Chantelle Brown-Young, America's Next Top Model Contestant with Rare Skin Condition, Lands Two Colorful Campaign Ads

The former America's Next Top Model contestant is the new face of a major clothing brand

Her role on America’s Next Top Model may have ended early, but Chantelle Brown-Young (who goes by Winnie Harlow now) is making a career for herself without coaching from smize-master Tyra Banks. In fact, the model has landed not one, but two new gigs for spring: the model is Desigual’s newest brand ambassador and also will appear in Diesel’s new spring campaign.

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The 20-year-old Canadian model, who was diagnosed with vitiligo (a rare skin condition that causes white patches to appear on the skin when she was 4 years old), began her modeling career as a contestant on the reality TV show America’s Next Top Model (after being discovered by Tyra Banks on Instagram) and has since appeared in a few campaign ads for the Spanish clothing brand, Desigual. Now the model has gotten a promotion to “brand ambassador” for its spring/summer campaign, “Say Something Nice.”

“She’s a model who breaks the established conventions and canons,” the brand said in a statement. “With her confident, optimistic attitude she proves that being different is not only beautiful, it gives you personality, makes you more special and therefore even more attractive.”

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Harlow also appears in Diesel’s brightly-hued Spring/Summer 2015 ads, alongside models Charlotte Free and Gryphon O’Shea, for the brand’s “#DieselHigh” campaign.

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In under a year, Harlow has parlayed her ANTM success into a major modeling career — and she never let her skin condition slow her down. “Growing up, it was a ‘fake it ’til you make it’ type of thing,” she told PEOPLE. “I just decided, ‘You know what? I’m going to keep telling myself I’m beautiful until I feel beautiful.’ And it happened.”

What do you think of the model’s colorful new ads? Do you have a favorite?

–Sarah Kinonen

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