Vitiligo Models

A few years ago, models with vitiligo were rarely seen in the media. This has since changed. The inclusion and diversity movement today shows a greater variety or diversity of skin colour, ethnicity and personal body characteristics. This includes, for example, people of colour , models with disabilities , curvy models, etc. In recent years, major brands have also placed people with vitiligo at the centre of their advertising. Recently, vitiligo models have been appearing in more and more campaigns and are helping to reduce the stigmatisation of the disease.

What is vitiligo?

Vitiligo is the name of a chronic skin disease. The disease is also known as white spot disease and is generally harmless. The effects are mainly cosmetic. Some areas of the skin of vitiligo sufferers are completely free of colour pigments and appear as white patches. In some people, only a few of these pigment-free areas are visible, in others they are distributed over the whole body, on the face, arms and legs, neck and hands. Most affected people suffer from stigmatisation because they stand out in public with these particular body features.

Vitiligo models: successfully established in the fashion industry

Model Winnie Harlow, for example, used his illness as an opportunity to develop it as his personal trademark and to encourage others to deal with the illness proactively. The fashion industry took up this idea. As a result, a new trend developed based on her role model. The special profession of vitiligo models emerged in the fashion world.

A bold step - vitiligo as a trademark

The white spot disease is still stigmatised in many areas. Vitiligo sufferers feel burdened and often hurt by pitying looks. For a long time, many people with vitiligo did not dare to go out in public. Showing yourself as a model with vitiligo can help to remove the taboo surrounding the disease. The courageous step taken by Winnie Harlow, who openly showed her condition and even used it as her characteristic feature for her modelling career, brought about a change in thinking. The number of vitiligo models is constantly growing.

Vitiligo models are in demand

Vitiligo is increasingly proving to be no longer a stigmatisation, but even an advantage for a modelling career. A vitiligo model can score with the great advantage that the non-pigmented areas on the skin look different on every affected person and radiate uniqueness. Whether as a special catwalk model or as a petite model , the industry is on the lookout for vitiligo models. Photo shoots for glossy magazines, exclusive partial body shots for the presentation of rings, bracelets and watches, for example - the white patches on the skin are distinctive trademarks. Vitiligo models are also suitable as make-up models and counteract the stigmatisation of the disease. Whether the white spot disease occurs on a darker or lighter skin colour, vitiligo models have excellent opportunities to make a career in the modelling scene .