M - Xue Li — Asia

By 16, Xueli had transitioned from being a child left at an orphanage to a . She used her rising platform to:

: By working with world-renowned photographers, she showed that her albinism was a unique asset rather than a "curse". Asia M - Xue Li

Xue Li was born with , a rare genetic condition that many in China at the time viewed as a curse or a sign of bad luck. At age three, her life changed forever when she was adopted by a family from the Netherlands. Her new mother chose to keep her birth name, believing it perfectly described her unique beauty. A New Vision of Beauty By 16, Xueli had transitioned from being a