UMadison ReisI-Instagram enesidima Umfuziselo uMadison Bumford uhleli esofeni, unxibe ijean emnyama eqwengwe ngobukhulu obukhulu be-H & M nge-V-neck emnyama eneenkcukacha ezimnyama; ii-bangs zakhe zisanda kusikwa. Iarhente yakhe ifuna ukuba ajongeke ngakumbi, ukuze azame ubungakanani obulinganayo bokuphosa.
Utya izilayi ezibini zepitsa, emva koko aqhule abe ne-kale kwisidlo sangokuhlwa.
Bumford (ono moniker oqeqeshiweyo UMadison Reis Ubungakanani be-14, kwaye ayingomzekelo wakho ophakathi. Nangona etyikityiwe kwiarhente njengemodeli yobungakanani obongezelelweyo, umntu oneminyaka engama-20 uhlala emncinci kakhulu ukugcwalisa iimpahla, kodwa mkhulu kakhulu kwimodeli yobukhulu obuqhelekileyo. Uwela ndaweni ithile phakathi kwezi zimbini.
Ngexesha leVeki yeFashoni yaseNew York, uBumford uye waya kwiifowuni ezininzi njengemodeli yobukhulu obudibeneyo, wayenza kumjikelo wokugqibela wabambalwa, kodwa ekugqibeleni akazange aphoswe. Ngeli xesha lonyaka, irekhodi leemodeli ezingama-27 zokudibanisa-ubungakanani zihanjiswe kwimiboniso eyahlukeneyo yeefashoni ezinje ngeChromat, uChristian Siriano noMichael Kors, kodwa uBumford ukholelwa ukuba uninzi lweemveliso ezindala zisabambekile.
Umzabalazo uqala xa abayili benza isampulu kubungakanani zero okanye ezimbini, ngengcinga yokuba iya kulunga ngokugqibeleleyo kwimodeli, gcina ngokucofa okuncinci okanye ukusikwa. Ubukhulu becala, uninzi lweemodeli ezinobungakanani obufanelekileyo zero zinemilinganiselo efanayo; Kukwanjalo nakwizibini ezibukhulu. Ukuze zibe nobukhulu obubandakanyayo kwiimodeli zeenqwelo-moya, iinkampani kuya kufuneka zenze iisampulu ukuze zilungele umzimba ngamnye womfuziselo. Umgca-wonke ubungakanani be-12 abubonakali obufanayo, okanye abanemilinganiselo efanayo yomzimba. 
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Ndiyathetha hey, yile fashoni nje, utshilo uBumford. Kodwa sinendlela ende ekusafuneka sihambe.
Ukususela ebusheni, uBumford wayehlala evakalelwa kukuba iingxaki zazibekwa ngokuchasene neminqweno yakhe yokumodela. Kwiminyaka esixhenxe, wayefuna ukuba yijokhi, kodwa wayesele eyigqithile imfuneko yokuphakama. Kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, umhlobo wakhe osenyongweni wayengumzekelo wobungakanani obuqhelekileyo (ubukhulu be-0-2). UBumford wayemde ngokwaneleyo ukuba angamodela, ke wagqiba kwelokuba abe nye. Kodwa akazange abe mncinci ngokwaneleyo, ngaphandle kweminyaka yokuthintela ukutya.
Ngenye imini, umhlobo wamnyanzela ukuba atye iJimmy Johns sub ngelixa ekhala, kwaye yayiyindawo yophule leyo. Nge-5'11, wayenxiba ubungakanani besibini, kodwa xa esiya kwenza iminxeba, babesamxelela ukuba anciphise umzimba emva koko abuye. 
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Ngoku, utyikityiwe kunye Ulawulo lweModeli yoNyaniso kwisiXeko saseNew York, kwaye angabonisa nantoni na ukusuka kubukhulu obusibhozo ukuya kubukhulu abangama-20. Ukulingana nesibhozo, iBumford shimmies kwisibini seSpanx. Kodwa kuyo nayiphi na into enkulu kune-14, iBumford kufuneka incamathisele padding yakhe nasemilenzeni, ukugcwalisa ngokufanelekileyo impahla.
