Positive Exposure Inside Edition Part I

Cindy Gibson has albinism, a condition so rare that for 29 years she never met another person with pink-white skin and pure white hair like hers.

That changed one morning when she met Scott Gibson in a shopping mall in Kitchener, Canada.

"Finally, someone understood what I felt," she said. "We really clicked."

Scott and Cindy, now married, are among the 350 people attending the National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation conference at the Arlington Park Hilton.

The conference, which meets every other year, offers a rare opportunity for people with albinism to discuss everything from makeup and sunscreen to teasing and job discrimination.

Famous people with albinism

* Michael Bowman, an American actor (Me, Myself & Irene)[54]
* Connie Chiu, the first female albinistic model in the mainstream fashion industry; a photo model for Jean-Paul Gaultier[55]
* Cano Estremera, a Puerto Rican salsa musician[55]
* Winston "Yellowman" Foster (also known as "King Yellowman"), a Jamaican dancehall musician
* G. Harishankar, a Carnatic khanjira drummer[55]
* Dennis Hurley, an American film producer and actor (The Albino Code, Running with Scissors), writer, comedian and singer[54]
*
Stanley "Sataan" Kaoni, 2002
Stanley Kaoni (also known as "Sataan"), a former Solomon Islands militant leader (Kaoni has light blonde hair and pale facial skin with some evidence of vitiligo, and appears to have developed some pigmentation especially on the arms; his particular type of albinism is likely to be OCA1b.)[54][56]
* Zephania Kameeta, Namibian religious and political leader.
* Salif Keita, a Malian popular musician[55]
* Krondon, an American rapper and hip hop musician/producer, with the trio Strong Arm Steady
* Malford Milligan, an American blues and soul singer[57]
* Corrie "Al Beeno" Moodie (also known as "Prince Yellowman"), a Jamaican dancehall musician now living in Canada[55]
*
Mem Nahadr photo by Christophe Alary
Mem "M" Nahadr, an African-American performance artist, author, composer, off-broadway producer, and jazz vocalist.[55]
* Ali "Brother Ali" Newman, a hip hop artist from Minneapolis, Minnesota
* Hermeto Pascoal, a Brazilian jazz musician
* Willie "Piano Red" Perryman, an American blues musician[55]
* Shaun Ross, the first male albinistic model in the mainstream fashion industry, featured in British GQ, i-D Magazine and Another Man among other periodicals, and started his career when he was 16
* Seinei, 22nd Emperor of Japan (5th century)
* William Archibald Spooner, an Anglican priest[55]
* Darnell Swallow, a contestant on Big Brother 9 UK (2008); noted for discussing albinism and his desire for acceptance with his on-show housemates, and wearing a jumper (sweater) with the words "Don't Label Me. Respect Me"
* Victor Varnado, African American stand-up comedian and actor.[55]
* Levan Wee, the lead singer of Ronin, a Singaporean band[58]
* Redford White, a Filipino actor and comedian
* Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter, American blues-rock musician brothers[55]
* David Wrench, a Welsh-born electronic musician[59][60]
* Zāl (Persian: زال), a warrior of ancient Persia (present-day Iran), mentioned in The Book of Kings and Shahnameh. Today, in Persian zaal is a term for albinistic people.

source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albinism_in_popular_culture