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Njengoba eneminyaka emine nje ubudala, uLinani Potwana wase-Qheberha e-Eastern Cape usezakhele udumo futhi umele elakuleli ngokuziqhakambisa emhlabeni wengqephu yase-China.
Njengoba emukela udumo lwakhe olusha lwamazwe ngamazwe, uLinani usefakwe eduze nabanye abaphezulu kwezemfashini.
Ukugqama kukaLinani kwabonakala ngesikhathi ekhethwa ukuze abonise imfashini ye-Dior embukisweni wemfashini yezingane wase-Paris Fashion Week e-Beijing. Le impumelelo emangalisayo futhi usezoqala ukungena ezimbonini ezinkulu zemfashini.
Ngesikhathi i-Paris Fashion Week iveza okokuqala udaba lokumodela kwakhe, empeleni bekuwumbukiso wemfashini wesibili kaLinani lo kanti lobu ubufakazi bokukhuphuka kwakhe ngokushesha embonini.
Uhambo lwakhe olumangalisayo luqale ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, njengoba ethuthele e-China nonina onguthisha ohlonishwayo wesiNgisi.
Engxoxweni evela e-China, uZiyanda Potwana umama kaLinani oziqhenyayo udalule ku-Scrolla.Africa ukuthi ngemuva kweminyaka emithathu enzima yezingqinamba nezingqinamba, iphupho labo lokuzinza e-China ligcine lifezekile ngoMasingana.
“Ngesikhathi sixoxa ngevidiyo, ngibone uthando lwakhe lwangaphakathi lokucula, ukudansa nokumodela,” kuchaza uZiyanda ethi wamfaka kanjani uLinani emakilasini okudansa nangaphambi kokuba bathuthe. Lokhu kudlale indima ebalulekile ekukhuliseni ukuzethemba kwakhe nokuba khona esiteji.
Ekufikeni kwakhe e-China, uZiyanda akachithanga sikhathi ubhalise isihlabani sakhe esikoleni esifundisa ukumodela. ULinani ushiye othisha bebambe ongezansi ngesikhathi sakhe sokuqala, uthole isimemo esisheshayo sokubamba iqhaza embukisweni wemfashini owubukhazikhazi ohlelelwe impelasonto ezayo.
UZiyanda uthe uLinani ufunde ukumodela ukuze azijabulise, engazi ngomthelela omkhulu okuzoba nawo empilweni yakhe.
“Ngihlale ngilwela ukumjabulisa ngaso sonke isikhathi, njengoba eseyingane. Uma sihambele imibukiso ngigcizelela intokozo kanye nesasasa lesipiliyoni, kunokugxila ekumodeleni kwakhe kuphela,” kusho uZiyanda egcizelela. Okubalulekile injabulo kaLinani.
Kwesinye isikhathi ukuzilolonga kuyamkhathaza, kumele sizinike isikhathi ukuze siqinisekise ukuthi uyaphumula ngaphambi kokuthi siqale ukulungiselela umsebenzi olandelayo.”
Osesithombeni esingenhla: ULinani Potwana
Umthombo wesithombe: Sithunyelwe