It's well known the fashion industry is one of the toughest to break into. To conform to the traditional stereotype of a model you need to be skinny, stunning and have legs that go on forever, right ? Try telling that to Refilwe Modiselle -- she's breaking all the rules while sashaying down the catwalk as Africa's first albino model. I was being tenacious and saying no, wait a minute. This is a different representation of what African beauty is, Modiselle tells CNN. You 're told that a black child should be brown-skinned, but what do you then call a girl like myself ? I 'm not tall either. But there I was modeling with the likes of your Adiambo's, your famous models that have really done well. In 1999, Modiselle was just 13 years old when she was first approached to do a five-page shoot for a youth magazine aiming to showcase how the African fashion landscape would change with the turn of the millennium. It was her first taste of fashion, but she got the bug. Yet it would n't be until she finished her high school education and entered college -LRB- at the behest of her mother -RRB- that Modiselle found herself in front of a camera again. Redefining beauty The move kickstarted her career and soon the South African student was staring back at herself from glossy magazine pages and gliding down runways at high-profile events, like Mercedes Benz Africa Fashion Week. I was