Remove All Doubt

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“If one day I’m all black I’m still a model. If one day I’m all white I’m still a model. I am not my skin. I am a model with a skin condition.

"I get comments saying that I’m a leper, I control how my skin changes, I bleach my skin, my skin’s burned. None of those are true. The world is looking at me now. I either let the haters affect me or I step my money up. When I stand back from all the hate and I check my bank account… Hahahahaha.”

Chantelle Winnie is a model in demand: her army of fans includes artists, designers and photographers. She told Eve Barlow about her journey from a schoolgirl bullied about her vitiligo to runway queen and took some exclusive pictures for the Observer.

A Crimson Sea of Remembrance Marks the Centenary of WW1

For more photos and videos from “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red,” explore the Tower of London location page and browse the #towerpoppies hashtag.

A sea of ceramic flowers fills the moat of the Tower of London (@historicroyalpalaces) to mark the centenary of Britain’s involvement in the First World War. “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red” by artist Paul Cummins and stage designer Tom Piper features 888,246 crimson poppies: one poppy for each British or Colonial serviceman who died during the conflict. “The installation is transient,” explains Paul, “I found this poignant and reflective of human life, like those who lost their lives during World War I.”