But unsurprisingly, there’s a lot more to Harlow than her pretty face and captivating skin.
She also might look familiar because she was a contestant onAmerica’s Next Top Modelin 2014.
But what else is there to know about Harlow, who’s clearly a trailblazer in the industry?
Just where did she come from, and what led her to start modeling?
Read on to discover the untold truth of Winnie Harlow.
“No, I actually was never an ugly duckling.
I was always a swan; I was just told not to see that.”
“The problem is seeing [vitiligo] as a problem from the jump,” she continued.
“The issue was me being bullied, not me having vitiligo.
But believe it or not, Harlow wasn’t interested in modeling as she had other plans for herself.
However, that changed after a fateful encounter with a renowned photographer who had some career-changing advice for Harlow.
“From there I started to build myself up by leveraging social media.”
After that, Harlow was on her way up and ready to find the next opportunity.
Indeed there were several, the first a profession being one for which many young girls pine.
“I used to take ballet, until I pulled my groin.
“Being on the red carpet was too much adrenaline for me,” she continued.
“And the boys asked, ‘Who is this?’
Thus a legend was born.
“I literally love food,” she gushed in an interview withElle.
So, naturally, she had to have it.
“I was like, ‘Bring it on!’
I tasted it and didn’t like it so I didn’t finish it,” she continued.
“But I tasted it.
I will always try something.”
She added that the craziest thing she’s ever eaten is likely frog legs.
“One day, I just didn’t give a f**k anymore.”
We are so here for this, Winnie!
“I hope one day I can just stop talking about it.”
“I don’t believe in role models,” she revealed in an interview withForbes.
You should want to be yourself.”
“I try not to compare myself to anyone else,” she continued.
“It’s inspiring to see my girls in my industry doing the things that they’re doing.
But I have my own path that I have to walk and you just can’t compare.”
Naturally, Harlow was interested.
“I just looked at him like, you idiot.
I turned and walked away without even giving him a response.”
Obviously, he didn’t deserve one, Winnie!
“Obviously, Victoria’s Secretisthe best.”
“I started crying,” she continued.
“Literally, I immediately just dropped everything that was in my hand and started bawling.”
“[More] magazine covers … you’re free to never have enough.
Ever,” she added.
“Wiz & Winnie,” he wrote in the caption (viaiHeartRadio), accompanied by heart emojis.
That looked pretty Instagram official to us!
However, they’ve since split up, as noted byE!
“I was introduced to her mixtapes when I was in middle school.
That’s been one of my favorite artists for the longest time.
I always wanted to meet her.”
“Recently, I have been loving Cher’s old looks,” she shared in an interview withVogue.
In particular, Harlow admires Cher for her willingness to step outside of the box and take fashion risks.
“It doesn’t do anything for any model’s career, realistically.”
Rather, it was her work with established photographers that gave her the chance to make it big.
“It went viral, and I got campaigns from there, and it hasn’t stopped since.”
