NgoMashi 8, umfundi oneminyaka engu-29 ubudala nomyeni wakhe uSebastian Bear-McClard waba ngabazali. Imodeli yabeletha indodana, ingane ebizwa ngokuthi iSylvester. Izindaba ezijabulisayo u-Emily wahlanganyela ekhasini lakhe ku-Instagram.
"USylvester Apollo Bear wasijoyina eMhlabeni. USali uvele ekukhanyeni 3/8/21, esikhathini esingajwayelekile, muhle futhi ugcwale ekuseni empilweni yami, "kubhala kwahambisana nokuhamba kwezithombe nengane.
Enye yokuqala encwadini yakhe yaphendulwa ngu-Ashley Graham: "Wemukelwa emhlabeni, uSly!"
Mayelana nokukhulelwa u-Emily omemezelwe ngo-Okthoba. Endabeni yakhe, e-American Vogue, waxoxa ngemicabango yakhe ngekusasa enganeni, waphawula ukuthi "isitezi ngeke sazi ingane yakhe ngaphambi kwesikhumbuzo sakhe se-18" futhi sizomhlinzeka ngenkululeko ekuzibonezeni ubulili.
U-Emily wabhala: "Sabona ukuthi ngeke sazi ubulili bengane, waze waba ngu-18," uzothi kithina. Wonke umuntu uyahlekisa kulokhu. Kodwa-ke, lapha isihloko kungenzeka kakhulu, iziphi izitho zangasese ezizoba sengane: Asazi nakancane ukuthi ngubani okhula esiswini sami. Lowo muntu uzoba ngubani? Ngifuna ukuba ngumzali onjalo ozovumela ingane ukuba ibone. Ngiyethemba angathola indawo kulomhlaba. Kepha nakanjani uzohlangana nemikhawulo yobulili nomehluko ngisho nangaphambi kokuba kuqale ukukhuluma, ukuhamba, ngisho nangaphambi kokuba kuzalwe. "