I feel like I am an inspiration. That’s the word I prefer. I don’t believe that I have to be a role model, someone to be emulated. — Winnie Harlow

If one day I’m all black, I’m still a model. If one day I’m all white, I’m still a model. — Winnie Harlow

There is beauty in everything. — Winnie Harlow

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. — Winnie Harlow

With vitiligo, my skin is sensitive in extreme temperatures. — Winnie Harlow

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

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. — Winnie Harlow

I’m very sick of talking about my skin. — Winnie Harlow

I don’t remember my skin changing, but I do recall feeling deeply loved by my family. — Winnie Harlow

I remember sitting by my window, wishing upon the stars that my skin condition would go away. I wondered, ‘Why me?’ — Winnie Harlow

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. — Winnie Harlow

Things were fine in elementary school, but when I moved schools in grade three, not only was I the new kid, I was the new kid with the skin condition. — Winnie Harlow

I wasn’t born with vitiligo. It developed when I was 4 years old. My skin changed dramatically over the next few years. — Winnie Harlow

I get comments saying that I’m a leper, I control how my skin changes, I bleach my skin, my skin’s burned. None of those are true. — Winnie Harlow

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. — Winnie Harlow

To be completely honest, I never thought I could become a model growing up. I actually wanted to be an entertainment journalist. — Winnie Harlow

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. — Winnie Harlow

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. — Winnie Harlow

People have black skin, people have brown skin. I have both. — Winnie Harlow

The more people see, the more they want to see. — Winnie Harlow

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. — Winnie Harlow

Social media is a great way to get discovered in the industry because it’s free, it’s worldwide, and everyone’s on it–a very powerful combination. — Winnie Harlow

I am the underdog, and I want to prove that one can follow one’s dreams despite all the flaws and setbacks. — Winnie Harlow

If God wanted be to be black, I’d be black; if he wanted me to be white, I’d be white, so I guess He chose for me to be both and original. That’s the way I’m supposed to be. — Winnie Harlow