Iqanjwe njengenye ye-Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue’s 2017 Rookies, Bianca Balti uletha uhlobo lwakhe oluhlukile lwebhomu lase-Italy ekushicilelweni okuyisakhiwo sodumo. Lo buhle usemodela ezinkampanini zemfashini ezisezingeni eliphezulu okubalwa kuzo i-L’Oreal, iDolce & Gabbana neDior. Ukucela umagazini wamadoda kwethula i-brunette kubabukeli abasha. Ngokuthwebula kwakhe, u-Bianca umi esiqhingini saseSumba ezithombeni ezishiswe yilanga ezithathwe nguJames Macari.
Futhi namuhla nje, u-Bianca umenyezelwe njengo-Rookie Wonyaka! Isihloko siye kumamodeli afana noKate Upton, Chrissy Teigen noSara Sampaio. Muva nje, i-FGR ithole ithuba lokuxoxisana nemodeli. U-Bianca usitshele ngokumodela ku-SI okokuqala ngqa, ukuba umama wezingane ezimbili, ubuhle obune-Sports Illustrated abuka kubo nokunye okwengeziwe!
UChristie Brinkley nakanjani uyimodeli ye-Sports Illustrated engiyibheka kakhulu. Manje sengizibekele umgomo omusha empilweni yami—ukuba muhle futhi ngimuhle njengoba enjalo lapho ngiseminyakeni yama-60s.
Kunjani ukuba yi-Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Rookie? Ihluke kanjani kweminye iminyakazo yakho yomsebenzi?
Ukuba i-SI Rookie kuyajabulisa kakhulu! I-Sports Illustrated Swim Issue iwumagazini omangalisayo futhi bengilokhu ngiphupha ukuba yingxenye yawo. I-Sports Illustrated Swim ingenye impumelelo emangalisayo engiyitholayo ukuze ngiyengeze ohlwini. Ngiyaziqhenya ngazo zonke izinyathelo zomsebenzi wami. I-swimsuit ye-SI ingibeka phambi kwezethameli ezihlukile, ingenza ngingeneke kakhudlwana futhi ngiyakuthanda lokho!
Bekunjani ukuzizwisa kusethi ye-Sports Illustrated?
Ukusethelwa i-Sports Illustrated kwaba okunye okuhlangenwe nakho okuhle kakhulu kwenye yezindawo ezingakholakali (i-Nihiwatu Resort e-Sumba Island) enabantu abamangalisayo. Wonke umuntu owayehilelekile wayenomusa omkhulu, ejabulisa futhi esekela kakhulu. Ngibe nethuba lokusebenza nochwepheshe abanamakhono amangalisayo, ukwenza izinwele ezingcono kakhulu, ukwenza isitayela kanye nabathwebuli bezithombe!
Ingabe kukhona okwenzile okukhethekile ukuze ulungiselele ukuthwebula? Njengokudla okuthile noma uhlelo lokujima?
Angenzanga lutho oluqondile, ngizama ukuhlala nginempilo unyaka wonke. Kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi [kumayelana] njalo ukuzilolonga nokuphuza amanzi amaningi. Kuyasiza futhi ukuthi bengincelisa ibele kuze kufike lapho ngidubula.
Ingabe akhona amamodeli e-Sports Illustrated akudala noma amanje obukela kuwo?
UChristie Brinkley nakanjani uyimodeli ye-SI engibheka kakhulu kuyo. Manje sengizibekele umgomo omusha empilweni yami—ukuba muhle futhi ngimuhle njengoba enjalo lapho ngiseminyakeni yama-60s.
Uqale kanjani ukumodela?
Ngakhulela eLodi futhi ngathuthela eMilan ngayofunda enyuvesi. Ngangibheke ukwenza imali ngakho ngaqala ukusebenza esuphamakethe. Umqashi wami wangitshela ukuthi ngimosha ithalente lami lapho futhi kufanele ngibone uBruno Pauletta, i-ejenti emodelayo eMilan. Umama wayenami ngalolo suku futhi wangicindezela ukuba ngizame. Emasontweni ambalwa kamuva ngangisekhava yami yokuqala futhi ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngemva kwalokho, ngasayina inkontileka ekhethekile noDolce & Gabbana.
Ubungenzenjani ukube ubungeyena imodeli?
Ukumodela bekuhlale kuwugqozi enganginalo, ngakho-ke anginaso isiqiniseko sokuthi yini enye engangizoyenza ngokomsebenzi, kodwa ngokuqinisekile ngizoba umama.
Kunjani ukuba ngumama wezingane ezimbili?
Ukuba umama wezingane ezimbili ngenkathi ngimodela kungenza ngizizwe ngiyingane enenhlanhla emhlabeni wonke. Anginawo nje umsebenzi ongcono kakhulu, kodwa futhi nomndeni wamaphupho! Yeka indlela engibusiseke ngayo ukuthi uma ngibuya emsebenzini, amadodakazi ami agijimele kimina ethi angikhumbule?!?
Sicela uqaphele ukuthi le nhlolokhono yenziwe ngaphambi kokuthi u-Bianca Balti amenyezelwe njengo-Rookie Wonyaka.