This "goddess" with vitiligo is "perfectly painted with a purpose."
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00:00I've had people ask me if I was burnt.
00:03I've had people call me a cow.
00:06I've had people call me a Dalmatian.
00:20My name is Iyamika Johnson and F pretty.
00:23My confidence is contagious.
00:26I got vitiligo when I was 25 years old.
00:30I got a little tiny spot right under my left arm.
00:34Didn't panic about it at first,
00:36but then it began to get bigger.
00:38I went to my doctor's appointment
00:40and the doctor showed me different images
00:42of different people with vitiligo.
00:44And I was like depressed.
00:48I was so sad because I was like,
00:50oh my God, I don't want my face to turn like that.
00:55It was very hard for me to accept it.
01:16I literally covered it up for 12 years.
01:19I spent thousands of dollars on makeup.
01:22I would not go around the corner of my house
01:26to the store without my makeup on.
01:28My family helped me to embrace my vitiligo.
01:32My mom used to tell me that all the time.
01:34Why don't you just embrace it
01:35and not wear the makeup anymore?
01:37You never know who you could inspire.
01:45From Mardi Gras one year,
01:47I was with my grandson and one of my cousins.
01:49The parade is about to start.
01:51And as I'm walking up, this man was like,
01:53holy S, a spotted N-word.
01:58I was sad because I never wanted my grandson
02:02to feel like I was different.
02:10I just wanted teenagers and children
02:13and women to come on my page,
02:16see me, own my beauty, own who I am.
02:20And they don't just see a girl with vitiligo.
02:24They see an artistic light with vitiligo.
02:33I walk into a place and I own it.
02:35And once you own the room,
02:38nobody can tell you anything negative
02:41because it's just like,
02:42how can you say something negative to a person
02:47that is exuding confidence?
02:49If you have vitiligo,
02:51I want you to know that you are perfectly painted
02:53with a purpose.
02:54And that you are so special
02:56on the fact that you're different.
02:59Different is beautiful.