Kutshanje, iNew York Times ipapashe uphando apho kunikwe khona ukuba iminyaka eliqela yemodeli kunye nabasebenzi bemfihlo yeVictoria babengamaxhoba esilili sesetyhini kunye nokuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo.
Enkxwaleko, watyhola umlawuli wangaphambili wentengiso we-brands ye-LL, eVictoria eyimfihlo ka-Ed. Kuxelwe ukuba wazama ukuncama iimodeli, wachukumisa iindawo zawo ezisondeleyo kwaye ngexesha lokuphosa kwamcela ukuba aye emadolweni akhe. Abafazi baphinda bakhalaza ngokuziphatha kwentloko, kodwa iziphumo azizange zizise. Ngapha koko, izithethi ezininzi ababemchasa. U-Ed akazange ancome iimodeli, kodwa wazivumela ukuba abe nezimvo ezikhubekisayo ngokuchasene nabasebenzi bophawu - umzekelo, wacebisa ukuba aphulukane nobunzima, ukwala umgubo, ukwala umgubo.
Amaxhoba athi ngokuhamba kwexesha, indlela yokuziphatha yaqala ukuqonda njengoqhelekileyo. Naye ngokwakhe wazilahlela zonke izityholo. Ngo-2019, bekukho ukurhoxa emva kokuba kuchaziwe ukuba kwakungekho ndawo kwimfihlo yeVictoria ebonisa abantu base-transgender abantu kunye neemodeli zobukhulu.
Emva kokuphanda ngaphezu kwe-100 yeemodeli kunye nabasetyhini abadumileyo, phakathi kweCalf yeBarf, i-Spark Lawrence, i-Amber Valretta kunye nabanye, baguqukela kumlawuli kaVictoria Mehas Cenas bacela amanyathelo.
Xa ngoSeptemba kulo nyaka uphelileyo, iimodeli zomanyaniso zihlangane ne-Tammy Roberts Myers, oyena nonxibelelwano kuMlawuli we-L York eNew York, kwakucacile ukuba imfihlo kaVictoria ayizithathi lula ezi zikhalazo. Le leta ilandelayo yasinika ukuba inkampani ayikulungelanga ukujongana nezityholo. Impendulo enjalo ayimkelekanga ngokupheleleyo. Lixesha lokuba uthathe amanyathelo okukhusela abantu apho i-Victoria ifihle ingeniso. Ngokuphulwa kwamalungelo oluntu ekufuneka ulwe,
-ibhekisa ekusasazweni.
Sicela imfihlo kaVictoria ukuba isombulule le ngxaki nathi, ukujoyina inkqubo yentlonipho. Sixhasa abafazi abanenkalipho abaye beza ngaphambili kwaye babelane ngamabali abo, nangona benzakaliswa yimisebenzi yabo,
-Umsebenzi osisishwankathelo.