UBill Wackermann uhleli ngasemva kwedesika yeofisi yakhe yaseNew York ehonjiswe kakuhle.Ifoto: Kaitlyn Flannagan yoMqwalaseli Ukuba nawuphi na umntu oneminyaka engama-34 ubudala, u-5'2 ″ wasetyhini wayeza kutyikitya ikhontrakthi kunye ne-arhente yokumodareyitha ephezulu, iya kuba ziindaba ezintle. Kodwa xa iimodeli zikaWilhelmina zabhengeza ukuba bazokumela uNicki Minaj kule Matshi iphelileyo, kwaxhamla ingxelo eninzi, kubandakanya neentloko ezininzi ezazibiza ikhontrakthi. enkulu kunye nearhente enkulu . Urekhoda owaphula irekhodi waze wathumela nge-imeyile Vogue ukubazisa ngqo ukuba uziva njani ngale nto.
Ndiyayithanda intsebenziswano phakathi komculo wam nendlela evuselela ngayo ifashoni yam. Umyalezo wam uhlala ubhiyozela isitayile sakho. Ndonwabile kwaye ndiwongekile ngokusayina noWilhelmina-bayandifumana, wabhala. Kwaye kubonakala ngathi i-arhente ye-arhente, uBill Wackermann, uziva ngendlela efanayo.
UNicki yindlovukazi yam, kwaye ndiyamphila! Wadanduluka, xa ebuzwa malunga nesivumelwano sika-Minaj. Kodwa emva koko wehla waya kwishishini kwaye wabhekisa isikhundla sakhe njengelungu elinempembelelo laseHollywood, ecaphula umceli mngeni kaNicki Minaj ophinda-phindwayo njengomzekelo. Ukuze ukwazi ukusebenza ngetalente enjalo kwaye uthi udlale nayiphi na into encinci kwingxoxo yabo malunga nezinto eziqhubela phambili inkcubeko yanamhlanje, yinto ekhethekileyo.
Kodwa linda, kutheni umrepha enesiseko esomeleleyo fan, abalandeli be-Instagram abazizigidi ezingama-82.6 kunye nee-singles ezilishumi eziphezulu bafuna ukusayina nearhente yokumodela? Kukubhengezwa komhlaba kunye nokufumana imali njengobuso bebhrendi, kodwa kunye nokuphucula ukuma kwabo kwihlabathi lefashoni kunye nokuvula amathuba amaninzi okudala kunye neempawu. Xa umntu odumileyo osele eqeshiwe ukukhuthaza uphawu, bezisa ubuntu babo, igama labo kwaye, okona kubaluleke kakhulu, lilizwi labo. Udumo aluyiyo i-canvas engenanto, njengemodeli, kodwa ubugcisa obugcweleyo, wonke umntu afuna ukuba neliso. Ngokwendalo, oku kutyhilwa kuxhaphakileyo phantse kuqinisekisiwe kukhokelela kumanani aphezulu okuthengisa kuye wonke umntu obandakanyekayo. 
UNicki Minaj ubeka iMACI-Instagram / NickiMinaj
UWackermann wachaza ukuba uMinaj uza kubonakala kwiphulo kungekudala (gcina amehlo akho ngaphandle), kodwa akayena kuphela umlingisi omkhulu omelwe nguWilhelmina; Basebenza noDemi Lovato, uNick Jonas, UShawn Mendes , UMatshini Gun Kelly, uKacy Hill kunye noMilo Gibson (unyana kaMel Gibson). Kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo bayaziwa ngokuba yi-arhente yokumodela yokwenyani, emele ama-catwalkers amazonia avela kwimikhankaso yentengiso yeGucci kwaye abahamba indlela yeChanel. Kwaye kuyinyani. I-arhente yasekwa ngu-supermodel wase-Dutch u-Wilhelmina Cooper ngo-1967, kodwa baphinde batyiwa njengabokuqala ukwamkela iyantlukwano. Kunyaka wokuqala wokuvula, uCooper watyikitya uNahomi Sims, ekukholelwa ukuba unguye i-supermodel yokuqala emnyama , kwaye ngokweWackermann, zazingomnye weefemu zokuqala ukwenza icandelo leCurve kwiimodeli ezingancangathi.
