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Redefining beauty? Next Top Model contestant stuns with 'flawed' skin disease
Yasmin Vought
America's Next Top Model contestant Chantelle Young has a skin condition called vitiligo which causes a patchy depigmentation of her skin. See the video above.
The 19-year-old says she's on the show to prove that people shouldn't let flaws get in the way of their dreams.
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"A lot of people have a story or a background," Chantelle says. "But mine is painted on my body."
Celebrities who have suffered from the same skin condition include Michael Jackson and Jon Hamm. Jon's vitiligo was reportedly stress-induced while working on Mad Men.
The next season of America's Next Top Model is set to air on US network the CW this August.
