Winnie Harlow
Chantelle Whitney Brown-Young[3] (born July 27, 1994), known professionally as Winnie Harlow, is a Canadian fashion model and public spokesperson on the skin condition vitiligo. She gained prominence in 2014 as a contestant on the 21st cycle of the U.S. television series America's Next Top Model. In 2018, Harlow became the first model with vitiligo to walk in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.[4] She also appeared in the Beyoncé-directed HBO visual album Beyoncé: Lemonade (2016). She was honored as one of the BBC 100 Women in 2018. Harlow later served as a judge on the second season of the Amazon Prime Video series Making the Cut.[5]
Winnie Harlow
Chantelle Winnie
- Model
- spokesperson
2014–present
Kyle Kuzma (2020–present)[2]
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Black
- CAA (Los Angeles)
- Women Management (Milan)
- The Squad (London)[1]
Early life[edit]
Winnie Harlow was born Chantelle Brown-Young on July 27, 1994, in the Greater Toronto Area, the daughter of Lisa Brown and Windsor Young.[6] She is of Jamaican ancestry[6] and has two sisters.[7] She was diagnosed with the chronic skin condition vitiligo, characterized by depigmentation of portions of the skin, at the age of four. Harlow was a victim of bullying by other children and was reportedly called a "cow, zebra, and all manner of other disparaging slurs" throughout her childhood by students both black and white.[6] The verbal harassment led to her changing schools numerous times and dropping out of high school, after which she contemplated suicide.[6][7]
Career[edit]
Modeling[edit]
Harlow was discovered by America's Next Top Model (ANTM) host Tyra Banks on Instagram, and subsequently became one of the 14 finalists of the 21st cycle in 2014. She was the only Canadian ever cast on ANTM.[8] She was eliminated in the second week of the finals,[9] and participated in a separate competition called the "comeback series", where she continued to participate in the cycle's photo shoots along with the other eliminated contestants in an effort to return to the competition. After completing the comeback series, she was revealed to have received the highest average public vote score, and returned.[10] She was eliminated again in episode 13, being the ninth eliminated overall.[10]