UWilhelmina uqhubekile kwiphulo labo lokutyikitya abafazi-kunye namadoda-eemilo, ubungakanani kunye neethoni zolusu. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, into efunwa lishishini ngoku, kumazinga aphezulu kunangaphambili. Ngaphandle kokunyuka kwezemidlalo, iarhente ikubonile ukunyuka kwemodeli yokomelela komzimba, kwaye ke baye banciphisa ukumelwa kwabo ngabafana kunye namantombazana ngokusika iipakethe ezintandathu kunye neebiceps ezinomtsalane. Umkhwa oqinisekileyo womzimba ubangele ukonyuka okufanayo kwiimfuno zehlabathi zeemodeli ezingesosayizi wesampulu, ekhokelela kukongezwa kukaWilhelmina kwisahlulo seCurve London. Iarhente ethengiswa esidlangalaleni nayo isayine iimodeli ezininzi eziqhelekileyo. Yindlela uWackermann akholelwa ngayo ukuba isasazekile ngenxa yokwanda kwabathengi abakwi-Intanethi.
Ukuba uneminyaka emi-5'4, awufuni kubona ipere yejean kumntu oyi-5'11, ufuna ukuyibona komnye umntu ubude bakho. Kusenza ithuba lokuba sityikitye amantombazana ngewayengazange abe phakathi-ezintandathu, isibhozo, ishumi- kunye neendawo eziphakamileyo esingazange sizibone ngaphambili-njenge-5'6 kunye ne-5'7, ucacisile. Nangona kunjalo, uqaphele ukuba ezi modeli zingaphantsi kwendabuko kusafuneka zibenobuntu obukhazimlayo ukuze ziphumelele-kwaye kufuneka zazi ukuba zisebenza njani ngokwenene njengemodeli. 
USora Choi ubuza uLouis Vuitton.Ngobubele uWilhelmina
Esi sidingo sisisiseko sisebenza kwiimodeli ze-Instagram, nazo. Kungenxa yokuba ungathatha i-selfie efanelekileyo akuthethi ukuba uyimodeli yobungcali. Okokuqala, uWackermann ucacisile ukuba ayinguye wonke umntu olungele umgaqo weenqwelo moya, kuba iimodeli zefashoni ephezulu zinomlinganiso othile. Kwaye emva koko, wakhankanya ukuba imodeli ye-IG inokuba yinkwenkwezi phambi kwekhamera ye-iPhone, kodwa isenokungavakali ncam ngoxinzelelo lwefoto yobungcali.
Kukho isixa esikhulu sophuhliso esiya kwiimodeli zethu: sisebenzela ukwakha incwadi kwaye sibenze bazive bekhululekile ukuthatha umfanekiso. Kungenxa yokuba xa useto kunye naloo mfoti wezithombe udumileyo kwaye baneeyure ezintathu zokufumana olo dubulo, akukho mntu ufuna ukuba ufunde emsebenzini-kuya kufuneka ube yingcali. I-CEO ayithethi lityala kwezi zintle (kwaye mhlawumbi ziphantse zahamba ze) iimodeli ze-Insta, kodwa ekupheleni kosuku, uWilhelmina kufuneka akhethe ukuba ngubani owongeza kuluhlu lwangoku lweemodeli ezingama-3,000.
Kule Nyanga yeFashoni, uWilhelmina utyikitye ubuso obutsha obungama-22, enkosi ngokuyinxalenye kuDonat Barrault, owabanjwa yiarhente evela kwinkampani ephezulu yaseParis, ePhakamileyo. Ezinye zeemodeli ezisetelwe ukwenza amaza ngeli xesha lonyaka zibandakanya uSora Choi, Ally Ertel kunye noNicole A., abathathu babaqalayo nabasele bebhukishe abathengi abanjengoGucci noLouis Vuitton. BanoBruna Lirio noRoosmarijn de Kok, bobabini abazakuhamba kwiVictoria's Secret Fashion Show yalo nyaka. Ngokwamadoda, uWilhelmina umele uFrancisco Lachowski, uRJ King, uArmando Cabral noMarlon Teixeira. Ngokudibanisa, batyikitye uJordyn Woods, uBarbie Ferreira kunye noBetty Who. Kodwa ukuba noluhlu olukhulu ayisosizathu sodwa sokubhiyozela eWilhelmina ngeli xesha lonyaka, njengoko iarhente ibhiyozela isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-50-ngendlela enkulu. 
UFrancisco Lachowski kunye noGigi Hadid kwiphulo likaTommy Hilfiger.Ngobubele uWilhelmina
I-tome kwimbali ye-arhente-kubandakanya ukumelwa kobuso be-iconic njenge UJessica Lange , Anjelica Houston, Jessica Simpson, Whitney Houston kunye noJessica Biel -bazakukhululwa nguRizzoli kokuwa. Ibhalwe ngu InStyle 'UEric Wilson, kunye nesandulelo ngu-supermodel wokuqala uPatty Hansen, isethwe ukuba ibe yincwadi emangalisayo. Baza kuphinda baphose i-bash yonke-nje ngembeko yesiqingatha senkulungwane kwishishini, kwaye kungcono ukholelwe ukuba i-soirée izakuba irhubuluza nabahamba ngekati.
