Imodeli ye-Transgender u-Valentina Sampaio yenza umlando we-Sports Illustrated Swimsuit
Akukhona okokuqala lo nobuhle waseBrazil oneminyaka engu-23 ephula imigoqo kumamodeli ashintshashintshayo.
U-Valentina Sampaio we-Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2020 izothengiswa ngoJulayi 21.Josie Clough / Sports Illustrated
By Alexander Kacala
I-Sports Illustrated izobonisa imodeli yayo yokuqala evulekile ye-transgender kumagazini waminyaka yonke we-swimsuit. U-Valentina Sampaio uqokwe njengo-Rookie Wonyaka ka-2020 oluzayo Izingoma ezishisa izikhotha zizoma ngoJulayi 21, okumaka isikhathi sokuqala ngqa ukuthi kuvezwe ubuhle be-trans emakhasini oshicilelo oluyisithonjana.
“Ngijabule futhi ngihloniphekile ukuba yingxenye ye-Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue,” ubhale kanje. Instagram. “Ithimba le-SI lidale enye futhi inkinga enkulu ngokuhlanganisa iqoqo labesifazane abahlukahlukene abanamakhono amaningi, abahle ngendlela enobuhlakani nenesithunzi.”
U-Valentina Sampaio we-Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2020 izothengiswa ngoJulayi 21.Josie Clough / Sports Illustrated
Lo wesifazane waseBrazil oneminyaka engu-23 ucele indlela akhuliswe ngayo ukuze agqamise ukuthi usehambe ibanga elingakanani, kodwa futhi akhanyisele ngodlame olumangalisayo olubhekiswe kwabesifazane abashintshashintshayo kuleyo ngxenye yomhlaba.
“Ngazalelwa endaweni ekude, edolobhaneni eliphansi lokudoba enyakatho yeBrazil,” kusho yena. “I-Brazil iyizwe elihle, kodwa futhi isingatha isibalo esiphezulu sobugebengu obunodlame nokubulawa kwabantu abashintshashintshayo emhlabeni—okuphindwe kathathu kunase-US”
Ngokusho kwedatha ka-2017 kusukela ku-National Association of Trans People and Transsexuals (ANTRA), umuntu ogulayo uyabulawa njalo emahoreni angama-48 eBrazil.
“Ukuba yi-trans ngokuvamile kusho ukubhekana neminyango evaliwe ezinhliziyweni nasezingqondweni zabantu,” eqhubeka eposini lakhe. “Sibhekene nabantu abaklolodayo, abathukwayo, besatshiswa kanye nokuhlukunyezwa ngenxa nje yokuthi sikhona. Izinketho zethu zokukhulela emndenini onothando nowamukelayo, ukuba nokuhlangenwe nakho okunezithelo esikoleni noma ukuthola umsebenzi ohloniphekile zilinganiselwe futhi ziyinselele ngendlela engenakucatshangwa.”
Esitatimendeni esithunyelwe kwa-TODAY.com, leli phephabhuku lithe, “Inhloso yethu ekukhetheni ukuthi sifaka bani ku-SI Swimsuit Issue igxile ekuhlonzeni abesifazane abakhuthazayo, abahehayo nabahlukahlukene esingabathola.
"U-Valentina usenesikhathi eside eku-radar yethu futhi lapho ekugcineni sibonana ubuso nobuso kwabonakala ukuthi ngaphandle kobuhle bakhe obusobala, uyisishoshovu esinothando, iphayona langempela lomphakathi we-LGBT+ futhi umane uhlanganisa umthombo- Owesifazane oyindilinga siyaziqhenya ngokumela i-SI Swimsuit kuzo zonke izinkundla zethu.”
NgoLwesihlanu, uSampaio wahlala phansi ingxoxo no-GLAAD, iqembu le-LGBTQ elimela abezindaba, ukuze likhulume ngokufakwa kwakhe komlando odabeni lwalo nyaka.
"I-Sports Illustrated Swimsuit ijoyina izikhungo ezivela ku-Girl Scouts yase-USA kuya kuMiss Universe ekuboneni iqiniso elilula lokuthi abesifazane abashintshashintshayo ngabesifazane," kusho u-Anthony Ramos, inhloko yekhono le-GLAAD. I-TMRW. “Abesifazane abanekhono njengoValentina Sampaio bafanelwe ukubonwa futhi banikezwe amathuba alinganayo. Umsebenzi wakhe ku-Sports Illustrated Swimsuit uyigxathu elibalulekile eliya phambili njengoba imboni yokumodela iqhubeka nokuthuthuka ezindinganisweni zendabuko zokufakwa.
Akukhona okokuqala uSampaio ephula imigoqo yamamodeli ashintshayo.
Ngonyaka odlule, uqashwe yiVictoria Secret's njengemodeli yokuqala ye-lingerie brand evulekile. Futhi ngonyaka ka-2017, waba imodeli yokuqala evela esembozweni sanoma yiluphi uhlobo lweVogue ngemuva kokucela iVogue Paris. Ihunyushwe isuka kusiFulentshi, ikhava yayifundeka kanje, “Ubuhle be-Transgender: Indlela obunyakazisa ngayo umhlaba.”
"Ikhava yami ingesinye isinyathelo esincane - isinyathelo esibalulekile sokukhombisa ukuthi sinamandla okuba amantombazane e-Vogue cover," kusho uSampaio Izindaba ze-Buzzfeed interview ngaleso sikhathi. "Izikhathi eziningi abesifazane abashintsha ubulili bathola ukuthi iminyango isivele ivaliwe kubo, okuvele kusibeke eceleni - kodwa wonke umuntu unokuthile okumele akubonise."
Lesi sihloko ekuqaleni savela TODAY.com.
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