Despite being bullied, facing controversy and segregation in the fashion industry, model with Vitiligo – Chantelle Winnie keeps winning.
The 19-year-old just picked up the Beauty Idol Award at the Gala’s Spa Awards 2015 in Baden Baden, Germany in a gorgeous red sequin and lace Mikael D dress.
Speaking on her win, Chantelle said – “It’s an amazing honour. The fact that people recognize what I’m fighting makes my success even more valuable.” While sharing the news with her 629,000 Followers she commented on a photo of her win saying “I’m just tryna stay alive and take care of my people And they don;t have no award for that.“
We love how she is being celebrated for her distinctive looks. Congrats!
Photo Credit: @WinnieHarlow (Instagram)
Happy for her
This girl will bleach her skin with time, awards or no awards! They always turn around. Some body should mark my words
somebody should tell you to shut up
@Adaoha, how can you make such a silly comment. i wonder your before and after
shame on you!!!!!!!!!!
You are seriously sick and dumb.She has a skim condition! not sunburn..Exhibiting sheer foolishness.
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So Amazing. She is a fighter and a winner, by giving people with such skin disease a voice and every reason to come out without hiding. Go girl!
YIPEEE! NOW THIS IS WORTH CELEBRATING!
a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said…
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Like i earlier said they are using this babe simple….
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***
Beauty is in the hands of the beholder!!!
I say it’s in the beholder’s armpit!! -____-
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I think she’s an average beauty at best. I don’t know why they are celebrating the vtiligo. Its not bad, its not good. It just is. I’m sorry to say this, but I find the vitiligo distracting. Good for her.. I just don’t understand what they are celebrating. It would be like celebrating an amputee or celebrating the blindness of a blind model
They are celebrating it cause it’s not the norm in the fashion industry where everything has to be literally perfect.
@ wifey, will you shut the f-k up, why shouldn’t they celebrate vitiligo, this skin disorder has no cure and it does a lot of harm to your self esteem. Can you walk on the road with your head held high with this disorder? I bet husby wouldn’t give you a second look and call you pretty. I have a cousin with vitiligo and I can tell you first hand that it’s not what you’d wish anyone, she’s ashamed to leave the house,people made fun of her, when you try to get close to her all she sees is PITY, she became very bitter for a very long time, she wanted what every girl wants to be admired, to be called beautiful, to flirt, to go dancing, to love and be loved but I thank God she found peace in church and has tried to embrace how she was made. Anything that messes up your physical look is bad so pleasseee this is worth celebrating. Albinos should equally take a cue from her.
I think she is being celebrated because despite all odds she is making a name for herself in the fashion/modeling industry. Do you know what it takes to be in the modeling industry? I admire her courage, the fact that she seems to have learnt to love herself and her self esteem, that is beauty.
it is definitely worth celebrating
It’ll help create awareness, reduce stigma and promote acceptance!
Chantelle. I love this girl!
@Adaoha, she wont bleach cos shes not a Nigerian,They are appreciate her look.God bless her country for not ignoring her.Go girl
pls, u think only Nigerians bleach? South Africans and even Indians are bleaching seriously.
It is about the inside not the outside,,,,,,,,,,,,her self esteem says alot about her inside……….. I celebrate u beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She is stunnigly beautiful!