WINNIE HARLOW

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

I loved reading magazines about the entertainment world.

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.

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.

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

With vitiligo, my skin is sensitive in extreme temperatures.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.