Winnie Harlow

Skin, Like, Literally, Yours

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

Always, Orientation, Period, Nationality

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Real, More, Real Friends, Apart

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.'

- Winnie Harlow

Best, Tell, About, Living Life

My mom will sometimes call me Winnie. It's so annoying. I'm like, 'Who are you talking to?'

- Winnie Harlow

Sometimes, Will, Like, Annoying

It's amazing what a little encouragement can do.

- Winnie Harlow

Amazing, Little, Encouragement

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Cow, Through, Got, Bullying

I more so appreciate people loving the fact that I love myself and not just glorifying my skin or me.

- Winnie Harlow

Love, Fact, More, Glorifying

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Skin, Normal, Like, Colours

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Away, Discovered, Couple, Confronted

For me personally, I have vitiligo, so my whole career, it's always been this very odd debate: 'Does she want to be white? Is she white and black? Is her mum white?' It's always been this question of my background, my race, and what I stand for.

- Winnie Harlow

Career, Been, Very, Odd

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

- Winnie Harlow

Myself, Start, Them, Lap

When I was in high school, I wanted to be so thick that I'd eat all the pizza and all the McDonald's and everything.

- Winnie Harlow

High School, High, Thick, McDonald

Funnily enough, of course I've always thought B was amazing, but I've never been, like, 'Beyhive status'... until actually meeting her. I would honestly drop anything I'm doing to work for her again. Not just because of who she is but because of my experience with her filming for two days.

- Winnie Harlow

Doing, Drop, Been, Status

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Black, Original, Way, Chose

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Both Sides, Before, Had, Sibling

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

Bed, I Think, Make-Up, Smooth

I've never been a die-hard Beyonce fan. I always thought she was inspirational and beautiful.

- Winnie Harlow

She, Never, Always, Beyonce

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

- Winnie Harlow

Ego, How, Like, Beyonce

My modelling career is about hard work.

- Winnie Harlow

Work, Career, About, Modelling

I loved reading magazines about the entertainment world.

- Winnie Harlow

World, Loved, Entertainment, Entertainment World

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Big, Always, Gig, Prior

Like any other kid, I was trying so hard to fit in that school made no sense to me. I wasn't attending class; I was trying to hang out in the caf with the cool kids. I was always trying to be cool.

- Winnie Harlow

Always, Other, Hang, Attending

If I'm running around or just hanging out at home, then I barely wear any make-up.

- Winnie Harlow

Make-Up, Wear, Then, Hanging

With vitiligo, my skin is sensitive in extreme temperatures.

- Winnie Harlow

Skin, Sensitive, Extreme, Temperatures

I wasn't part of the BeyHive before I met her, but after my experience working with her, meeting her, I'm a die-hard fan.

- Winnie Harlow

Experience, Before, Part, Meeting

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

- Winnie Harlow

Love, Myself, Everyone Else, Focusing

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

- Winnie Harlow

Love, Issue, Learned, To Love

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Love, Other, Covering, To Love

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

New, Kid, Moved, Elementary School

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Grandparents, DJ, Idea, Little Girl

I could more label myself as even a spokeswoman for happiness!

- Winnie Harlow

Happiness, Could, Even, Label

I feel like I have so many amazing opportunities because of my immigrant mother, my immigrant grandparents.

- Winnie Harlow

Grandparents, Feel, Like, Opportunities

I always loved the spotlight, just not the negativity.

- Winnie Harlow

Loved, Negativity, Always, Spotlight

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Normal, Like, About, Stare

Focus on your opinion of yourself and not the opinion others have of you.

- Winnie Harlow

Focus, Yourself, Your, Opinion

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Kind, More, My Own, I Tried

When I was young, I was picked on for something that today I feel is amazing. One thing about me connects millions of people around the world. And it's my skin condition - vitiligo.

- Winnie Harlow

Skin, Young, About, Millions

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

- Winnie Harlow

White, One Day, Still, Model

For me, honestly, the term 'role model' means for someone to be imitated, and I don't feel like anyone is to be imitated.

- Winnie Harlow

Role, Means, Honestly, Model

To be completely honest, I never thought I could become a model growing up. I actually wanted to be an entertainment journalist.

- Winnie Harlow

Thought, Entertainment, Model

I feel like I am an inspiration. That's the word I prefer. I don't believe that I have to be a role model, someone to be emulated.

- Winnie Harlow

Role, Like, Prefer, Model

I definitely hope and I feel that I am inspiring, but I don't like the word 'role model.'

- Winnie Harlow

Role Model, Role, Like, Model

I feel like people put too much on the title of a role model.

- Winnie Harlow

Role Model, Role, Like, Model

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

- Winnie Harlow

I Am, Skin, Condition, Model

I'm happy to inspire your seven-year-old child, but I do not want to be her role model.

- Winnie Harlow

Role Model, Her, Role, Model

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Grateful, Think, Role, Model

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Think, I Think, Solid, Vent

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

- Winnie Harlow

Remember, Loved, Skin, Recall

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Makeup, YouTube, Been, Online

I try to keep my skincare routine very simple and don't put too much on my face.

- Winnie Harlow

Simple, Too Much, Very, Routine

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

- Winnie Harlow

People, Black, Skin, Brown

I've always been a lot about beauty and products, and skincare and make-up.

- Winnie Harlow

Always, Been, Lot, Products

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Grateful, Been, Very, Platform

We lived on our own for a very long time, and those are my happiest years, me and my mom.

- Winnie Harlow

Own, Very, Very Long Time, Long Time

My sense of fashion has developed a lot.

- Winnie Harlow

Fashion, Sense, Lot, Developed

I don't perm my hair anymore, but I'm not a natural hair expert just because it grows out of my head like that.

- Winnie Harlow

Natural, Like, Grows, Expert

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

- Winnie Harlow

Fierce, Her, Call, Birth

Kids called me a cow and mooed at me.

- Winnie Harlow

Me, Kids, Cow

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.

- Winnie Harlow

Myself, Skin, Treated, Define

My skin's not a normal sight.

- Winnie Harlow

Skin, Sight, Normal

I liked to hang around my mom's beauty salon, watching her do hair.

- Winnie Harlow

Beauty, Hair, Hang, Liked

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

- Winnie Harlow

Want, See, More, More People

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

- Winnie Harlow

Lucky, Kid, Lot, Connected

I'm very sick of talking about my skin.

- Winnie Harlow

Sick, Very, About, Skin

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