A biography for Winnie Harlowhasn’t been written yet.
“The more people see, the more they want to see.”
“To be completely honest, I never thought I could become a model growing up. I actually wanted to be an entertainment journalist.”
“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 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.”
“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.”
“Vitiligo is just another difference, like freckles, big hair, tiny ears Everyone has differences.”
“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.”
“I loved reading magazines about the entertainment world.”
“The only person that can make you feel that you aren't beautiful is you.”
“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.”
“I liked to hang around my mom's beauty salon, watching her do hair.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I could more label myself as even a spokeswoman for happiness!”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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!'”
“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.”