Canadian model Chantelle Winnie is fashion's It girl – with vitiligo


Chantelle Winnie is taking the fashion world by storm. The young Canadian model, who loves an English breakfast of sausages, bacon and egg, is the It girl of diversity in a world pilloried for brutal uniformity. Diagnosed with vitiligo aged four, the same skin disorder Michael Jackson had, she overcame bullying and years of rejection to achieve her dream of becoming an international model. 

Plucked from obscurity to appear on America's Next Top Model, and chosen last year as the face of Barcelona label Desigual, she loves every second of her whirlwind, "amazing" life, punctuated by lots of sleep and her mother's breakfasts in Toronto. 

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