Ndicinga ukuba yonke imodeli yobukhulu obunye kunye nobungakanani kuye kwafuneka iphedi kwindawo enye okanye enye, utshilo uBumford. 
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Ngelixa uBumford ngokuqinisekileyo efuna ukubona iimodeli ezinobungakanani obongezelelekileyo kwisinxibo-kokubini kwiintengiso nakwiindlela zokubaleka-akafuni ukubuyisela iimodeli ezinobungakanani obuchanekileyo. Ucinga ukuba wonke umntu kufuneka amelwe ngokulinganayo. Imodeli uAshley Graham uxelele kutshanje Vogue Iphephancwadi elinamashumi amathandathu anesixhenxe eepesenti labasetyhini ngoku banxiba ngaphezulu kwesayizi ye-14, ethathelwa ingqalelo ngobuchwephesha njengobungakanani obudibeneyo. Kodwa iBumford ayivumelani nekota kunye nobukhulu bokuchaza abafazi.
Ndicinga ukuba bubudenge kuba andilungelanga uninzi lweempawu zokudibanisa, kodwa ndiyimodeli yobukhulu obudibeneyo, utshilo.
U-Bumford wakhankanya ukuba uninzi lweemodeli ezinobungakanani obuthe tye njengoGigi kunye noBella Hadid basikelelwe ngeejini ezintle, kwaye ubanika amandla okuba bayithande imizimba yabo ngendlela efanayo naleyo ayenzayo. Nangona kunjalo, uthe emva kokutyikitya kwi-arhente kwaye esamkelwa ngendlela ayiyo-amagophe kunye nakho konke-waqonda ukuba zingaphi iimodeli ezisaziva zinoxinzelelo lokuhlala zibhityile, ukuze ziqhubeke nokusebenza.
Ndithethile neemodeli ezininzi zomhlala-phantsi ezazifana, 'Ewe bendifuna ukutya kwakhona ndayeka ukumodela,' kwaye kuyadika, utshilo uBumford. Ndicinga ukuba uninzi lwamantombazana asebenza nzima ngenene ukwenza into engekhoyo kubo. 
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Kungenxa yoko le nto iBumford isebenzisa iakhawunti yakhe ye-Instagram njengeqonga lokuzithemba komzimba, kuba ufuna wonke umntu azive emhle kulusu lwakhe, ngakumbi kuba akazange azive ngaloo ndlela ekukhuleni. Uhlala ene-hashtags imifanekiso kwi-Instagram ene #beautybeyondsize okanye #effyourbeautystandards.
Ndabona ukuba uninzi lwengqondo yam yayisetyenziselwa ukujonga indlela umzimba wam ubukeka ngayo. Ngoku umzimba wam ngowam umsebenzi, ndicinga malunga nokuncinci, utshilo uBumford. Ndinqwenela nje ukuba amantombazana azi ukuba ayonto ingako ngokubala iikhalori okanye ukwenza yonke le nto iphambeneyo ukuze uzive ungcono. Yazi ukuba yintoni eza kwenza umzimba wakho uzive ulungile kwaye uqhubeke uyenza loo nto.
Kulo nyaka uphelileyo, uthathe unyaka ezifundweni zakhe e-NYU kwaye wabamba isikhundla njengomphathi wentengiso we-SelfMade, inkampani yokuqalisa egxile kwitekhnoloji kunye nophawu lomntu kwi-Instagram. Ukuwa okulandelayo, unethemba lokuba uza kubuyela kwi-NYU ayokufunda yedwa kwi-digital design (ngokukodwa, uya kufunda ukuba kutheni sithanda imithombo yeendaba zentlalo), kodwa uceba nokuqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe wokuba ngumzekelo. 
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I-Bumford sele imodeli yeVictoria's Secret, uLane Bryant kunye no-PromGirl, phakathi kwabanye, kwaye kungoku nje ukwiingxoxo neemveliso ezifuna ukumphosa njengobungakanani obuthe ngqo kwixa elizayo.
Ke ingaba yintoni umsebenzi wephupha likaBumford? Ukhozi lwaseMelika, uphawu endandilunxiba ndikhula, utshilo uBumford. Ukuba bendinokubona umntu ofana nam kwezi ntengiso, ngekhe yenze umahluko omkhulu ebomini bam.
