UZendaya uhlawula imbeko kuDonyale Luna, iNkulumbuso yokuqala yabaNtsundu

Imodeli yaseMelika kunye nomlingisi uDonyale Luna (1945 - 1979) e-Itali, 1973. Edongeni emva kwakhe kukho imifanekiso kaMahatma Gandhi noKarl Marx. (Ifoto ngu-Keystone / Hulton Archive / Getty Izithombe)

Ukuphumelela kuka-Emmy uZendaya kugubungela I-Essence ’ Isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-50 kunye nodliwanondlebe nombhali uSylvia Obell. Njengesiqhelo, uZendaya uyamangalisa kwaye uyakhazimla. Kwisiqwenga esimnandi sembali yefashoni, ikhava kunye neminye imifanekiso ineZendaya ebhalwe ukuba inike imbeko kuDonyale Luna, umfazi uhlala ekhankanywa njenge-supermodel yokuqala emnyama.

Umfazi oza kuthi kamva abizwe ngokuba nguDonyale Luna wazalwa nguPeggy Ann Freeman ngo-1945 eDetroit. Umntwana onqabileyo, owayesebenzisa ingcinga yakhe ukuba aphume kwikhaya elinesiphithiphithi, uLuna wayehlala enombonakalo obonakalayo ngobuso bakhe obubonakalayo kunye nokuphakama kweAmazon ye6'2. Uye wafudukela eNew York ukulandela imodeli nokwenza izinto, esebenza nomfoti uDavid McCabe owamazisa kuye IHarper's Bazaar umhleli uNancy White. Isayinwe kwisivumelwano kunye no-White, waba ngumfazi wokuqala oMnyama ukuba abe kwiphepha lokushicilelwa.

Nangona kunjalo, ngelo xesha, ishishini lokumodela lalinomdla ikakhulu kwiimodeli eziMnyama ezazidlula ezimhlophe okanye zazingacacanga ngobuhlanga. Benze uLuna njengezinto ezingaqhelekanga.

Ekugqibeleni, uLuna wayeza kuzenzela igama eLondon ukuba abe ngumzekelo wokuqala omnyama wokuba kwikhava yayo nayiphi na into Vogue Ngenguqulelo yase-UK ngo-1966. Wasebenza kwaye wayengomnye womculo kaSalvador Dalí, kodwa ubomi bakhe babuphawulwa nemiceli mngeni edibene nesiyobisi sakhe. Ngaphandle kwetalente nobuhle bakhe, eli shishini belingazi ukuba lenze ntoni ngeLuna kwaye licacisa indima eliyinikiweyo.

Ngomhla we-17 kuMeyi 1979, uDonyale Luna wasweleka kukudlula kwi-heroin eneminyaka engama-33, wasinda ngumyeni wakhe, uLuigi Cazzaniga, kunye nentombi yakhe eneenyanga ezili-18 ubudala, uPhupha.

Ubomi bukaLuna kunye nomsebenzi wakhe wanqunyulwa kabuhlungu, kodwa impembelelo ayenzileyo kushishino ibalulekile. Wayengomnye wabafazi abambalwa abaMnyama ababonakalayo kwimodeli eqhelekileyo. Ukuphakama kwakhe nokuwa kwakhe kufutshane neShakespearian kodwa washiya uphawu kwizizukulwana ezizayo njengoNahomi Campbell noPat McGrath.

Esi sikhokelo siya kuba yindlela yokuba abantu baphinde bafumane le trailblazer kwaye bajonge nendlela eli shishini elikhule ngayo ukusukela ngexesha likaLuna. Kwaye iindlela ezihlala zingazi ukuba zisingatha kanjani ubuhle obuMnyama.

Kananjalo ndifuna ukubulela uZendaya ngesisa sakhe sokungabi yimodeli yexesha elizeleyo kuba indlela afota ngayo kunye nezitayile ngokwakhe zingabeka abantu emsebenzini. Enkosi kumkanikazi ngokuvumela abanye batye.

(umfanekiso: Ilitye eliphambili / iHulton Archive / imifanekiso kaFetty)

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