# A model with vitilligo. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 13, 2014, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-model-with-vitilligo/695435 "2014-08-13T14:04:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-model-with-vitilligo/695435/1 "2014-08-13T14:04:51Z")
A model with vitilligo. > **[Model with vitiligo: Only you can make yourself feel beautiful](https://www.today.com/style/model-vitiligo-only-you-can-make-yourself-feel-beautiful-1D80046222)** > > When Chantelle Brown-Young was in second grade, she first realized her life would not be like everyone else’s. “I had just changed schools and befriended two girls who abruptly stopped talking to me after a few months,” said Brown-Young, 19, who has... Wow is she striking. I think she’s gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-model-with-vitilligo/695435/2 "2014-08-13T14:32:18Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Wow is she striking. They got their own Union? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-model-with-vitilligo/695435/3 "2014-08-13T16:09:50Z")
Is vitilligo usually that symmetrical on the face? It doesn’t appear to be symmetrical anywhere else on her body. If it was just blotches on her face, I think it’d be a much different effect. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-model-with-vitilligo/695435/4 "2014-08-13T16:31:17Z")
Seconded. I think she’s gorgeous too. ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-model-with-vitilligo/695435/5 "2014-08-13T17:05:16Z")
I could really go for a tall glass of chocolate milk right now. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-model-with-vitilligo/695435/6 "2014-08-14T10:59:52Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > They got their own Union? 😕 Stop it, you! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-model-with-vitilligo/695435/7 "2014-08-14T12:51:06Z")
Her name is Chantelle Brown-Young? She totally needs to marry Jack White, and start going by Chantelle Brown-White. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-model-with-vitilligo/695435/8 "2014-08-14T15:12:15Z")
Makes me want a pony. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-model-with-vitilligo/695435/9 "2014-08-14T15:18:07Z")
She’s MUCH better-looking than Michael Jackson ever was 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Macca26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-model-with-vitilligo/695435/10 "2014-08-14T16:07:35Z")
> [@](#): > > In middle school and high school, she was called “cow,” “zebra,” “a lot of mean things. Sounds like those sorts of comments are still alive and well, eh? It’s too bad that she’ll probably be treated as a “novelty” or “fetish” in the modeling world because otherwise people associate her looks as too “weird”. It all depends on how well she can manage to hold on to the path she wants. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-model-with-vitilligo/695435/11 "2014-08-14T16:40:41Z")
> [@Macca26](#): > > Sounds like those sorts of comments are still alive and well, eh? Oh, come on. She’s obviously absolutely gorgeous. Interesting skin condition or not, I doubt she’s experiencing a shortage of boys wanting to ride bikes with her. We’re all just jealous. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-model-with-vitilligo/695435/12 "2014-08-14T16:45:08Z")
> [@Atomic\_Mama](#): > > She’s MUCH better-looking than Michael Jackson ever was 😃 She beat him by a nose. ---
**Author:** ![Macca26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-model-with-vitilligo/695435/13 "2014-08-14T16:49:42Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Oh, come on. She’s obviously absolutely gorgeous. Interesting skin condition or not, I doubt she’s experiencing a shortage of boys wanting to ride bikes with her. We’re all just jealous. Well, you can go back in time and tell her middle school self all her bullies are “just jealous” and see how well that works - be sure to mention adults aren’t always any better at keeping their thoughts to themselves. I’m just saying, being compared to a pony or horse isn’t a compliment. Just because she isn’t here to personally see the comments doesn’t make them any better. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-model-with-vitilligo/695435/14 "2014-08-14T18:31:47Z")
> [@Macca26](#): > > Sounds like those sorts of comments are still alive and well, eh? > > It’s too bad that she’ll probably be treated as a “novelty” or “fetish” in the modeling world because otherwise people associate her looks as too “weird”. It all depends on how well she can manage to hold on to the path she wants. I’m not sure why this is a problem. Any woman that departs even slightly from a very strict norm won’t ever have a chance to become a model. That’s about 99.99% of the population. So it’s not like vitiligo is specifically targeted. You might get away with a beauty spot is everything else about you is perfect, but that’s about all (and you will be remembered as the model with a beauty spot above the lip). So vitiligo… Nothing new here. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-model-with-vitilligo/695435/15 "2014-08-14T19:01:03Z")
I think **Macca26** is primarily objecting to **Chefguy** ’s “pony” comment, which was gross. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-model-with-vitilligo/695435/16 "2014-08-15T23:40:03Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I think **Macca26** is primarily objecting to **Chefguy** ’s “pony” comment, which was gross. Sorry about that; it was in poor taste. I think Robin Williams was still playing out in my head. On the good side, one bad joke in 28,000 posts isn’t bad odds. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-model-with-vitilligo/695435/17 "2014-08-16T01:31:44Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Is vitilligo usually that symmetrical on the face? It doesn’t appear to be symmetrical anywhere else on her body. If it was just blotches on her face, I think it’d be a much different effect. It’s somewhat symmetrical on my face making me appear from a distance as if I was a reverse raccoon. When you can observe it from up close it’s not as symmetrical as you might think. Luckily for me, the Protopic I’ve been prescribed has gone a long way towards helping the skin tone around my eyes go back to normal. It isn’t doing much for my hands though. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-model-with-vitilligo/695435/18 "2014-08-16T05:32:23Z")
**Ah, the "Reverse Raccoon"** Sorry. I’m more of a “Triple Badger-Killer” type. ---
**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-model-with-vitilligo/695435/19 "2014-08-16T14:01:58Z")
People are so open-minded these days. Now we can objectify and evaluate all sorts of bodies! If someone is a slender white female with no unusual characteristics, of course we can say awful things about her, but everyone else is compliments only. And the more you say you think a not-conventionally-attractive person is beautiful, the better a person you are. The very best people do not ever think about people and ponies resembling each other, (except horse-faced actresses, of course) let alone voice their thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-model-with-vitilligo/695435/20 "2014-08-16T14:27:38Z")
Here she is [on a pony](http://33.media.tumblr.com/07ec8a5e8db8a2a3630def8f1aeace82/tumblr_n3iv9j5ThU1r0pru4o1_500.jpg). She seems to have a sense of humor about it, at least. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-model-with-vitilligo/695435.md?page=2)