Malunga nokuba bayamhlekisa ebuntwaneni Ewe, abantwana bandihleka. Ndandilulushwini ndahamba ngenwele, endandinalo udade. Ndikhumbula, ndineminyaka eli-14 ubudala bendifuna izihlangu kwizithende. Zixabisa i-25 yeedola, kodwa asikwazanga ukubafumana. Ukufumana le mali, ndasebenza kangangeentsuku ezingama-20 esibhedlele - ndapeyinta iindonga phaya. Ndikhumbula indlela abanye abantwana behleka ngayo: Yintoni le ntombazana imbi engaqhelekanga kwizihlangu kwizithende? Kodwa andizange ndibekho ngaphambili oko. "
Malunga nendlela waba yimodeli : "Umama uyimvumi, ke ngobomi bam bendidlale kwipiyano. Kodwa eneminyaka endandikhumbula. Udadewethu uTatiana wayesoloko exakekile nge-cosmetics. Ungazama ukubetha okanye ukubenza kum, ndipeyinta iinwele zam, ndikhuphe amashiya. Nje ukuba andithathe esikolweni sakhe ubuhle, kwaye kukho uJiya Gia dzhikidze. Esi sisiseko seScout, esavula uNatalia Vodnyanov kunye ne-Evgenia Volodin. Ndiyabulela kuye, ndaqala umsebenzi wam. "
Malunga nokuba ngubani ophupha ukuba ebuntwaneni : "Ndifuna ukuba yintatheli. Kufuneka uvuye ukuba ndinayo yonke into kwimodeli yemodeli, kungenjalo ndingawufumana umsebenzi wakho. Ukususela ebuntwaneni bam, ndandisazi ukuba andizukuhlala intombazana emdaka ngonaphakade. Khange ndicinge ukuba ndiza kuba yimodeli ehlala eNew York, kodwa ndandisazi ngqo ukuba ndiza kuza kwilali. "