A girl from China who was abandoned by her parents at a tender age due to her albinism has—despite her condition—gone against the odds and succeeded in becoming a teen model. As a baby, Xueli Abbing, now 16 years old, was dropped off outside an orphanage by her parents without them leaving a note explaining why. The orphanage took her in and gave her a name. She was later adopted at the age of 3, and eventually went to live with her adoptive mother and sister in the Netherlands. “My mother said she could not think of a more perfect name and she thought it was important to keep a reference to my Chinese roots,” Xueli told the BBC. Xueli’s albinism is what gives her hair and skin its extraordinarily light complexion, along with her skin’s increased sensitivity to sunlight. At the time of her birth, the Chinese government had in …