Winnie Harlow

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.

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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.

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

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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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With vitiligo, my skin is sensitive in extreme temperatures.

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

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