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WEB4 days ago · Michaela DePrince, whose dance career spanned several ballet companies and collaborations with Beyoncé and Madonna, died last week. She was 29. ... speak about her vitiligo and her experiences as ...
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WEB1 day ago · Michaela DePrince, a ... She grew up in an orphanage, where she was mistreated for her vitiligo. However, in 1999, she and a girl named Mia were adopted by Elaine and Charles DePrince in New Jersey.
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WEBW hen Michaela DePrince was living in an orphanage during Sierra Leone’s civil war in the late 1990s, ... Mabinty was born with a disease called vitiligo, which caused spotting on her skin. She ...
Trailblazing ballerina Michaela DePrince dies at 29 | AP News
WEB6 days ago · DePrince suffered from a skin pigmentation disorder that had her labeled “the devil’s child” at the orphanage. “I lost both my parents, so I was there (the orphanage) for about a year and I wasn’t treated very well because I had vitiligo,” DePrince told the AP in a 2012 interview. “We were ranked as numbers and number 27 was the ...
Pioneering ballerina Michaela DePrince dies at 29 : NPR
WEB6 days ago · Michaela DePrince performs Giselle with the English National ballet in London on Jan. 13, 2017. ... she remembered being called “the devil’s child” because of vitiligo, ...
This Ballerina With Vitiligo Is Bringing Hope to the Stage
WEBJun 9, 2017 · Michaela DePrince is a rare beauty in the ballet community. She is a woman of color bringing diversity to the stage, and she's embracing her vitiligo.
Michaela DePrince: America's trailblazing ballerina dies at 29 - BBC
WEBSep 14, 2024 · She has spoken in the past about how she was seen as a "devil's child" in the orphanage because she suffered from vitiligo, a condition in which patches of skin lose pigmentation.
Michaela DePrince, a Sierra Leonean American ballerina for …
WEB6 days ago · In her 2014 book “Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina,” she recounted how she was isolated from the other children due to vitiligo, a skin pigmentation condition, and how she ...
Michaela De Prince
WEBAt a young age, Michaela had vitiligo, a condition that causes patches of skin to lose its color. In Michaela’s motherland, vitiligo was widely considered a curse of the devil and thus, her uncle abandoned her at an orphanage.
Michaela DePrince: her inspiring journey from war orphan to the …
WEBFeb 24, 2023 · DePrince is one of a small number of Black classical ballerinas in the world. Additionally, she has vitiligo, a skin condition that takes away pigment.