Kubonakala sengathi namuhla umhlaba wezemfashini uvulekile kuwo wonke umuntu, futhi abesifazane "bezinye ubuhle" - amantombazane abonakala ngendlela engavamile, ukufometha kwe-size, ubu-albinism, i-vitiligo ngisho neziphambeko kudingekile ngaphezu kwamamodeli ngemininingwane yesigaba nemingcele.
Kodwa-ke, ngokuba "abantu abashisiwe" njengokungathi othile ufake ifomu elingabonakali, elibhujiswa yi-heroine yeposi lethu!
Eminyakeni emithathu eyedlule, abezindaba baphuthuka ezindabeni - "Intombazane eneminyaka engu-18 ubudala ne-Down syndrome uDadeline Stewart yawela enkundleni, futhi manje iphupho lokuba yisibonelo!"
Yisiphi isono esingazifihla - ngoba lesi sigameko sasiyisizathu sokubonga noma okungcono ukungangabazi ukuthi imboni yezemfashini yavula iminyango yayo uMadeline Stewart imizuzu embalwa, futhi ngaphandle kwephupho elihle kodwa elingenathemba, akukho lutho olukhanyayo esikhathini esizayo, kodwa ...
Kodwa namuhla igama lemodeli yokuqala ne-Down syndrome asisekho amahemuhemu - uMadeline Stewart useyinkanyezi yangempela yesikhulumi futhi usekulungele ukuguqula umhlaba wonke.
Futhi indaba yakhe yokuphumelela kufanele ijabule!
UMadeline wazalwa edolobheni lase-Australia laseBrisbane. Ukukhuliswa kwakhe kwawela emahlombe omama munye, uRosanne, owathi, naphezu kwezinkinga kanye nokuxilongwa kwendodakazi yakhe, wavumela umntwana wakhe ukuba aphile impilo egcwele kuphela, kodwa futhi nokwakha izinhlelo zokuzikhandla.
Ngokusho kukaRosanne, uMadeline wayengehluke kuzo zonke ezinye izingane, nakuba ayekuthanda kakhulu ukukhathalela kakhulu.
Ngokokuqala ngqa embukisweni wefashini eBrisbane yakhe yase-Afrika ngo-2014, le ntombazane yenza isinqumo esiqinile sokuba yisibonelo futhi asishintshile kusukela!
Ngaphezu kwalokho, njengabantu abaningi abane-Down syndrome, uMadeline wayekhuluphele kakhulu, kodwa akazange amvumele ukuba abe yisivimbela ekufezeni iphupho.
Ngeke ukholwe, kodwa kusukela ezinsukwini eziyisikhombisa zesonto wachitha ayisithupha endaweni yokuzivocavoca, waya echibini, wathathwa yi-cheerleading ne-hip-hop. Futhi ukudla kwakho okuthandayo okusheshayo kanye ne-soda ngaphandle kokungabaza, ukushintshaniswa ne-avocado kanye nenkukhu ebilisiwe. Futhi uyazi ukuthi umphumela uwuphi? I-Minus 23 kilo!
Usuvele usakhumbula konke: "Intombazane eneminyaka engu-18 ubudala, ene-Down's syndrome, uDadeline Stewart, uye wangena esikhulwini futhi manje amaphupho abe yisibonelo!"
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi uMnuz Rosanne Stewart unqume ukuthi ukuqina kwendodakazi yakhe kufanelwe ukumsiza ukuba abe inkanyezi yebhizinisi eliyisibonelo:
"Abantu abane-Down syndrome bayakwazi okuningi, benza konke ngendlela yabo. Sicela ubanike ithuba, futhi bayodlula izilindelo zakho. Kungaba futhi kuhle futhi kujabulise! "
Yebo, imizamo kamama nendodakazi yayiphumelela ngokushesha. Siyabonga ukunakwa emithonjeni kanye ne-Inthanethi mayelana "nomodeli welanga" afunde cishe umhlaba wonke. U-Madeline wamenywa esimisweni sesithombe, futhi uhlobo lwezemidlalo iMonfesta lunikeze isivumelwano sokuqala sokukhangisa, kanti okwesibili uzokhangisa izikhwama everMaya. Futhi lokhu kungukuqala nje!
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Ngendlela, uyazi ukuthi zingaki izigidi zamantombazane eziphuphayo ukuze zibekwe ku-Vogue naseZomvelo? Kodwa uMadeline eduze kwala maphuzu ohlelweni lwawo angakwazi ukubeka uphawu "olugcwalisekile"!
Okuphezulu kwempumelelo kuyo yonke imodeli ekufuneni kuyimemo yokubamba iqhaza evekini lezemidlalo. Futhi uMadeline Stewart uye wangcola kabili eNew York, kodwa nokho ulinde eLondon naseParis!
Cha, ungacabangi ukuthi intombazane izama ukugcizelela ukugula kwakhe. Umgomo kaMaddy ukudweba abantu inkinga yokuhlanganiswa emphakathini ofana naye. Futhi kuzo zonke isekela isoka elineminyaka engu-20 ubudala uRobbie, ongakaze amathanga okukhumbula ukuthi unhle kangakanani.
Zihle kangakanani, kunjalo?
Ngempela, futhi okubaluleke kakhulu - eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, uMadeline Stewart wabonisa ukuthi i-Down's syndrome ayithinteki emsebenzini wakhe futhi ngokuyisimangaliso ngenxa yokuzalwa kwakhe kwezinsuku ezingu-21, wavula umgqa wakhe wokugqoka, owawuvele awunikeze eWestern Week. Uyakhumbula ukuthi ukwehluleka kwama-chromosomes amabili angu-21 kuholela ku-Down Syndrome?
Namuhla, uMadeline akhathele ukukhuluma ngokuthi ujabule kangakanani noma ngisho nangaphezulu kokujabula. Eqinisweni, yebo - yebo - amaphupho agcwaliseka kuphela uma ufuna ngempela!