Ideas worth spreading

TEDxTeen

October 2014

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How I define beauty

Model and activist Winnie Harlow says she finds beauty in everything, from photos on Instagram to the sheen on a shiny bald head. In this short talk, she explains how living with vitiligo helped her reject societal standards of beauty and define it on her own terms.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxTeen, an independent event.

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Model and activist Winnie Harlow says she finds beauty in everything, from photos on Instagram to the sheen on a shiny bald head. In this short talk, she explains how living with vitiligo helped her reject societal standards of beauty and define it on her own terms.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxTeen, an independent event.

Read more about TEDx.

About the speaker

Winnie Harlow

Model, activist

Winnie Harlow (born Chantelle Brown-Young) is a Canadian fashion model and activist.

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