Winnie Harlow
Jamaican-Canadian fashion model
Chantelle Whitney Brown-Young (born July 27, 1994), known professionally as Winnie Harlow, is a Canadian fashion model, actress 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. Harlow later appeared in the Beyoncé-directed visual album Beyoncé: Lemonade (2016). In 2018, she became the first model with vitiligo to walk in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show; and was honored as one of the BBC 100 Women. Harlow served as a judge on the second season of the Amazon Prime Video series Making the Cut. She voices the leading role of Noni in the Marvel Cinematic Universe animated series Eyes of Wakanda on Disney+.
Early life
Winnie Harlow was born Chantelle Brown-Young on July 27, 1994, in the Greater Toronto Area, the daughter of Lisa Brown and Windsor Young. She is of Jamaican ancestry and has two sisters. She was diagnosed with the chronic skin condition vitiligo, characterized by depigmentation of portions of the skin, at the age of four.
Career
Modelling
Harlow was discovered by America's Next Top Model host Tyra Banks on Instagram, and subsequently became one of the 14 contestants of the 21st cycle in 2014.
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