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Winnie Harlow
Born
Chantelle Brown-Young

(1994-07-27) 27 July 1994 (age 30)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Other namesChantelle Winnie
Occupation(s)Model, spokes-model
Parent(s)Windsor Young
Lisa Brown-Young
RelativesChristina Harlow (sister)
Modeling information
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Hair colorBlack
Websitewww.chantellewinnie.com

Chantelle Brown-Young (born July 27, 1994), professionally known as Winnie Harlow or Chantelle Winnie, is a Canadian model and spokes-model. She is best known for participating in the fifteenth season, better known as the twenty-first cycle, of the The CW reality television series America's Next Top Model, where she had placed sixth in the overall fourteen participants in the twenty-first cycle. She is also known for her prominent form of the chronic skin condition Vitiligo, for which she had possessed since the age of four years old, that heavily influenced her title of a "vitiligo spokes-model."[2][3]

Early life

Chantelle Brown-Young was born on July 27, 1994, in Toronto, Ontario, the most populous city in Canada, and the capital of the province of Ontario, to Lisa Young (née Brown) and Windsdor Young.[1] She is of Jamaican ancestory. She also has a younger sister Christina Harlow.[1] She was diagnosed with the chronic skin condition, Vitiligo, characterized by portions of the skin losing their pigment, at the age of four years old. Harlow has been a victim of verbal abuse by other children and was reportedly called a "cow, zebra and all manner of other disparaging slurs" throughout her childhood.[1] The verbal harassment led to her dropping out of high school and having suicidal thoughts.[1] However, Harlow reports that she has finally accepted her appearance and ignores negative opinions of others.[1]

Career

Modelling

In 2014, Harlow participated in the fifteenth season, better known as the twenty-first cycle, of the The CW reality television series America's Next Top Model, where she was revealed to be discovered by the reality television show's creator and host Tyra Banks whilst she was on the online mobile-sharing application Instagram.[2] Harlow was originally eliminated from the cycle on the fourth episode and originally placed thirteenth.[4] However, the cycle allowed eliminated contestants to continue to participate in photoshoots and gain public votes so that the eliminated contestant with the highest public vote average would be allowed to return and continue competing. She and fellow eliminated contestant Ben Schreen returned on the ninth episode as the former contestants with the highest public vote average.[5] Of the two, Harlow was revealed on the tenth episode to have achieved the highest public vote average out of the eliminated participants.[5] She was permanently eliminated from the twenty-first cycle on the thirteenth episode, ultimately placing sixth.[5]

Following her permanent elimination from the reality television series, Harlow modeled for the casual clothing brand Desigual; she said in an interview with the American daily newspaper New York Post, "Desigual stands for being unusual and unique and atypical, so they figured I'd be the perfect person for that. They had a new line that had a lot of dots. And some of my skin patterns are dots. In the campaign video, there’s a part where the dot on a scarf lines up perfectly with a dot I have on my waist, and I thought that was the coolest thing ever."[6] She walked and closed for the clothing brand Ashish's Spring/Summer of 2015 fashion show during the London Fashion Week.[6] She also modeled for fashion and style magazines that originated in United Kingdom such as i-D and Dazed.[7] She had also modelled for the fashion website SHOWStudio.

In 2015, Harlow modeled for the highly-expensive Italian clothing brand, Diesel.[8] She also modeled for two foreign editions of the women's magazine Glamour in a five-page spread.[9][10]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Notes
2014 Access Hollywood Episode: "June 26, 2014"
America's Next Top Model Cycle 21
6th of 14th (originally 13th)
2015 Prominent! Episode: "February 13, 2015"

Music videos

Song Year Artist Director Reference(s)
"The One" 2014 JMSN JMSN [11]
"Guts Over Fear" Eminem ft. Sia Syndrome [12]

Awards and nominations

Year Organisation Award Work Result
2015 Gala Spa Awards 2015 Beauty Idol Herself Won[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Dave Rodney (February 25, 2014). "From Suicide Thoughts to America's Next Top Model Finalist". jamaica-gleaner.com. Gleaner Company. Retrieved April 4, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ a b Kirsten Fleming (September 9, 2014). "Model with rare skin disease changing the face of fashion". nypost.com. New York Post. Retrieved April 4, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ Victoria Taylor (May 8, 2014). "America's Next Top Model contestant hasn't let rare skin condition hold her back". nydailynews.com. New York Daily News. Retrieved April 4, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Elizabeth Kwiatkowski (September 9, 2014). "'America's Next Top Model' cuts Chantelle Brown-Young from the competition". http://www.realitytvworld.com/ (in eng). Reality TV World. Retrieved June 23, 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  5. ^ a b c Elizabeth Kwiatkowski (October 29, 2014). "'America's Next Top Model' eliminates Mirjana Puhar, welcomes back Chantelle Brown-Young". http://www.realitytvworld.com/ (in eng). Reality TV World. Retrieved June 23, 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  6. ^ a b Theo (September 17, 2014). "Model Suffering from Vitiligo Scores Desigual Campaign". fashionmodelirectory.com. Fashion Model Directory. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  7. ^ Models (May 2014). "Winnie Harlow". models.com. Models. Retrieved June 23, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ Lakeisha Goedluck (February 1, 2015). "Winnie Harlow stars in Diesel's new campaign". dazeddigital.com. Dazed. Retrieved April 4, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ http://www.glamour.es/videos/moda/videos/chantelle-winnie-harlow-el-valor-de-ser-diferente/2679
  10. ^ http://superselected.com/editorials-chantelle-winnie-glamour-italia-june-2015-images-by-giovanni-gastel/
  11. ^ Spice TV (January 29, 2014). "VITILIGO MODEL CHANTELLE BROWN YOUNG STARS IN MUSIC VIDEO FOR JMSN". myspice.tv. Spice. Retrieved June 23, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ Elias Leight (November 24, 2014). "Watch Eminem Get in the Ring for 'Guts Over Fear' Video". billboard.com. Retrieved June 23, 2015. {{cite web}}: More than one of |work= and |website= specified (help)
  13. ^ "Stunning vitiligo model Winnie Harlow continues to change face of fashion with 'Beauty Idol' award". metro.co.uk. Metro. March 23, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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