Winnie Harlow is an international model and activist known for being the first model with vitiligo to achieve mainstream success. She placed sixth on season 21 of America's Next Top Model and has since modeled for major brands like Desigual. Winnie uses her platform to promote acceptance of conditions like vitiligo and advocates for people with skin differences. Though she endured bullying as a child for her vitiligo, she has become an inspiration known for proving that diversity and uniqueness are cool in the fashion world.

1. Model Winnie Harlow does not only add
colour to the fashion world; she’s also
an activist for those whose beauty is not
commonly celebrated. At first her skin
condition, vitiligo, got tongues wagging,
but she’s used it to prove that difference
iscool.
The 21-year-old first appeared on
season 21 of America’s Next Top Model
where she placed sixth. Since then she
has modelled for top brands such as
Desigual, walked the London Fashion
Week, featured in Ashish Gupta’s
catwalk show in London and starred in
SHOWstudio’s campaign. She was also
featured as the main model on Diesel’s
spring/summer 2015 ad campaign, the
aim of which was to promote tolerance,
equality and unconditional love.
Winnie has been featured in various
international magazines and is now an
avid spokesperson for people with skin
conditions.
Winnie, also known as Chantelle
Brown-Young, endured being bullied
and was called names such as “zebra”,
THE NEW
DEFINITION
OF COOL
BySiyamthandaMtshemla
andPercyMatshoba
The fashion world is
DITCHING
the skinny, picture-
perfect model, and
embracing DIVERSE
AND UNIQUE
FEATURES.This
shift may be creating
a BIG CHANGE in
how we LOOK AT
OURSELVES.
WINNIE HARLOW IS THE
FIRST INTERNATIONAL
MODEL WITH VITILIGO.
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