Ingcebiso ngeNtetho eyiNene u-Ashley Graham unika iiModeli eziNqwenelekayo
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Ubomi beSupermodel buvakala ngathi liphupha elivela ngaphandle-kwaye ngu iphupha elininzi labasetyhini abancinci. Uhlawulwa kwijethi kwimiboniso yefashoni, unxibe iimpahla ezintle, kwaye usebenze kunye nezona stylists zibalaseleyo kunye namagcisa ezinto zokuthambisa emhlabeni. Kodwa uAshley Graham usandula ukulahla ulwazi lweshishini kudliwanondlebe naye I-CBS ngeCawe yasekuseni. Mfutshane kuyo: UGraham akawucebisi umsebenzi wakhe kwiimodeli ezinqwenelekayo.
"Umbuzo endiwubuza ngalo lonke ixesha kumantombazana amancinci kukuba, 'Ndiba njani umzekelo? Ndifuna ukuba ngumzekelo, "watshela i-CBS. "Kwaye ndathi kubo, 'Kutheni nifuna ukuba ngumzekelo? Kutheni le nto nifuna ukukhethwa ngalo lonke ixesha? Kutheni ungayi kuba umhleli? Kutheni ungazami nje ukuba, njengoAnna Wintour? Okanye kutheni ungabi ngumyili kwaye Xela iimodeli ndenze ntoni imini yonke?"
Endaweni yokujonga umsebenzi wakhe njengabo bonke ubukhazikhazi ngalo lonke ixesha, uGraham wezisa icala elisezantsi eliqinisekileyo: Iimodeli zihlala ziphantsi kwe-microscope. Kwaye unokuzithemba ngoku, kodwa uGraham waziva ngathi "ungaphandle" ngenxa yobukhulu bakhe xa wayeqala.
Ewe amava akhe khange abekho konke embi. Ngexesha lodliwanondlebe, uGraham wathetha ngovuyo lokuba ngumzekelo wokuqala weqweqwe Imidlalo eboniswe. Lilonke, unombulelo ngendawo akuyo namhlanje. "Ndinexeshana, kodwa bendinomzuzwana ngoku, kwaye ndiyabulela kakhulu. Aniboni nje abafazi abanomzimba wam, abakhulu, abancinci. , nantoni na; ubona ishishini litshintsha phambi kwamehlo akho. "
Kwaye nangona engacingi ukuba ukumodareyitha kukuphela kwayo, uGraham wenze inqaku lokunceda ekuvuleni indlela kwiimodeli zexesha elizayo.(Wade waseka i-ALDA, iarhente yokumodareyitha ekhuthaza ukubandakanywa kwefashoni.) Ukuba uzimisele ukungena kwi-biz, qaphela iingcebiso zikaGraham zokufumana ukuzithemba ngokuqinisekiswa kwemihla ngemihla, kwaye ungavumeli abo bakuthiyileyo bakugcine ekubeni wena. UGraham bubungqina bokuba ukuhlala unyanisekile kuwe kunomvuzo.