Winnie Harlow doesn't think she's a role model

She said: "I'm breaking boundaries. But I definitely don't want to be called a role model.

"I'm just me. I live my life as myself.

"I make mistakes, I swear a lot.

"I'm just a young woman living my life and if people find something in that that's inspirational, then I'm happy."

Winnie was bullied because of her skin pigment condition vitiligo when she was a child but eventually realised her own opinion was what counted and stopped listening to the hurtful comments.

She said: "The only reason I didn't like my skin is because I was told it wasn't what's right. Or I was told it wasn't normal.

"But who's to say that? Eventually I learned that my opinion of myself matters so much more than anyone else's and I wish I'd known it earlier.

"One day I just didn't give a f**k anymore."

And the former 'America's Next Top Model' contestant admits she finds it frustrating that her skin is constantly under scrutiny.

She told Grazia magazine: "I am honestly so sick of talking about my skin. Literally, so sick of it.

"I hope one day I can just stop talking about it.

"It shouldn't be a box that people try and keep me in, but I feel like that's going to be a battle throughout my whole life.

"All I can do is try to fight it for the next generation. I'm the first of my kind, but one day I hope I'm not the model with vitiligo.

I hope I'll just be Winnie Harlow the model."