Girl With Vitiligo Show Her Beauty Through Modeling (19 pics)

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When Stephanie was 14-years-old a white spot began to appear on her face.

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It didn’t take long for her a doctor to diagnose her with Vitiligo.

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Vitiligo is a condition that causes your skin to lose pigment cells. This loss of skin color causes white patches to occur on the skin.

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Teenage years are tough on anyone, but with Stephanie’s added baggage of Vitiligo she struggled with self-consciousness more than most.

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Stephanie did a lot to try and combat her vitiligo and would sometimes wear long-sleeved attire in an attempt to cover up her growing spots.

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Before she turned 21 over 4/5ths of the skin on her body lost its pigment cells.

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At a certain point Stephanie made the decision that she no longer wanted to receive treatment. She chose to embrace herself for who she was.

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In 2020, she participated in a photoshoot with a makeup artist in her hometown. It went well. Confidence and validation followed.

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She now posts Vitiligo-positive posts encouraging others to love themselves and their bodies.

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“Vitiligo awareness month. Even if unintentionally, this has become a topic around here, right? Lol so I chose a picture that wasn’t going to post, to show how beautiful and sexy I feel just because I have vitiligo.”
“I feel so free to be able to be myself and I know that for that to happen I had to seek information and references to find myself as a person.”

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Although I don’t know this person, it’s cool to see her grow and watch how she can turn her own personal pain into comfort and inspiration for others.
Hotness and humanity, folks.

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“When I accept myself, I free myself from the weight of needing you to accept me.”