Robyn Lawley uthathe isinqumo sokubhikishela ukumbiwa kwamalahle e-Australia ngokuhamba nqunu ku-Instagram. Lo modeli ufake isithombe ku-akhawunti yakhe esinomlayezo othi “Yeka ukumba amalahle” esiswini sakhe esinqunu ubhalwe nge-lipstick ebomvu. Lo mlingisi oneminyaka engu-25 ubudala obonakale emikhankasweni kaBarneys noChantelle Lingerie waphikisana neqiniso lokuthi uhulumeni wakwa-Abbot ukugunyazile lokho okuzokwaziwa ngokuthi imayini yamalahle enkulu kunazo zonke e-Australia. Impela kuyindlela yokuthola ukunaka kwabantu. U-Robyn uchaze ukuthi kungani ekhethe izinyathelo ezinqala kangaka zombhikisho we-Instagram ngamagama-ncazo amade. Ingxenye yayo ifundeka kanje, “Amalahle azoba yimpahla efile maduze nje ethengwayo kuphela amazwe angenandaba nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nomonakalo okhona emhlabeni. Ngishaqekile futhi ngizizwa ngingenamandla ngakho nginqume ukwenza abantu bafunde le ndlela ngandlela thile, kufanele sibamise…..ngaphambi kokuba kwephuze kakhulu.” Ngesikhathi sokuthunyelwa kwalesi sihloko, kunokuthandwa okungaphezulu kwe-1,600 kokuthunyelwe kukaRobyn nqunu kanye namazwana angaphezu kwe-100.
Ngokujabulisayo, u-Robyn naye wayesematheni ngesonto eledlule mayelana nomzimba wakhe–kodwa wawumbozwe ngengubo yokubhukuda. Wayigwema i-Photoshop futhi wangazifaki izimonyo, esithombeni esingakathintwa. Ufake lesi sithombe ekhasini labalandeli bakhe be-Facebook esimkhombisa egqoke i-fuchsia bikini ene-hardware yegolide ephuma kulayini wakhe wezingubo zokubhukuda, u-Robyn Lawley Swimwear. Imodeli emangalisayo ye-Aussie ibhale isithombe ngokuthi, "Ama-sexier cuts amasha afika ku-#robynlawleyswimwear asanikeza ukwesekwa okufanayo #retouchandmakeupfree #ineedatan."
Selokhu ashicilela lesi sithombe, u-Lawley uthole ukwesekwa okuningi kubalandeli nabezindaba ngokuya ngomzila wamahhala we-Photoshop. I-CNN isanda kubhala ucezu lwemibono olunesihloko esithi, "What's screwed up about America's body" eshayela ihlombe u-Lawley ngokwenza izimonyo noku-touch-up mahhala kodwa futhi ehlola umqondo waseMelika wobukhulu obungeziwe. Umbhali, u-LZ Granderson, unquma ukuthi nakuba u-size-12 u-Lawley ehlukaniswa njengemodeli elingana nosayizi emhlabeni wemfashini, empeleni "usohlangothini oluncane lwesilinganiso" uma kuqhathaniswa nowesifazane ovamile waseMelika. UGranderson uthi ngo-Lawley, “Embonini enemibono engasile mayelana nokukhuluphala, kunesibindi, ngicabanga ukuthi, ukufaka ibhikini nokushicilela isithombe esingahleliwe. Ngethemba ukuthi ukunaka kwakhe kuzosikhanyisela ukuthi kuyisiphukuphuku kangakanani ukulalela imboni eqale yambiza ngosayizi omkhulu/amafutha kwasekuqaleni.”
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