Amputee Model Shaholly Ayers Ukophula imiqobo kwiFashoni

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U-Shaholly Ayers wazalwa ngaphandle kwengalo yakhe yasekunene, kodwa oku akuzange kumthintele kumaphupha akhe okuba ngumzekelo. Namhlanje uthathe umhlaba wefashoni ngesiqhwithi, efuna iimagazini ezingenakubalwa kunye neekhathalogu, ngummeli werhwebo kwi-Global Disability Inclusion, kwaye waba ngowokuqala ukuhamba kwiVeki yeFashoni yaseNew York ngaphandle kokufakelwa. (Idibeneyo: I-NYFW Liye laba liKhaya lokuNgqinisisa umzimba kunye nokuBandakanywa, kwaye ngekhe sizikhusele)

“Njengomntwana, ndandingazi nokuba ndahlukile,” utshilo uAyers. "Ndandineminyaka eyi-3 okokuqala ndiva igama elithi 'ukukhubazeka.'

Nangona kunjalo, akazange aqonde ukuba lithetha ntoni eli gama ade abe kwibanga lesithathu. "Kulapho ndaqala khona ukuxhatshazwa kwaye ndathatha kuba ndandihlukile," utshilo. "Kwaye oko kwaqhubeka yonke indlela ukuya kumabanga aphakamileyo kunye nasesikolweni esincinci."

Iminyaka, u-Ayers wayesokola ukujongana nenyaniso yokuba abantu babemphatha kakubi ngenxa nje yokukhubazeka kwakhe. Ngelo xesha, kwakungekho nto wayengenakuyinika ukutshintsha indlela abacinga ngayo. "Ndikhumbula ndihleli eklasini kwinqanaba eliphakamileyo ngeli xesha kwaye ndicinga ngokwahlukileyo kuba ngelo xesha kwakungekho Amy Purdys emhlabeni-okanye ubuncinci bebengaboniswanga, nto leyo eyandenza ndaziva ndingaphandle ngokupheleleyo. "U-Ayers wakhumbula. "Wonke umntu wayendikhetha, ukusuka kwabo ndifunda nabo ukuya kootitshala bam, kwaye oko kwandenza ndaziva ndingumntu owoyikisayo nangona ndandisazi ukuba andinguye. Kwakuloo mzuzu apho ndacinga," Ndingenza ntoni ukutshintsha iingqondo zabantu malunga nam nendlela abakujonga ngayo ukukhubazeka? ' kwaye bendisazi ukuba kufuneka ibonwe. "

Elo yayilixesha lokuqala ingcinga yokuba ngumzekelo isithi gqi engqondweni yakhe, kodwa kwakungekude kube semva kwexesha ukuba athathe amanyathelo ngayo.

"Ndandineminyaka eli-19 ubudala xa ndaye ndanesibindi sokuya kwi-arhente yokumodareyitha," utshilo. "Kodwa kanye kwi-bat, ndaxelelwa ukuba ngekhe ndiyenze le nto kuba ndinengalo enye kuphela."

Ukulahlwa kokuqala kwakubuhlungu, kodwa kwanika kuphela i-Ayers amandla okuqhubeka nokuqhubela phambili. “Elo yayilelona xesha likhulu kum kuba kulapho ndaye ndazi ukuba kufuneka ndiphumelele, ndibabonise ukuba baphosisile nabo bonke abanye ababendithandabuza ukuba andichananga,” utshilo. Yiloo nto kanye awayenzayo.

Emva kokubambelela kwikhondo lomsebenzi wakhe kangangeminyaka, ekugqibeleni wafumana ithuba lakhe lokuqala elikhulu ngo-2014 xa waboniswa kwikhathalogu ye-Anniversary Sale. Ndiyabulela kakhulu ukuba ndinethuba elihle kangaka lokusebenza noNordstrom, utshilo. "Baye bandibuza kaninzi kule minyaka idlulileyo kwaye oko kundibonisa nje indlela abazinikele ngayo ekwenzeni utshintsho kwaye kungqina utyalo-mali lwabo kukwahluka." (Idibeneyo: Ndingu-Amputee kunye noMqeqeshi-kodwa khange anyathele unyawo kwiGym Ndide ndaneminyaka engama-36)

U-Ayers uboniswe kwikhathalogu yakhe yesithathu ye-Nordstrom, apho wabonwa enxibe iprosthesis yakhe okokuqala.

Ngelixa kumangalisa ukubona ibhrendi enkulu efana neNordstrom imele imodeli ekhubazekileyo, u-Ayers uphawula ukuba ngomnye wabambalwa ukwenza umzamo oqinileyo. "INordstrom ibisoloko ilandela umkhondo kodwa injongo kukuba ezinye iinkampani ezinkulu zizakulandela," utshilo. "Inye into yokubandakanya iimodeli ezikhubazekileyo ngokwembono yokumelwa, kodwa ngokwembono yeshishini kunye neyezemali, abantu abakhubazekileyo lelinye lamaqela amakhulu ehlabathini. Umntu omnye kwabahlanu ukhubazekile kwaye siyazithenga iimveliso, ke ngaloo ndlela luloyiso kwezinye iibrendi ezinkulu ezisweleyo okwangoku kumaphulo abo esizwe. "

U-Ayers unethemba lokuba njengoko iyantlukwano kunye nokumelwa kwihlabathi lefashoni kukhula, abantu-abakhubazekileyo okanye abayi kuba-baya kwamkela ngakumbi iziphene zabo neyantlukwano. “Sonke siziva ngathi siyinto engaqhelekanga ngaxa lithile ebomini bethu,” utshilo. Kodwa nangona kunzima ukuhlala nezinto ezingaqhelekanga zethu, ndifundile ukuba kuhlala kungcono ukubamkela kwaye ungabi nazintloni.

"Luhambo oluya kwinqanaba lokuba ukhululeke kulusu lwakho," wabelane, "kodwa qhubeka nokusebenza kuyo kwaye uyakufika khona."

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