Chantelle Brown-Young was recently eliminated from America's Next Top Model, but she's already secured her first fashion campaign as the face of Desigual.
The 20-year-old Toronto native was chosen to front the Barcelona-based company's fall campaign because she 'fits perfectly' with Desigual's philosophy of 'enjoying life and being happy,' according to its marketing department.
Miss Brown-Young was diagnosed with vitiligo - which Michael Jackson also suffered from - around the age of four, and has been praised for her unique look.
'Desigual stands for being unusual and unique and atypical, so they figured I’d be the perfect person for that,' the model told the New York Post.
'They had a new line that had a lot of dots. And some of my skin patterns are dots. In the campaign video, there’s a part where the dot on a scarf lines up perfectly with a dot I have on my waist, and I thought that was the coolest thing ever,' she added.
Big break: Tyra Banks asked the 20-year-old to appear on America's Next Top Model after seeing her on Instagram
Miss Brown-Young has said that she was cruelly nicknamed 'zebra' and 'cow' as a child because of the white patches covering her face and body.
'The bullying started when I went to school,' she told People. 'It was tough. I definitely had problems with self-esteem.'
But that hasn't stopped her from pursuing her modeling ambition: She has already graced the catwalk dozens of times and was photographed by Nick Knight, who has lensed everyone from Kate Moss to Karlie Kloss.
Not letting the bullies win: The model - pictured here in a music video released this year - said growing up she was cruelly nicknamed 'zebra' and 'cow' because of the white patches covering her face and body
Growing pains: Miss Brown-Young was diagnosed with vitiligo - the same condition Michael Jackson suffered from - around the age of four
The exact cause of the condition is unknown, although many experts believe that it is an autoimmune condition in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys certain cells.
It affects between 0.5per cent and one percent of the global population.
Miss Brown-Young was asked to compete on the 21st cycle of America's Top Model after Tyra Banks discovered her on her Instagram account, on which she describes herself as a 'vitiligo spokesmodel.'
'I'd only been modeling for maybe a year before she found me, so I was pretty fresh,' Miss Brown-Young said. 'The fact that she wanted me so badly for her show will stick with me for the rest of my
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