Amputee Model Shaholly Ayers Akuthetsa Zopinga M'fashoni

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Shaholly Ayers adabadwa wopanda dzanja lake lamanja, koma izi sizinamulepheretse maloto ake oti akhale wachitsanzo. Lero watenga dziko la mafashoni mwadzidzidzi, kufunafuna magazini osawerengeka ndi ma katalogi, ndiye kazembe wa mtundu wa Global Disability Inclusion, ndipo adakhala woyamba kudulidwa kuti ayambe kuyenda ku New York Fashion Week popanda kupanga ma prostate. (Zogwirizana: NYFW Yakhala Nyumba Yokhala ndi Thupi Lokhala ndi Mphamvu ndi Kuphatikizidwa, Ndipo Sitinathe Kukhala Onyada)

"Ndili mwana, sindinadziwe kuti ndine wosiyana," Ayers akutiuza. "Ndinali 3 koyamba kumva mawu oti" olumala. "

Ngakhale zinali choncho, sanazindikire kuti liwulo limatanthauza chiyani mpaka atafika mugiredi lachitatu. “Apa ndipamene ndinayamba kuchitiridwa nkhanza ndi kunyamulidwa chifukwa ndinali wosiyana,” akutero. "Ndipo zidadutsa ku junior high komanso pang'ono kupita kusekondale."

Kwa zaka zambiri, Ayers adalimbana ndi vuto loti anthu amamuchitira zoyipa chabe chifukwa cha kupunduka kwake. Panthawiyo, kunalibe chilichonse chomwe sakanapereka kuti asinthe malingaliro awo. "Ndimakumbukira nditakhala m'kalasi m'kalasi yaying'ono nthawi ina ndikusinkhasinkha kukhala wosiyana chifukwa panthawiyo kunalibe Amy Purdys padziko lapansi - kapena sanawonetsedwe, zomwe zidandipangitsa kudzimva ngati wakunja kwathunthu, "Ayers adakumbukira. "Aliyense anali kundinyenga, kuyambira anzanga akusukulu kupita kwa aphunzitsi anga, ndipo zidandipangitsa kumva ngati munthu woipa ngakhale ndimadziwa kuti sindine. Munali munthawi yomweyo pomwe ndimaganiza, 'Ndingatani kuti ndisinthe malingaliro a anthu za ine komanso momwe amawonekera olumala? ' ndipo ndidadziwa kuti chikuyenera kukhala chowoneka. "

Aka kanali koyamba kuti maganizo oti azingoyerekeza abwere m'maganizo mwake, koma sipanapite nthawi kuti achitepo kanthu.

"Ndinali ndi zaka 19 pomwe ndinalimba mtima kulowa muofesi ya ma modelling," adatero. "Koma nditangomenyetsa, ndinauzidwa kuti sindidzatha kuchita nawo malonda chifukwa ndinali ndi mkono umodzi wokha."

Kukanidwa koyamba kuja kudapweteka, koma zidangopatsa Ayers mphamvu kuti apitilize patsogolo. "Imeneyo inali mphindi yayikulu kwambiri kwa ine chifukwa ndipamene ndidadziwa kuti ndiyenera, kuwatsimikizira kuti alakwitsa komanso aliyense amene amandikayikira," adatero. Ndipo ndizo zomwe anachita.

Atalimbikira ntchito yake kwa zaka zambiri, adapeza mwayi wake woyamba mu 2014 pomwe adawonetsedwa m'buku la Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale. "Ndili wokondwa kwambiri kukhala ndi mwayi wabwino wotere wogwira ntchito ndi Nordstrom," akutero. "Adandifunsanso kangapo mzaka zonsezi ndipo izi zikungondiwonetsa momwe akudziperekera pakusintha ndikuwonetsa kuti ali ndi ndalama zosiyanasiyana." (Zokhudzana: Ndine Wopunduka ndi Wophunzitsa-Koma Sindinayende Pansi pa Malo Olimbitsa Thupi Mpaka Ndili ndi zaka 36)

Ayers adangotchulidwa m'ndandanda yake yachitatu ya Nordstrom, komwe adamuwona atavala manambala ake koyamba.

Ngakhale ndizodabwitsa kuwona dzina lalikulu ngati Nordstrom likuyimira mtundu wolumala, Ayers akuti ndi amodzi mwa ochepa omwe amachita khama. "Nordstrom yakhala ikuyendetsa galimoto koma cholinga chake ndikuti makampani ena akuluakulu atsatire," akutero. "Ndi chinthu chimodzi kuphatikizira zitsanzo za olumala kuchokera kumbali yoyimira, koma kuchokera ku bizinesi ndi zachuma, anthu olumala ndi amodzi mwa magulu ochepa kwambiri padziko lapansi. ndikupambana kwa makampani ena akuluakulu omwe pakadali pano akusowa zosiyanasiyana pamakampeni awo adziko lonse. "

A Ayers akuyembekeza kuti monga kusiyanasiyana ndikuwonekera m'mafashoni kumawonjezeka, anthu olumala kapena ayi-avomereza zolakwa zawo komanso kusiyana kwawo. "Tonsefe timamva ngati osamvetseka nthawi ina m'miyoyo yathu," akutero. "Koma ngakhale zimakhala zovuta kukhala ndi zovuta zathu, ndaphunzira kuti nthawi zonse ndi bwino kuzingowakumbatira osachita manyazi."

"Ndiulendo wofika pofika pomwe umakhala bwino pakhungu lako," adagawana nawo, "koma pitilizani kulikwaniritsa ndipo mukafika kumeneko."

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