Imodeli evelele Yasmin Gauri

I-Yasmin Gauri ifakwe emgodini wezinhlobonhlobo ezidumile kunazo zonke ezingu-90. Ngenxa yokubukeka kwakhe okungajwayelekile, wanqoba ama-catwalks ezindlini ezidumile zezimfashini. Izinwele ezimnyama ezimnyama, amehlo amnyama angenasici, isibuno se-aspen, nomusa ongahle konke lokhu kuzuze njengefa. Izidalwa zenza ukuthi lo wesifazane abe mnandi kakhulu. Umsebenzi wakhe wokulinganisa wahlala isikhathi esifushane, kodwa wakhumbula konke. I-star podium star yazalwa eCanada Montreal ngo-1971. Eminyakeni engu-9 eyalandela wayehlala emndenini ogcwele noyise nonina, ngendlela, ubaba wakhe wayengumPakistani, nonina wayengumJalimane. Ngo-1980 abazali bakhe bahlukanisa, futhi ubaba wakhe wathuthela eQuebec, lapho enikezwa khona ukuba asebenze njenge-imam. Ubaba wakhe wayengumuntu onokholo kakhulu, kanti le ntombazane yayiphila inselele.

Kusukela ebuntwaneni, le ntombazane ibonise isithakazelo embonini yefashini futhi yavakashela isikole samamodeli okwesikhashana, kodwa umama wakhe nobaba bakhe babecala ngokumelene nale nto yokuzilibazisa yintombazane. Ngesikhathi esemncane, wayecasuliwe futhi ehlekwa yizingane ayefunda nazo, wayevame ukulwa nawo, ngokuvamile, i-model model enkulu yayingabhekwa njengento ebuhle.

Ngo-17, uJasmin wathola umsebenzi njengomsebenzi we-waitress eMcDonald's. Wasebenza lapho okwesikhashana, kuze kube yilapho ngolunye usuku waqaphela umdwebo wesibonelo u-Edward Zachary. Ekuqaleni, intombazane yayingakholelwa uZakariya, kwathatha isikhashana ukuphuca intombazane ukuba ibonise ibhizinisi. Ngokushesha wathi le ntombazane yayiyoba imodeli edume kakhulu, kodwa uGuari othobekile akazange akholelwe ngempela izindaba zakhe.

Noma kunjalo, lapho eneminyaka engu-17 ubudala, waqala ukusebenza njengesibonelo, nakuba ubaba wakhe nomama beqala ngokumelene nalokhu, bekholelwa ukuthi isimo sebhizinisi lesimodeli singathinta indodakazi yabo.

Njengoba wazi, emva kokuhlukanisa uJasmin wayehlala noyise futhi wayazi ukuthi ngesikhathi eneminyaka engu-17 wayesebenza njengesibonelo, nakuba ayengathandi, kodwa eminyakeni emithathu eyalandela wayenaye. Ngenxa yalokho, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, uBabs Jasmine wabona izithombe zendodakazi yakhe enqunu-ze futhi wamnika inkohlakalo enkulu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umsebenzi wakhe wendlela yokuzilingisa wayenomthelela omubi emsebenzini wakhe, ngoba wayeyi-imam futhi kwakudingeka abone isithombe sakhe esiqinile, futhi ngenxa yalokho wayengenakukwazi ukubhekana nendodakazi yakhe. Ngomqondo wangempela wezwi, emva kokuhlaselwa okunjalo, wabaleka eNew York futhi kusukela kulo mzuzu uqala umsebenzi wakhe wokuzibonakalisa.

Ngomnyaka we-1990 wasayina inkontileka nezindlu ezinjalo ezidumile njengeChanel, Dior, Versace. Eminyakeni eyisithupha eyalandela, ubuso bakhe babonakala emaphethelweni omagazini abaningi abawaziwayo, futhi wahlaselwa emibonweni edume kakhulu.

Ngokungazelelwe, ngo-1996, uyeka ukubamba iqhaza emibonisweni yefashini futhi wazidela ngokuphelele emndenini wakhe. Kwesinye sezixoxiswano uJasmin wathi umsebenzi wakhe oyimodeli yindlela nje yokwenza imali, nokuthi empilweni kunezinto eziningi ezithakazelisayo. Ngakho-ke, ekubeni ngumodeli okhokhelwayo ophakeme, akazange ayeke ukuthuthukisa futhi wafunda izincwadi eziningi.

Washada nommeli ophumelelayo wamaJuda, uRalph Bernstein, wabeletha izingane ezimbili futhi waqala ukuphila ngokuthula komndeni. UJasmine wazidela ngokuphelele emndenini wakhe, futhi waqala ukufunda. Esifundweni sakhe, wanikela ngokuthanda umnotho ngisho nangesikhathi eside waya ezikoleni zebhizinisi. Izikhathi eziningi wanikezwa ukuba abuyele enkundleni yemidlalo, kodwa wayelokhu enqaba.

Manje kungavamile ukubonakala ezenzakalweni zothando futhi kuphela ehambisana nomyeni wakhe. Naphezu kokuzidela kwakhe emndenini, uJasmin uthanda ukugqoka izingubo zomklami (ubukeka emuhle izingubo zakhe ezivamile).

Ema-90s, isimo semvelo sabantu besifazane sasibe sesibusa emidlalweni yezimfashini, ezinobuningi bezinsikazi ezindala ezithandwa kakhulu. Yasmin imelela ukufaniswa komfanekiso wangempela, ubuso bakhe bukhunjulwa.