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

Categorized in : Me Life Love Courage

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

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I always loved the spotlight, just not the negativity.

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

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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 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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It's amazing what a little encouragement can do.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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My modelling career is about hard work.

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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.

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

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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 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.

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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.

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