UCamila Mendes Uthethile malunga neNkululeko eza noKwamkelwa komzimba
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UCamila Mendes wenze iingxelo ezimbalwa malunga nokuzithemba komzimba okufanelekile ukuba "sisihogo!" Amagqabantshintshi: Ubhengeziwe ukuba ugqibile ngokutya, wakhwaza amaLizwi angaphandle okuqesha iimodeli "ezineziphene," kwaye wavuma ukuba usasokola ukuthanda isisu sakhe ngamanye amaxesha. Ngoku, uMendes ubhale isithuba eside se-Instagram malunga nokufunda ukufumana ubuhle emzimbeni wakhe endaweni yokuzama ukulwa nesimo sayo sendalo.
Ngokubhekiselele kwiVeki yeSizwe yoKwazisa ngeZiphazamiso zokutya yeNEDA (ephele ngeCawa), uMendes ubhale ngenkqubo yokutshintsha indlela awubona ngayo umzimba wakhe. Yaqala malunga nonyaka odlulileyo xa wagqiba kwelokuba ayeke ukudayetha kube kanye. "Khange ndikhathazeke ngobunzima kunye namanani, kodwa bendikhathala kakhulu malunga nokuba nesisu esisicaba, akukho cellulite, kwaye abo" banika loo ntombazana isandwich 'iingalo ezikwenza ubonakale umncinci macala onke, "ubhale watsho. Nje ukuba ayeke ukutya ukutya, watshintsha wagxila kwimilinganiselo yezempilo njengokutya kwakhe imifuno kunye neepateni zokulala. Kwangelo xesha, waqala wazinika imvume yokwenza "ukhetho olubi" olwalungavumelekanga ngelixa etya, wachaza. (UMendes uncoma u-Ashley Graham ngokumkhuthaza ukuba ayeke ukucinga ngokuba bhityile.)
Ucacisa ukuba wayedla ngokutya kuba esoyika ukutyeba. Kodwa oko wayeka, usajongeka ngakumbi okanye ngaphantsi, utyhile kwisithuba. "Ekugqibeleni ndiye ndavuma ukuba le milo yindlela umzimba wam ofuna ukuphila kuyo. Awusoze uphumelele idabi elichasene nemfuzo yakho!"
Njengaye wonke umntu, uMendes ngamanye amaxesha uvumela ukungazithembi kunye nezikhalazo zomzimba zibuyele ngaphakathi. Kodwa xa esenza njalo, uzinika esona sikhumbuzi sakhe sodwa: "Akusoloko kungumnyama kunye namabhabhathane, kodwa nanini na ndisokola, ndihlala ndibuyela kule nto : Kutheni kufuneka ndikhathalele ukujongeka njengemodeli yendlela yeenqwelo-moya xa iigophe zam zindenza ndijongeke 'njengothixokazi ochumileyo, ovuselelayo." Ukuwa kweMic.