Winnie Harlow is a Canadian fashion model and spokesperson on the skin condition vitiligo who was born on July 27, 1994, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her real name is Chantelle Brown-Young and she was born to her parents Lisa Brown and Windsor Young. She grew up with two sisters in a family of Jamaican descent. Harlow suffers from the chronic skin condition known as vitiligo which is known for discoloring the skin. She has become a public spokesperson about the effects it has had on her life. Harlow was bullied by other children and called names such as cow and zebra. The harassment was so bad she had to change schools several times and contemplated suicide. Harlow was discovered by model Tyra Banks on Instagram, and she invited to compete in the twenty-first season of "America's Next Top Model". She was eliminated from the show in the second week of the finals but participated in a separate phase of the show called the "Comeback series'.
Harlow continued to participate in the show's photo shoots with other contestants who were eliminated in hopes of returning to the main competition. Harlow is the first Canadian competitor on the show and it helped her gain exposure. She went on to appear in music videos for Eminem and The Black Eyed Peas as well as fashion magazines like Glamour, Complex, and Cosmopolitan. Harlow is dating rapper Wiz Khalifa since 2018.
Birth Date: | 27 Jul, 1994 |
Age: | 25 yrs |
Occupations: | Model |
Citizenship: | Canada |
Birth Place: | Etobicoke |
Gender: | Female |
Description: | Canadian model |
Net Worth 2021: | 3 million |