U-Ashley Graham uthi wayeziva ngathi "ungumntu ongaphandle" kwihlabathi leemodeli

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U-Ashley Graham ngokungathandabuzekiyo ungukumkanikazi olawulayo wokuqina komzimba. Wenza imbali ngokuba ngumzekelo wokuqala we-curvy kwikhava ye Imidlalo ebonisweUmcimbi weSwimsuit kwaye ukusukela oko ebekhuthaza ulwazi malunga #beautybeyondsize kunye nokukhuthaza abantu basetyhini ukuba bayithande kwaye bayamkele imizimba yabo kanye njengokuba beyi-cellulite nabo bonke. Kodwa ngaphandle kobuntu bakhe obuthandekayo kunye nokuzithemba, uGraham wayengasoloko eziva ekhululekile kwishishini kangangokuba uye wathatha ngempumelelo ngesaqhwithi.

Kudliwanondlebe lwakutsha nje no V Magazine, i-supermodel ivule indlela azive ngayo ngathi "ungumphambukeli" kwihlabathi lokumodareyitha kunye nobunzima ajongene nabo ngokungahambelani nomgangatho woluntu ofanelekileyo.

"Kudala ndihleli ndingaphandle ngenxa yesayizi yam," uxelele umag. "Kwaye ndicinga ukuba ifashoni ibisoloko ibonelela abantu abadumileyo okanye imodeli encinci enqwenelekayo." Emva kokuba eqonde ukuba ukuya kumsebenzi wakhe, uGraham uthi wayezimisele ukwaphula olu hlobo. Ndicinga ukuba ngoku iyatshintsha ngenxa yamazwi afana newam, utshilo. Ngokuqinisekileyo siyavuma.

Ukubeka amazwi akhe ukuba asebenze, uGraham waseka iarhente yokumodareyitha i-ALDA emva ngo-2014 ukukhuthaza ukubandakanywa kwefashoni. “[Yingqokelela] yeemodeli ezamkela le ngcamango yokuba ubuhle bukhona ngaphandle kokujonga umbala, ubungakanani, okanye naliphi na inani leendidi kwishishini lethu elisekelwe ekukhutshelweni,” ucacise watsho. "Kwixesha lethu esabelana ngalo, sasisoloko sixelelwa ukuba, 'Ningamantombazana ekhathalogu kuphela. Awusoze ube kumaqweqwe, awusoze ukwazi ukuba ngubani ofuna.'

"Okokugqibela, into esiyenzayo kukukhuthaza abantu basetyhini ukuba bathathe inxaxheba ngeziqu zabo kuba, ngoku kunakuqala, lixesha lokwakha nokuxhasa abasetyhini abakungqongileyo kwaye sikhuthazane ukuba babe yile nto nifuna ukuba yiyo, bangathathi hayi impendulo, kwaye ungavumeli iingcinga zoluntu zikuthathe phantsi. "

Uyintombazana ngokwenyani emva kweentliziyo zethu #LuthandoLwamShape.

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