Emva kokuvela kwiihlumelo ezimbini ze-H&M, UJennie Runk wenze i-buzz ngokusebenza njengemodeli yokuqala yobungakanani bodidi lwefashoni. Imodeli yaseMelika eyazalelwa eGeorgia iyamangalisa ngeenwele zakhe ezimnyama kunye namehlo aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Ngeminyaka eyi-13, uJennie wafunyanwa nguMary Clarke woLawulo lweModeli kaMama kwiPetsmart eMissouri. URunk kamva wenze isigqibo sokufumana ubunzima ukuze angene kwibala lokubonisa ubungakanani bokudibanisa, kwaye ngoku ulukhuthazo olukhulu ngomyalezo wakhe okhuthazayo womzimba. Kutshanje siye safumana ithuba lokubuza imodeli malunga neengcinga zakhe kuyo yonke ingqalelo yemithombo yeendaba evela kwimifanekiso ye-H&M, ukuba ngumntu obhinqileyo kwifashoni kunye nobuhle bakhe. UJennie ngoku usayinwe kunye neJAG Models eNew York.
“Ndiye ndabona ukuba ndingasebenzisa ukuduma kwam ukukhuthaza umfanekiso osempilweni womzimba kwaye ndikhuthaze amantombazana amancinci ukuba afikelele kwisakhono sawo esipheleleyo. Ukuba bekungengomsebenzi wam, ngendingazange ndilifumane ithuba lokuthetha kwaye ndiviwe ngendlela endinokwenza ngayo ngoku. "
Uziva njani malunga nemodeli yegama kunye nobungakanani? URobyn Lawley kutshanje uxelele imagazini ukuba akayithandi. Ukuba kunjalo, leliphi igama elingcono elinokusetyenziswa?
Andiyithandi okanye ndiyithiyile. Yile nto abantu bandibiza ngayo, akukho nto iphosakeleyo ngayo kwaye ayindenzi ndingcono kunomnye umntu. Yileyibhile nje, njengokubizwa ngokuba yinde, ibhinqa, okanye ibrunette.
Xa ubuyimodeli ye-H&M kulo nyaka uphelileyo, yenza umdla omkhulu weendaba. Ude wavela kwi-GMA. Ngaba uziva njani ukuba zonke ezi ndawo zeendaba zibhala okanye zithetha ngawe?
Ekuqaleni yayingaqhelekanga, kuba yayingalindelekanga. Emva koko ndayibona njengethuba lokunceda ukuthetha ngokuchasene nentiyo yomzimba. Yingxaki enkulu, kungekuphela nje kubafazi abakhulu, kodwa kubafazi ababhityileyo kunye namadoda, nawo. Akukho sizathu sokuba nawuphi na umntu azive exabiseke ngaphantsi kunokuba kunjalo ngenxa yento eguquguqukayo kunye nephezulu njengohlobo lomzimba wabo. Umntu mkhulu kakhulu kunomzimba ahlala kuwo, wonke umntu makayazi lonto.
Kubonakala ngathi imilo yefashoni iyatshintsha kunye neempawu ezinkulu eziqala ukusebenzisa amantombazana amaninzi. Ngaba uyayibona imodeli efana nawe ixhaphake kakhulu kule minyaka ilishumi izayo?
Ngokuqinisekileyo ndiqaphele iindidi ezininzi zeemodeli ezisetyenziswa kwifashoni eqhelekileyo. Andicingi ukuba kufuneka sigxile kuphela ekusebenziseni iimodeli zecurvier, nangona kunjalo. Ndicinga ukuba kufuneka sisebenzise ngakumbi kulo lonke uhlobo lomzimba kwifashoni, imidiya, kunye nentengiso. Ndiyathemba ukuba ngenye imini yonke intombazana eselula inokukhangela kwiphephancwadi eyithandayo ize ibone umntu enokuthi ifane naye ngokunyanisekileyo.
Ndifunde kudliwano-ndlebe no-ELLE ukuba uzijonga njengowesifazane. Lithetha ukuthini elo gama kuwe, kwaye ngaba kunzima ukuba sefashonini nokuba neenkolelo zobufazi?
Kangangexesha elide, kwakunzima kum ukuba kwishishini elityholwa kakhulu ngokugcina ubufazi bumile. Emva koko ndiye ndabona ukuba ndingasebenzisa ukungaziwa kwam ukukhuthaza umfanekiso womzimba osempilweni kwaye ndikhuthaze amantombazana amancinci ukuba afikelele kwisakhono sawo esipheleleyo. Ukuba bekungengomsebenzi wam, ngendingazange ndilifumane ithuba lokuthetha kwaye ndiviwe ngendlela endikwazi ngayo ngoku. Ndicinga ukuba kubalulekile ukuba umyalezo uvele kule shishini elibambe onke amandla phezu kwezinto ezithathwa ngokuba zihle, okanye zipholile. Kuhle ukuba wonwabe kwaye usempilweni, kwaye kupholile ukwamkela abanye, ngakumbi xa bohlukile kuwe.