Chantelle Brown-Young

A ravishingly beautiful young woman who was recently grappling with thoughts of suicide has now found herself among the finalists on the television smash series America’s Top Model. She is Chantelle Brown-Young, 19, and although she was born and lives in Canada, her roots are firmly anchored in several parishes across Jamaica from where her parents originate.
Chantelle, who is also called Winnie Harlow aka Chantelle Winnie, is undoubtedly an oddball in the sequined beauty and fashion industries where flawlessness is nurtured and celebrated. She suffers from the skin condition called vitiligo, a disorder she’s had to endure since childhood that gives her facial and body skin two distinct colour tones- a light shade of chocolate, and white. Pop star Michael Jackson also suffered from the same condition. This skin disorder is a result of a malfunction of the immune system. It affects less than 0.5 per cent of the population, but its impact on Chantelle’s life has been profound.