Chantelle Brown-Young
| Winnie Harlow | |
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Harlow in 2015
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| Born |
Chantelle Brown-Young July 27, 1994 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Other names | Chantelle Winnie |
| Occupation | Model |
| Known for | modelling |
| Modeling information | |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Hair color | Black |
| Manager | d'management group |
Winnie Harlow (born Chantelle Brown-Young; July 27, 1994) is a Canadian fashion model, spokesperson and activist. She gained prominence as a contestant on the twenty-first cycle of the US television series America's Next Top Model, and is known for having a prominent form of the skin condition vitiligo. She is the current brand ambassador for the Barcelona-based casual clothing brand Desigual alongside Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima.
Harlow was born on July 27, 1994, in Toronto, Ontario, to 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. 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. The verbal harassment led to her changing schools numerous times and dropping out of high school, after which she contemplated suicide.
Harlow was discovered by America's Next Top Model host Tyra Banks on Instagram, and subsequently became one of the fourteen finalists of the twenty-first cycle in 2014. She was the first and only Canadian ever cast on ANTM. She was eliminated in the second week of the finals, 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. She was eliminated again in episode 13, placing sixth overall.
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