Chantelle Whitney Brown-Young was born July 27, 1994 and she is known professionally as Winnie Harlow , is a Canadian model and public spokesperson for the skin condition vitiligo .
Winnie Harlow Biography
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 descent and has two sisters.
She was bullied by other children and was reportedly called a “cow, zebra, and all sorts of other derogatory slurs” by black and white students during her childhood.The verbal bullying led her to change schools numerous times and to drop out of high school, after which she contemplated suicide.
Winnie Harlow Physical Stat
-Height (high), Feet inches- 5′ 9″
-Centimeters- 175cm, Meters- 1.75 meters
-Weight-Kilograms: 55kg
-Pounds- 121 pounds
-Bra size-32B
-Body Measurements (Chest-waist-hips)-34-25-36
-Shoe Size (US)-8
-Tattoo details-None
-Eye color-Dark brown
-Hair color-Black
Winnie Harlow Boyfriend
She is currently dating Wiz Khalifa for a few months. Dating rumors of her was making headlines after she was posting a photo on July 20 of her on her Instagram story where she was wearing her gold ‘Cam’ chain. And the two officially were confirming their blossoming romance in August, after a few months of flirting on social media.
Just a month later, the model was spotted with boyfriend Khalifa showing off their bizarre fashion sense in a light blue crop top. As of now, the two are in love. The rapper was previously married to Amber Rose. The two married in July 2013 and divorced the following year.
Winnie Harlow Nude
The model was uploading a nude photo of herself wearing only a beige thong on her social networks and she was showing how proud and comfortable she was feeling to be the person that she is. “The real difference is not my skin. It is the fact that I do not find my beauty in the opinion of others. I am beautiful because I know. Celebrate your unique beauty today (and every day)!” she was writting on her instagram account.
Winnie Harlow Skin
It would be impolite not to look at her skin’. Harlow’s unique black-and-white toned skin is actually an autoimmune skin condition called vitiligo.
The vitiligo typically affects to the most exposed parts of the body, such as the hands and face and it folds of the body like the armpits or the groin area; places where the skin has been damaged such as cuts; around body openings like the eyes and also in the areas around pigmented moles.
Winnie Harlow Skin Condition
The main symptom of vitiligo is the appearance of white spots on the skin , which arise when the cells responsible for producing melanin, the melanocytes, stop performing this function. Dr. Juan Jiménez, dermatologist points out that “although the exact cause is unknown, it is believed that it may be related to a disorder of the immune system, which reacts in the wrong way due to a genetic predisposition against melanocytes.”
The affected areas usually spread over time.The disease does not pose a health risk, but it can create an aesthetic discomfort in people who develop it.It can also appear in areas with hair, prematurely staining the hair, eyelashes and eyebrows white or greyish.Vitiligo is also associated with alopecia areata, various thyroid disorders and atopic dermatitis.
Winnie Harlow Career
Harlow was discovered by America’s Next Top Model host Tyra Banks on Instagram , and subsequently became one of the 14 finalists for Cycle 21 in 2014. She was the only Canadian chosen for ANTM.
At first, not all brands accepted her as she was and she knew that she would not work on any project. There were times when people didn’t know what to do with it: “At my first show, the makeup artist looked at me and said, ‘Now what am I supposed to do? I’ll have to hide the stains ,’ and on That moment I got up and made him see that I didn’t have to cover my skin: this is me! Winnie says.
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 cycle photo shoots along with the other eliminated contestants in an effort to come back to the competition.
After completing the comeback series, it was revealed that she received the highest average public vote score and came back. She was eliminated again in episode 13, placing sixth overall.
Following her elimination from America’s Next Top Model , Harlow modeled for the Spanish clothing brand Desigual and became their official brand representative.
In September 2014, she walked and closed for clothing brand Ashish for their spring/summer 2015 collection at London Fashion Week .
She was modeling for fashion magazines such as i- D and Dazed , and for the fashion website Showstudio.com . In 2015, she was modeling for Italian clothing brand Diesel for their spring/summer 2015 campaign, which was photographed by British fashion photographer Nick Knight .
She was modeling for the Spanish and Italian editions of Glamor magazine and was featured in the August/September 2015 issue of Complex magazine .
She was also appeared in the August 2015 issue of Cosmopolitan . She was appeared on Vogue Italia ‘s website in an interview and accompanying photoshoot.
In August 2015, she photographed the cover and accompanying editorial in the September issue of Ebony magazine , where she appeared alongside former America’s Next Top Model contestant Fatima Siad.
Today, after all the travel, she is considered exotic for her symmetrical spots on her face. The model has commented that designers and photographers speak of her almost like a treasure and she has been surprised how the same thing that caused her so much pain and ridicule is now a reason for praise and flattery.
“Every time I thought about going back immediately, I said no, why? It just keeps getting better and better,” recalls her when she left Canada for the United States.
