Kubonakala ngathi namhlanje ihlabathi lefashini livulelekile kuwo wonke umntu, kunye nabesifazane "benye ubuhle" - abantombazana abanembonakalo engavamile, ifomathi yobukhulu, ubuninzi be-albinism, i-vitiligo kunye nabagqwetha banesidingo esingaphezu kwemodeli nedatha ye-classical kunye neerameters.
Kodwa ke, "abantu abatshatyalaliswayo" njengokungathi umntu ufake isithintelo esingabonakaliyo, esatshatyalaliswa yi heroine yesithuba sethu!
Iminyaka emithathu edlulileyo, abezindaba baqhubekile bevela kwiindaba - "Intombazana eneminyaka engama-18 ubudala ne-Down syndrome uMadeline Stewart yaya kwibala, kwaye ngoku iphupha lokuba ngumzekelo!"
Sisiphi isono esifihlayo - kuba abaninzi beli ganeko kwakuyisizathu sokugcoba okanye ekungathandabuzeki ukuba imboni yefashoni yavula nje ingcango yayo kuMadeline Stewart imizuzu embalwa, kwaye ngaphandle kwephupha elihle kodwa elingenathemba, akukho nto ikhanya kwixesha elizayo, kodwa ...
Kodwa namhlanje igama lomzekelo wokuqala kunye ne-Down syndrome ayisekho nje i-rumour - uMadeline Stewart uye waba yinkwenkwezi yangempela yesikhulumi kwaye ulungele ukuguqula ngokupheleleyo umhlaba wefashoni.
Yaye ibali layo eliyimpumelelo liyakufanelekela!
UMadeline wazalwa kwisixeko sase-Australia saseBrisbane. Ukukhulelwa kwakhe kwawa ngamagxa omnye umama, uRosanne, owathi, nangona ubunzima kunye nokuxilongwa kwentombi yakhe, wavumela umntwana wakhe ukuba aphile ubomi obuzeleyo, kodwa nokwakha izicwangciso zobuqili.
Ngokutsho kukaRosanne, uMadeline akazange ahluke kubo bonke abanye abantwana, nangona wayethanda ukuba yinkalo enkulu yenkalo.
Ngethuba lokuqala kwimbonakaliso yefashini eBrisbane yakhe yasekuhlaleni ngo-2014, le ntombazana yenza isigqibo esiqinileyo sokuba ngumzekelo kwaye ayitshintshile loo nto!
Ngaphezu koko, njengabantu abaninzi abane-Down syndrome, uMadeline wayengaphezu komzimba, kodwa akazange amvumele ukuba abe ngumqobo ekuzalisekeni kwephupha.
Awuyi kukholwa, kodwa ukususela kwiintsuku ezisixhenxe zeveki wayichitha ezintandathu kwi-gym, waya echibini, wathwala i-cheerleading ne-hip-hop. Yaye ukutya kwakho okukhawulezayo kunye nesoda ngaphandle kokungabaza, utshintshwe kwi-avocado kunye nenkukhu ebilisiwe. Ngaba uyazi ukuba yintoni umphumo? Minus 23 kilos!
Ewe, ngoko ukhumbula yonke into: "Intombazana eneminyaka engama-18 ene-Down's syndrome, uMadeline Stewart uye wangena kwiphondo kwaye ngoku iphupha lokuba ngumzekelo!"
Ukususela kuloo mzuzu uRosanne Stewart uye wagqiba ekubeni ukunyaniseka kwentombi yakhe kufanelwe ukumnceda ukuba abe yinkwenkwezi yenkwenkwezi yenkwenkwezi:
"Abantu abane-Down syndrome banako konke, banokwenza konke ngendlela yabo. Nceda ubanike ithuba, kwaye baya kudlulela okulindelekileyo. Baya kuba banhle kwaye banomtsalane! "
Ewe, iinzame zomama nentombi zange zikhawuleze zithweswe ngempumelelo. Ndiyabulela kwingqalelo kwiimidiya kunye ne-intanethi malunga "nomzekelo welanga" efunde malunga nehlabathi lonke. UMadeline wamenywa kwiseshoni yesithombe, kwaye i-brand yezemidlalo iM Manifesta yamnika inkontileka yokuqala yokukhangisa, kwaye yesibini iya kubhengeza iibhegi. Kwaye oku kuwukuqala!
Ama-Photoshoots kwisambatho somtshakazi waseRixey Manor eVirginia
Ngendlela, uyazi ukuba zininzi izigidizana zamantombazana ziphupha ukuba zibekwe kwi-Vogue ne-Cosmopolitan? Kodwa uMadeline kufuphi nala maphulo kwisicwangciso sawo sele sele ebeka uphawu "luzalisekile"!
Umphezulu wempumelelo kuyo yonke imodeli ekufunekayo isimemo sokuthatha inxaxheba kwiveki yefestile ibonisa. Kwaye uMadeline Stewart uye wahlambulula kabini eNew York, kodwa ke ulindele eLondon naseParis!
Hayi, ingacingi ukuba intombazana izama ukugxininisa ukugula kwakhe. Injongo kaMaddy kukuba ukhangele abantu kwingxaki yokudibanisa noluntu ngokufanayo. Kwaye yonke ixhasa intombi engu-20 ubudala uRobbie, ongakhange amthande ukukhumbula indlela enhle ngayo.
Ziyamnandi kangakanani, kunjalo?
Eyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu-iminyaka emithathu kamva, uMadeline Stewart wabonisa ukuba i-Down's syndrome ayiyithintelo emsebenzini wakhe kwaye ngokufanisayo ukuzalwa kwakhe kweminyaka engama-21, waqalisa umgca wengubo, ebenokuyifaka kwiVeki yeFashion eyayithandayo eNew York. Uyakhumbula ukuba ukungaphumeleli kwee-chromosomes ezi-21 zikhokelela kwi-Down Syndrome?
Namhlanje, uMadeline akasakhathali ukuthetha ngovuyo okanye mhlawumbi ephezulu. Ewe, eneneni, ewe-amaphupha azaliseka kuphela xa ufuna!