Amputee Model Shaholly Ayers Ari Kutyora Zvipingamupinyi MuFashoni

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Shaholly Ayers akazvarwa asina ruoko rwake rwekurudyi, asi izvi hazvina kumbomudzora pazviroto zvake zvekuve modhi. Nhasi atora fashoni nyika nedutu, achikumbira magazini asingaverengeke uye makatalogu, ndiye mumiriri wechiratidzo cheGlobal Disability Inclusion, uye akave wekutanga kukamurwa netsoka kufamba muNew York Fashoni Vhiki asina chakaumbisa. (Inoenderana: NYFW Yave Imba YeMuviri Positivity uye Kubatanidzwa, uye Hatina Kugona Kudada)

"Semwana mudiki, ini ndaisatomboziva kuti ndakasiyana," Ayers anotiudza. "Ndakanga ndiri 3 kekutanga nguva pandakanzwa izwi rekuti 'kuremara."

Kunyange ipapo, haana kunyatsonzwisisa kuti shoko iri raimborevei kusvikira ava mugiredhi rechitatu. “Ndipo pandakatanga kushungurudzwa nekutorwa nekuti ndaive ndakasiyana,” anodaro. "Uye izvo zvakagara munzira yese kuburikidza nejunior yakakwira uye zvishoma kupinda chikoro chesekondari."

Kwemakore, Ayers akanetseka kurarama nenyaya yekuti vanhu vaimubata zvisina kunaka nekuda kwekuremara kwake. Panguva iyoyo, pakanga pasina chinhu chaaisazopa kuti vachinje maonero avo. "Ndinoyeuka ndakagara mukirasi mudiki junior kumusoro ino imwe nguva uye ndichifungisisa kuve ndakasiyana nekuti panguva iyoyo pakanga pasina chero Amy Purdys munyika-kana zvirinani ivo vasina kuratidzwa, izvo zvakaita kuti ndinzwe semunhu akasaririra kunze," "Ayers akarangarira. "Wese munhu ainditora, kubva kune vandaidzidza navo kusvika kuvadzidzisi vangu, uye zvakandiita kuti ndinzwe semunhu anotyisa kunyangwe ndaiziva kuti handisi. Panguva iyoyo ndipo pandakafunga, 'Chii chandingaite kuti ndichinje pfungwa dzevanhu nezvangu uye maonero avanoita hurema?' uye ndakaziva kuti chaifanirwa kunge chiri chinhu chinoonekwa. "

Iyo yaive nguva yekutanga iyo pfungwa yekumodora kuyambuka pfungwa dzake, asi zvaisazove kusvika kwakawanda gare gare kuti aizozviita pazviri.

"Ini ndaive nemakore gumi nemapfumbamwe pandakave nehushingi hwekufamba ndichipinda mumodelling agency," akadaro. "Asi kubva pabhat, ndakaudzwa kuti handife ndakazviita muindasitiri nekuti ndaingova neruoko rumwe chete."

Kurambwa kwekutanga uku kwakarwadza, asi zvakangopa Ayers simba rekuramba achifambira mberi. "Iyi ndiyo yaive nguva huru kwandiri nekuti ndipo pandakaziva kuti ndaifanira kuzviita, kuvaratidza kuti havasi ivo uye nevamwe vese vainditenda zvisizvo," akadaro. Uye ndizvo chaizvo zvaakaita.

Mushure mekuomerera kubasa rake kwemakore, akazowana mukana wake wekutanga muhombe muna 2014 paakaratidzwa muNordstrom's Anniversary Sale catalog. "Ndiri kufara zvikuru kuva nemukana unoshamisa kudaro wekushanda naNordstrom," anodaro. "Vakandikumbira kudzoka kakawanda mukati memakore uye izvi zvinongondiratidza kuzvipira kwavo kuita shanduko uye zvinoratidza kudyara kwavo mukusiyana." (Yakabatana: Ini ndiri Amputee uye Mudzidzisi-Asi Haana Kutsika Tsoka MuGym Kusvikira Ndanga Ndiine 36)

Ayers achangoratidzwa mubhuku rake rechitatu reNordstrom, kwaakaonekwa akapfeka prosthesis yake kekutanga.

Kunyangwe zvichishamisa kuona hombe mhando senge Nordstrom inomiririra yakaremara modhi, Ayers anoona kuti ndeimwe yevashoma kuita yakasimba. “Nordstrom yanga iri shasha asi chinangwa ndechekuti mamwe makambani makuru atevedzerewo,” anodaro. "Chinhu chimwe chete kusanganisira vakaremara vakaremara kubva kune vanomiririra, asi kubva mune zvebhizinesi uye nemaonero emari, vakaremara ndechimwe chemapoka makuru evashoma pasi rose. Munhu mumwe chete pavashanu akaremara uye isu tinotenga zvigadzirwa, saka mune izvozvo. kukunda

Ayers anotarisira kuti sekusiyana uye kumiririrwa mune fashoni nyika zvinowedzera, vanhu-vakaremara kana kwete-vanozowedzera kugamuchira kukanganisa kwavo uye misiyano. "Isu tese tinonzwa semunhu asinganzwisisike pane imwe nguva muhupenyu hwedu," anodaro. "Asi sekuoma kwazvakaita kurarama nezvisinganakidze, ndakadzidza kuti zviri nani kungozvitambira uye kusanyara."

"Rwendo kuenda kune iyo nzvimbo yaunogara wakasununguka paganda rako," akagovana, "asi ramba uchishanda pariri uye uchasvika ipapo."

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