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Model won't let vitiligo get in the way of her dreams

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MALAYSIANSKINI | Freelance model Sonya Danita Charles is someone who deserves so much more than just being celebrated on one particular day of the year, that is World Vitiligo Day, which is celebrated on June 25.

Just log on to her website and not only will you get to see her extensive modelling portfolio but also conversations on self-acceptance, being body positive, celebrating beauty in diversity and much more.

And she’s done all of this despite being diagnosed at the tender age of eight with vitiligo, a condition where pale white skin patches appear on the skin. It is caused by a...

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