U-Ashley Graham uvele nje eGig yakhe yokuqala yoBuhle

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U-Revlon usandula ukubiza i-supermodel kunye nomyili u-Ashley Graham njengobuso obutsha bohlobo lwabo. Ngelixa oku kungafanelekanga njengotyikityo olukhulu-lokutyikitya obunye bobona bume baziwayo kwihlabathi lokumodareyitha kubonakala ngathi akukho bungqina, kunene?-isibhengezo siyinto enkulu kakhulu.

Kungenxa yokuba sisihlandlo sokuqala imodeli ejijekileyo yesi sizukulwana ukufumana ikhontrakthi enkulu yobuhle. Ewe, nzulu. (I-brand yasebenzisa imodeli yobukhulu bobukhulu be-Emme kwelinye lamaphulo ayo phantse kumashumi amabini eminyaka eyadlulayo.)

U-Graham kudala wathetha malunga nesidingo sokunika amathuba afanayo kwiimodeli ezinobungakanani obongezelelweyo kunye neemfuno zobungakanani obuqhelekileyo ngaphandle kwesidingo sokuyibiza njengayo nayiphi na into eqhelekileyo. "Kufuneka sifumane amantombazana amaninzi athanda ukugquma kumaphephancwadi nakwimibhalo ngaphandle komxholo othi 'Phambi kwejika." Kukangaphi sisiva lonto ?! usixelele kudliwanondlebe phantse iminyaka emibini edlulileyo.

Kwaye oko kubandakanya ukunika iimodeli zekota iimvumelwano ezinkulu zobuhle, into engazange yenziwe ngokwembali. Yinjongo kaGraham ngokukodwa athe wajonga kuyo ixesha elithile. Kolo dliwanondlebe, uGraham usixelele ukuba bekukho "kwibhodi yombono" yakhe ka-2016: "Ukuba uyibeka phaya, izinto ozifunayo ziya kwenzeka. Into yam enkulu kulo nyaka ndifuna ukuba neenwele okanye izithambiso. iphulo. " Ngelixa kusenokwenzeka ukuba kwamthatha unyaka ongezelelweyo ukuba afike apho, kuyacaca ukuba konke oko kubonakalisa-kunye nothando lokuzithanda-luhlawulwe.

"Ubuthe chu ukubona iimodeli [ze-curvy] ziphuma kumaphulo okwenza izinto, kodwa awuzange uve nakuphi na ukusayina izivumelwano, kwaye ndicinga ukuba kungenxa yokuba [iinkampani] zifuna nje ukumanzisa iinyawo zazo. Kufana nokuthi, 'Hmmm , makhe sizame le nto inesibindi esigoso ngoku kwaye sibone ukuba yinyani na okanye sijonge ukuba yinto eqhelekileyo na,” utshilo uGraham. Ukunxiba kwabasetyhini Mihla. "Umfazi ophakathi waseMelika ubungakanani be-14 kwaye ukuba uyandibuza, umlomo womlomo awunabungakanani." Ukuwa kweMic.

U-Graham uya kujoyina imodeli kunye no-Adwoa Aboah, u-Imaan Hammam, kunye no-Raquel Zimmermann njengenxalenye yephulo lika-Revlon elithi "Live Boldly", ngokutsho kwe-brand, imalunga nokulwela abafazi abomeleleyo, abazimeleyo. Kwaye ukudubula iimodeli kunye kukwajolise ekuthumeleni umyalezo "wokuxhasa abantu basetyhini". (Olu hlobo lutyikityile "kuMfazi oMangalisayo" uGal Gadot njengommeli wephulo ekuqaleni kwale nyanga.)

"Kuyandivuyisa ukuba yinxalenye yeli phulo lifike ngexesha kunye nelokuqhekeza umhlaba ngeentlobo ezahlukeneyo zabasetyhini kwiintlanga, ubudala, kunye nobukhulu, kunye nokunyusa eli qonga ukuze liqhubeke nokwenza utshintsho oluqinisekileyo," utshilo uGraham. "Ukuphila ngesibindi" yimantra yobomi bam. Yonke imihla kwisibuko ndithi kum, 'Ndinesibindi, ndikhazimle, ndimhle,' kunye noRevlon, sinokukhuthaza bonke abafazi ukuba benze ngokufanayo. "

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