Winnie Harlow Tears Up Over Videos from Other Women with Vitiligo: 'I've Become That Big Sister I Always Wanted'

Winnie Harlow is reacting to praise from immoderate of her biggest supporters.

The model, 30, appeared connected Today connected Wednesday, June 25, to talk her skincare marque Cay Skin, nan announcement of her first-ever Madame Tussauds wax fig and, successful 1 information she didn't anticipate, nan value of being a domiciled exemplary for others connected World Vitiligo Day.

After a sit-down question and reply pinch Bobbie Thomas, Harlow was amazed by Jenna Bush Hager pinch video messages from 3 women pinch vitiligo, an autoimmune information that causes patches of tegument to suffer pigment. All 3 women told Today really Harlow's defense has changed them.

"I consciousness truthful grateful that we person personification for illustration you who is paving nan measurement for those of america pinch vitiligo," 1 protagonist said. "To person personification who is so, truthful beautiful, who is truthful bold, truthful inspiring, it intends nan world to maine and I cognize it intends truthful overmuch to truthful galore more."

Another female said successful her video that "seeing personification arsenic beautiful and genuine arsenic you" helped her "learn to emotion myself," contempt "self-confidence issues."

"I ever wish I had a large sister. I've ever been nan large sister... And to spot thing for illustration that, I've go that large sister that I've ever wanted," Harlow said aft watching nan clips.

"To spot maine being existent to maine and opinionated successful assurance successful my ain powerfulness and really that tin item truthful galore girls and boys to do nan nonstop same, because they person a powerfulness arsenic well. It makes everything that I do worthy it."

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Elsewhere during her Today appearance, Harlow was asked what she wished she heard arsenic a four-year aged if she could spell "back successful time."

"Do you cognize what I deliberation would've been nan astir powerful, if I didn't perceive thing astatine all," she said. "To conscionable acquisition life arsenic I was, I deliberation would've made a world of difference."

"I would for illustration group to cognize that being different is simply a superpower," she added. "We are each different, each azygous 1 of us. We are each different. To ain that and to emotion that, everything will beryllium great. As agelong arsenic you ain who you are and emotion who you are, nan world is your oyster."

Back successful 2021, Harlow — who entered nan nationalist oculus successful 2014 astatine 19 erstwhile she competed connected rhythm 19 of America's Next Top Model — caught up pinch PEOPLE astir making it her ngo to break barriers successful fashion. At nan time, she said she "never saw anyone for illustration maine connected TV, advertisements aliases connected nan runways" increasing up and "felt for illustration I was nan only personification successful nan world for illustration me."

"My scheme was to ne'er fail," she said. "I'm from nan hood, and my extremity was to ne'er spell back. I wanted to return attraction of my mom and my sister and make my dada proud."