What does Michaela DePrince have left to conquer? As a 4-year-old orphan in Sierra Leone, the thought of being adopted made her physically sick, but she overcame her fear to enjoy a loving family life in New Jersey. At the orphanage she'd been called "the devil child" because of a skin condition called vitiligo, which created a mottled appearance on her neck and chest, but she resolutely pursued the skin-baring art o…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:34PM on July 21, 2015