U-Ashley Graham ngokuqinisekile angabizwa ngokuthi yimpumelelo futhi egcinwe, kodwa ngokungafani namantombazane ahlukumezekile, wahamba ngendlela enamehlo ehlanganisa ukuthukwa nokuhlazeka. Encwadini yakhe esanda kushicilelwa "Le nguqulo entsha ye-model: ukuthi ukuzethemba, ubuhle namandla kubonakala kanjani," uGraham wathinta isihloko se-body-positivism ne-hayterstva, ngakho-ke izintatheli zeHarper's Bazaar ezithintekayo zanquma ukukhuluma ngalesi sihloko, okuyinto engokwesayensi yabasha abaningi emagazini omusha womagazini.
Ngingeke ngifune ukubuyela esikoleni nganoma yini! Ngangihlale ngizungezwe amantombazane ayefuna ukuzibiza ngezindleko zami! Bayeka ukuhleka ngami, behlekwa usulu futhi behlazekile ngenxa yezingcingo zabo namakhono abo. Emhlane wami wamemeza: "I-Fat", "I-Fur iya, ingxenye!", "Amathanga alayishiwe" njalonjalo. Ngisazizwa nginomuzwa wenzondo nokufutheka.
Njengoba u-Ashley egcina ukuhlukunyezwa kwansuku zonke, ukuhlaselwa kwakungenakubekezeleka, ngemuva kokuqala ukuvela kumagazini, ukucindezela kwanda izikhathi eziningana.
Ngiyaqonda manje ukuthi kwakungumhawu futhi ngimhawu ngempumelelo yami. Ngesethi, ngatshelwa ukuthi ngimnandi, futhi esikoleni bamemeza ukuthi ngisidalwa esibi kakhulu. Kungangena bese uthi ngaphakathi komuntu: "Ungubani wena? Isibonelo? Unamafutha! ". Ekuqaleni ngilalela ngokuthula, ngigwinya ukuhlambalaza nokuhlazeka, ngangingazi ukuthi ngingakuvikela kanjani ebuhlanya okwenzekayo.
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Ngeshwa, kodwa u-Ashley wayengenalo muntu ozocela usizo, ngisho noyise wakhe wavumela ukuhlaselwa okubukhali nokuhlazola indodakazi yakhe.
Ungangibiza ngokuthi ngiyisiwula, nginamafutha, ngibi. Ngisho nalapho ngidumile, wavuma ukukhuluma ngokubukeka kwami futhi wayekholelwa ukuthi kufanele nginciphise. Ngangifuna ukuba abe yingoma yami, kodwa akazange abe khona, hhayi ngaleso sikhathi, hhayi manje.
U-Ashley Graham waphawula ngokuzisola.