Uthakazelisa uAshley Graham ukuba angene kwimigangatho eqhelekileyo yeemodeli zehlabathi. Kodwa le nto ayizange imthintele ekufikeleleni kwiindawo eziphakamileyo ezingakaze zenziwe ngaphambili, kodwa kwakhona yaba yikhadi lakhe lokutyelela kwihlabathi lemodeli yanamhlanje.
Umzekelo oneminyaka engama-30 ubudala awuthandi ukucaciswa kunye neendlela ezimfutshane, ngoko ke, ukuba udidi lweesayizi kunye nenene, akalivami ukufumana idilesi edilesi yakhe. U-Ashley unamandla kangangokuthi ukumbona okokuqala, umntu akanakuhlala engathandabukeli umthombo wakhe wokuvuya kwaye ulungile.
Ngo-2017, u-Ashley Graham wangena kwiimpawu eziphakamileyo ezidumileyo kunye ezihlawulelwayo kakhulu zehlabathi, ukufumana, ngokwe-Forbes, i-dollar 5.5 yezigidi. Kwaye ngo-2016 umdlalo we-Sports Illustrated Swimsuit uyisusa kwi-bikini yesikhokhelo sayo, esiba yinto engummangaliso, kuba ngokokuqala ngqa imodeli yoluhlu kunye nobukhulu bamenywa ukuba abe yi-heroine yomcimbi okhethekileyo.
U-Ashley ngokwakhe uzibeka nje njengentombazana eneefom kwaye uyamangalisa xa uthetha ngomntu ongeyena mgangatho njengento ehlazo. U-frank kwaye uyavuma ukuba akazange azame ukuba njengomnye umntu. Ngokuphathelele amava akhe kunye nendlela eya empumelelweni, uGraham watshela abalandeli kwincwadi epapashwe ngokutsha.
Akunakwenzeka
Ibali elipheleleyo lobomi balo mzekelo lifana neenganekwane, ezinika ithemba kubantu abaninzi abangaqinisekanga ngokwabo abaneefom ezingaqhelekanga. Intombazana yazalelwa eNebraska kwaye yakhula kwintsapho ehluphekayo. Kwiminyaka eyi-12 kwelinye lamaziko okuthenga, waqaphela i-agent kwaye wamenyelwa ekudutshulweni, kwaye emva konyaka u-Ashley wasayina isivumelwano sakhe sokuqala.
Kodwa umninimzi weefom ezintle ngamanye amaxesha kwakunzima, umntu wayezama ukumbamba, ukukhumbuza ubukhulu, kwaye kwiminyaka eyi-16 inkwenkwe yashiye ngenxa yesizathu esifanayo, ilahlekile ngokugqithiseleyo:
"Akukhona nje ukuba awulala nami, kodwa ndoyika ukuba ngokukhawuleza uza kuba ngumama onje."
UAshley wabelana ngezikhumbuzo zakhe:
"Xa ndakhula, ndandingafuni ukufana nobuhle obuvela kumagazini. Umama wayesoloko endixabisa, wathi ndandingumhlakani, ulungile kwaye unhle. Kwaye emva kwamagama endoda yam yangaphambili, ndathi, ndandiziva ndibi kwaye ndandingaqinisekanga. Ewe, kungekhona ixesha elide. Kwincwadi yam, ndagqiba ekubeni ndixelele onke amantombazana ukuba kubaluleke kangakanani ukuzamkela ngokwakho kunye nothando. Ndandicinga ubulili kwaye ndaqonda ukuba akukho nto inokwenzeka. Ngoku, ngelishwa, wonke umntu uyazifihla iingxaki zabo kwaye azenzele ukuba benza kakuhle. Ngoko akufanelekile. Kwakhona ndikunzima, kodwa ndandinqoba ubunzima, ngeendlela ezininzi unina wandinceda kwaye, njengento engaqhelekanga ngathi ingaba yinto ezwakalayo, umhlaba wefashoni. Abaninzi bakholelwa ukuba amantombazana anomgangatho ongeyomgangatho ongaqhelekanga aya kuthi afikelele kwangoko. Oku akunjalo! Kubalulekile ukuba uzamkele kwaye uzive uqinisekile. Ndiyathemba ukuba ngomzekelo wam ndiza kunceda abantu abaninzi batshintshe isimo sabo sengqondo baze bafezekise into abayifunayo ebomini. "
Namhlanje u-Ashley uyavuyiswa kungekuphela komsebenzi wakhe. Ngo-2010, wadibana nebandla kunye nomqondisi uJustin Ervin kunye nonyaka kamva isibini esitshatileyo satshata.
U-Ashley uyavuma ukuba kunye nomyeni wakhe konke kwakungavamile:
"Savumelana ngesondo ngaphambi komtshato, kwaye sasisondeza kunye, saba ngabahlobo abasondeleyo."
Umyeni ka-Ashley - umntu wase-Afrika waseMerika kunye nosapho lwakhe abazange bamkele ngokukhawuleza lo mtshato. Kukho ubunzima, kodwa esi sibini sinqobile yonke into kwaye ngoku bayavuya. UGraham uthe ukuba ubudlelwane kubalulekile ukuba unyanisekile kwaye ukwazi ukuxoxa yonke into ngexesha:
"Unotyala imali eninzi, kodwa ngokubuya uya kufumana ngaphezulu."
Malunga nobudala
Kungekudala, umzekelo wawugubha isiganeko-iminyaka engama-30. Kwaye u-Ashley uyavuma ukuba uyamthanda ubudala bakhe obukhoyo:
"Ndivuyayo ngoku ngakumbi kunokuba ndakhe ndahlala. Yaye yinyaniso ukuba ngokudala kuza ukuzithemba kunye nomqondo wokuphelela kobomi. Iminyaka engama-30 ngumhle kakhulu! Ndiyaziqhayisa ngam. "
Kwaye kukho enye! Ukongeza kwi-career edizazelayo ye-model, u-Ashley Graham wadala ukuqokelela kwakhe iingubo ze-denim ze-Marina Renaldi. Umqambi osanda kuveliswa uyavuma ukuba unelisekile ngomsebenzi wakhe, kuba sele ephupha ixesha elide ekuncedeni amantombazana ngeenhlobo eziluhlaza ukuba agqoke ijee ezizithandayo kwaye azive ekhangayo kwaye enobuhle. Izabelo ze-fashion ze-Ashley Graham:
Into ephambili kukuba ugqoke into efanelekileyo, kufuneka nje ukhethe imodeli apho ukhululekile. "
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I-ambitious Ashley ayiyi kumela apho, kwaye kwizicwangciso ezizayo ukudibanisa ubomi bakhe kunye nomabonwakude:
"Ndingathanda ukuba nomboniso wam. Kuya kuba kukunceda ukunceda abafazi ukuba batshintshe ubomi babo! ".