Currently, she continues with a career in Journalism and intends to practice both jobs in parallel in the future. The young she is seen traveling and participating in fashion week.
“If life has something awesome for me, I’m ready to receive it .” And she was sayng: “As a journalist (if I end up with good results) I hope to work in Paris, Los Angeles or possibly New York. For now the world can wait.”
In 2016, she was appearing in a commercial for Sprite, and was featured in a campaign for Swarovski. The same year, she was chosen as one of the BBC’s 100 Women. In 2018, she was modeling at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.
She was appearing in ad campaigns for Fendi, Marc Jacobs, Tommy Hilfiger, Desigual, Diesel, Swarovski, Steve Madden, Nike, Puma, MAC, and Victoria’s Secret.
Now it is the turn of Winnie Harlow, whose image and story invaded social networks. And the young Canadian takes advantage of this “minute of fame” to commit herself to all those who suffer from vitiligo. She cares about projecting security and inspiration for other people who suffer from this disease.
Through social networks, Winnie gives support and talks with girls who suffer from the same. It is not long before everyone can see her in the America’s Next Top Model cycle, and the model assured that one of her strengths is evident: “Many people have a particular life story, mine is painted on my body,” she said in a motivational speech that she has been able to share in different places, including the student center where she was bothered so much in her college stage.
“I began to love myself and at that moment the opportunities began to arrive. The key is to try to love yourself. Some people have white skin, others have black skin: I have both , “she said , who today is reason for admiration both for her incipient modeling career, as well as for the message she shares daily with her followers on social networks.
Instagram has been one of its main showcases; today she is followed by more than 116,000 people on an account where she has made 450 posts, including sessions where she poses on a black and white spotted cow, childhood photos of her and hilarious selfies of her .
She wants to show that it is possible to succeed even when adversity is on the surface.
Winnie Harlow And Public Speaking
In July 2011, she was posting a video titled “Vitiligo: A Skin Condition, Not a Life Changer” on YouTube. She was speaking about the condition and answered questions about her life living with vitiligo.
In November 2014, Harlow spoke at a TEDx presentation, recalling her experience with him.
She was awarded the ‘Role Model’ award at the 2015 GQ Men of the Year event in Portugal. 
Winnie Harlow And 2018 Canadian Grand Prix
At the 2018 Canadian Grand Prix, she was invited to wave the checkered flag, signifying the end of the race.
A miscommunication between race officials led Harlow to be instructed to wave the flag on what should have been the penultimate lap of the race.
As a result of the application of the Formula One sporting regulations, the final result has been declared based on the positions at the end of lap 68 (i.e. the official race distance was shortened by two laps from the scheduled distance of 70 laps). The error wasn’t seriously affecting the outcome of the race.
Winnie Harlow Another Job
She was appearing in music videos; these include JMSN’s “The One”, Eminem’s “Guts Over Fear“, Calvin Harris’s “Promises”, and the Black Eyed Peas’s “Where’s the Love?”
She was featured on Beyoncé’s “visual album”, Lemonade, and appeared in a Lilly Singh (also known as II Superwoman II) video on YouTube called “Three Girls, One Elevator”.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Winnie Harlow
- During her young age, the model was named by names like cow and zebra by her classmates during school.
- Therefore, she was chancing a couple of schools in her childhood.
- Money Factor : Her estimated net worth is $3 million US dollars.
- Her mother used to put makeup on her blemishes to hide them in Winnie’s childhood.
- In 2015, Harlow received the Beauty Idol Award at the Gala Spa Awards.
- Furthermore, she was also nominated for the Teen Choice Award for Choice Model in 2016 and 2017.
- The 24-year-old star also won the Glamor Editor’s Choice Award in 2017.
- Harlow has also appeared in various music videos such as “The One”, “Guts Over Fear”, “The Black Eyed Peas” and “#WHERESTHELOVE”.
- In fact, she also made a cameo in Beyoncé‘s “Lemonade”.
- In 2015, Winnie was also receiving the “Role Model” award at the Portuguese GQ Men of The Year event.
Winnie Harlow Net Worth
She is having an estimated net worth of around $3 million as of 2022 which she earned from her multiple profession. Also, she is one of the successful Canadian models and her annual salary is over $200k .
She has amassed a large following on her Instagram account. Her Instagram account plays one of the vital roles in increasing her net worth as the Instagram star who has more than a million followers can earn $15k a sponsored post.
Winnie Harlow Personal Life
In September 2015, she saw Nick Cannon who is an American rapper and actor, on a dinner date at Mr. Chow restaurant. 
According to a source, the pair were dating each other during that time. But they never made their relationship public .
In addition, the model later began her affair with boyfriend Lewis Hamilton who is an English Formula 1 driver. But her love life did not last long and they parted ways. Currently, she is dating Wiz Khalifa .
He is a popular American singer, songwriter, rapper, and actor. They were also seen publicly as a couple for the first time at the 2018 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.
