Quotes from Winnie Harlow

Funnily enough, of course I've always thought B was amazing, but I've never been, like, 'Beyhive status'... until actually meeting her. I would honestly drop anything I'm doing to work for her again. Not just because of who she is but because of my experience with her filming for two days.

I think we need to take a step back and realize what the real issues are - it's not being from different places or being different.

Like any other kid, I was trying so hard to fit in that school made no sense to me. I wasn't attending class; I was trying to hang out in the caf with the cool kids. I was always trying to be cool.

Some rules are there for a reason - but it's one thing to have a rule that protects and another to have rules that stifle.

For me personally, I have vitiligo, so my whole career, it's always been this very odd debate: 'Does she want to be white? Is she white and black? Is her mum white?' It's always been this question of my background, my race, and what I stand for.

When I got older, it got harder because when kids get older, they get meaner, so I went through a lot of bullying and people calling me, like, 'zebra' or 'cow,' so it was really hard growing up.

I had to relearn how to love myself by forgetting the opinions of everyone else and focusing on my opinion of myself.

I loved myself. And with that, opportunities start to fall into my lap. And I thank God for all of them.

I think you have to feel your best by yourself. I do think it's important to have a solid friend that you can turn to, though - one that you can vent to.

My mom will sometimes call me Winnie. It's so annoying. I'm like, 'Who are you talking to?'

We lived on our own for a very long time, and those are my happiest years, me and my mom.

Nick Knight was my first big gig as a 'real' model. Prior to and during 'ANTM,' I never actually called myself a model because I always viewed it as a hobby.

It's amazing what a little encouragement can do.

I loved reading magazines about the entertainment world.