Umnumzana wokuqala waseMelika wayethweswe isithsaba okoko uKhuphiswano lwaphelisa uKhuphiswano lweSwimsuit
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Xa uGretchen Carlson, usihlalo webhodi yabalawuli bakaMiss America, wabhengeza ukuba ukhuphiswano alusayi kuphinda lubandakanye indawo yokuqubha, wahlangatyezwana nendumiso kunye nokubuyela umva. NgeCawa, uNia Imani Franklin waseNew York uphumelele ukhuphiswano lokuqala lokuqubha ngaphandle kwezinxibo. Xa wayethetha noonondaba emva koko, wathetha ngolungelelwaniso lwamva nje kukhuphiswano lukazwelonke, ebiza isigqibo sokuba nix kukhuphiswano lokuqubha. (Inxulumene: Iibhlogi zeCassey Ho zityhila ukuba uKhuphiswano lweBikini lutshintshe njani indlela yakhe yezeMpilo kunye nokuPhila)
"Olu tshintsho, ndiyacinga, luya kuba lukhulu kumbutho wethu," utshilo uFranklin, ngokutsho Imithombo yeendaba edibeneyo. “Sele ndibone uninzi lwabafazi abancinci befikelela kum ngokobuqu njengoMiss New York, bebuza ukuba bangazibandakanya njani kuba ndicinga ukuba baziva bexhotyisiwe ukuze kungabikho mfuneko yokuba benze izinto ezinjengokuhamba ngesuti yokuqubha. Kwaye ndiyavuya kuba andizange ndenze njalo ukuze ndiphumelele esi sihloko ngokuhlwanje kuba ndingaphezulu kwaloo nto. Kwaye bonke aba bafazi eqongeni bangaphezu koko. " (Idibeneyo: UMikayla Holmgren Uba nguMntu wokuqala one-Down Syndrome yokuKhuphisana kwi-Miss Minnesota USA)
I-ICYMI, uCarlson ubhengeze utshintsho oluza kukhokelela ku "Miss America 2.0" kwi Molo waseMelika elungileyo emva kuJuni. Ukusuka apha ukuya phambili, utshilo, iijaji azizuku "gweba abagqatswa bethu kwinkangeleko yabo yangaphandle." Ukongeza kokusuka ekugwebeni abagqatswa ngokusekwe kwinkangeleko yabo, babenethemba lokubeka ugxininiso ngakumbi kwitalente nakwisabelo sokufunda. “Kulo lonke ukhuphiswano, abagqatswa baya kuba namathuba okuthethelela amalinge abo entlalontle,” kufunda indawo ehlaziyiweyo kaMiss America. "Kwaye nokubonisa indlela abawufanelekele ngayo umsebenzi onomdla, nocela umngeni weentsuku ezingama-365 kaMiss America." Utshintsho lumzamo wokuzisa ukhuphiswano ngexesha le #MeToo, utshilo uCarlson kwingxelo, ngokutsho. CNN. (Nantsi indlela intshukumo ye- # MeToo isasaza ngayo ulwazi malunga nokuhlaselwa ngokwesondo.)
NjengoFranklin, asinakuxolisa ukubona indawo yokuqubha ihamba. Lixesha lokuba aba bafazi (okanye nawuphi na umfazi kulo mbandela) abazange bagwetywe (makungabikho amanqaku!) ngokusekelwe kwindlela abajonga ngayo kwi-bikini okanye ngenye indlela. Aba bakhuphiswano bakrelekrele nabaqhutywa ngoku banokuxabiswa ngeetalente zabo kunye neminqweno, benganikwanga inqanaba lokuba ibhanti yabo ijongeke njani kwiziqwenga ezibini.