VIDEO. “People watched me with unhealthy curiosity“: albino model, she says

“Everything I have been through has allowed me to see my albinism as something beautiful. “

Ruby Vizcarra is an albino model. Albinism is a genetic condition resulting from mutations in several genes that affect the production of melanin in the skin, hair, and eyes. “When I was little I found that people looked at me with unhealthy curiosity, as if I was a beast.“Ruby remembers. The model says she found strength in her struggles until she came to terms with herself.”Now I love my albinism, whereas before I couldn’t even talk about it. Today I find myself beautiful as I am“, he smiles.

When entering school, Ruby remembers feeling her difference for the first time and the feeling of rejection from others: “My friends would touch my skin and ask me: “Hey, did you wear makeup? Why did you wear makeup? ? “” If Ruby learned to defend herself, those comments hurt her a lot. “I finally fell into severe depression when I was a teenager“, she says. With the help of a psychologist, Ruby managed to get back to the normal course of her life. Today, she is a model and has learned to love herself.”I looked for artists who would agree to work with me as I am, without trying to change me“, she concludes.