I-Olimpiki ye-Snowboarder u-Chloe Kim wavele waphenduka waba yi-Barbie Doll
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Ukube i-snowboarder u-Chloe Kim wayengekho kakade ingane ebanda kunazo zonke eneminyaka engu-17 ebhlokweni lokuba ngowesifazane omncane ukuwina indondo ye-Olimpiki eqhweni kuma-Olimpiki asebusika ka-2018, ngakho-ke kuphephile ukusho ukuthi usemuva kwaleli sonto. Okokuqala, uthole ukumemeza komuntu siqu enkulumweni kaFrances McDormand kuma-Oscars. Namuhla, akafi esesimweni sika-Barbie. Ngakho-ke kuphephile ukusho ukuthi usefinyelele isimo segama lomndeni.
Unodoli kaKim uyingxenye yohlu lwabalingisi abayizibonelo zomlando nezanamuhla abavela emazweni omhlaba abayi-17 uBarbie aqala ngabo ukuhlonipha uSuku Lwabesifazane Lwamazwe Ngamazwe. Onodoli bahlanganisa inqwaba yobungcweti, ukusiza "ukukhuthaza amandla angenamkhawulo emantombazaneni," kusho uLisa McKnight, SVP kanye noGM kaBarbie, esitatimendeni sabezindaba. "Amantombazane abelokhu ekwazi ukudlala izindima nemisebenzi ehlukene no-Barbie futhi sijabule kakhulu ukukhanyisela abantu abayizibonelo zangempela ukuze siwakhumbuze ukuthi angaba yinoma yini."
Ngonodoli bakaKim, uMattel (owamemezela ngasekupheleni konyaka odlule iBarbie eyalingiswa ngemuva kommeli wama-Olimpiki u-Ibtihaj Muhammad) uyaqhubeka nokufakazela iphuzu lokuthi ungadlala ezemidlalo * no * ukudlala nodoli. (UDuh.) Kunabasubathi abayisithupha abengeziwe kulayini omusha kanye noKim, kubandakanya nompetha wesibhakela ovela e-U.K, umgadli womoya ovela eTurkey, nomdlali webhola lezinyawo wase-Italy.
UKim, ozibiza ngokuthi "uyintombazane eyintombazane" othanda ukuthenga, unethemba lokuthi unodoli wakhe uzokusiza ukufakazela ukuthi ungaba ngowesifazane futhi uphinde ukhahlele imbongolo kuhafu wengxenye. "Umlayezo kaBarbie-wokukhombisa amantombazane ukuthi angaba noma yini-into engingayithola ngemuva. Ngihlonipheke kakhulu ukubhekwa njengesibonelo futhi ngifuna amantombazane azi ukuthi angakwazi ukugijima kanye namantombazane ngesikhathi esifanayo!" UKim usitshele.