“I discovered that I was 'different' in the third grade. As the new kid at school, I was trying hard to find my footing. I thought I had made friends with a couple of girls - until they stopped talking to me. When I confronted them, they said their mothers had warned them to stay away because they might catch my skin condition.”

Canadian fashion model, actress and public spokesperson on vitiligo

Winnie Harlow, born Chantelle Whitney Brown-Young, is a Canadian fashion model, actress, and public spokesperson on vitiligo. She came to wider attention in 2014 as a contestant on the 21st cycle of America's Next Top Model, and later built a career across fashion, screen, and public advocacy. She appeared in Beyoncé’s visual album Lemonade in 2016. In 2018, she became the first model with vitiligo to walk in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, and was named among the BBC 100 Women. She has also served as a judge on the second season of Making the Cut and voices Noni in the animated series Eyes of Wakanda.