“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...”
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“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...”
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“My modelling career is about hard work.”
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“Chantelle Brown-Young is my real name. Winnie is my nickname that I was given as a teenager, and it has stuck with me. I've combined my real name and my nick name to create 'Chantelle Winnie...”
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“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.”
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“I liked to hang around my mom's beauty salon, watching her do hair.”
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“I am literally just a human. I have the same brain as you; there's a skeleton under my skin just like yours.”
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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 p...”
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“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 to...”
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“I'm not a vitiligo spokesperson just because I have vitiligo.”
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“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.”
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“With vitiligo, my skin is sensitive in extreme temperatures.”
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“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.”
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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 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!'”
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