Natasha stood in front of the big mirror admiring herself, she tucked in her protruding tummy and raised her shoulders so as to pose like a professional model.
She let out a slight laugh at how silly she looked, she proceeded to catwalk across her room and waved to the pillows, a big teddy bear and every immovable object she could sight.
She catwalked to her door and sharply swerved like a professional model then she catwalked to the center of the room and stopped, she put her two hands on her tummy and stuck out a leg exactly as she had seen the professional models on TV do.
She stood there for a while as if she was expecting someone to judge her, she then judged herself well because no one would judge her and she was all alone in the house
Natasha Sabinski, the judges have now scored you and you get three perfect tens for the first time in the history.
She then celebrated and picked up a flower and waved to the immovable objects in her room.
Natasha Sabinski has always wanted to be a professional model, ever since she started speaking that has always been her dream and little by little she was getting there though they were a few barriers on the way.
From a young age Natasha had always defied all odds in whatever she did despite being a girl and according to people 'oversize'.
She was big, tall and had a lovely blonde hair which was complimented with pretty blue eyes though she did not see herself as 'big' even though people constantly pointed it out to her.
When she was still in high school she refused to be bullied by her peers because of her size and would shun anybody that would body shame her and sometimes she would dye her hair red, she would then dress up and take pictures in front of her house just to show that she did not care what they taught of her.
She was loved in her neighbourhood because of her lovely and friendly nature, she was the big blue eyed blondie by all and sundry.
She was preparing for her big audition tomorrow, the biggest modeling agency in the country just opened a branch in her town and they were recruiting five girls that would be trained personally by the most famous and successful model in the world Fiona Sabrina.
That was huge and if she makes it, that would be a major financial boost in her life and elevate her family more.
She was the only child her parents had and they treasured her and provided her with everything she needed in her eighteen years on earth so felt that if she makes it as a model she would be able to pay her parents for the love and care.
The day for the audition finally came, Natasha woke up excited and full of energy because she knew that she would ace the audition.
She brushed her teeth, took a hot shower, took a light breakfast and put on the dress she ironed last night.
When she was ready to leave her parents hugged her tightly as if she was moving to a new country, her mom said
Natty my baby, you have been the main source of joy and happiness in our family and today i pray that you pass the audit so you fulfill your dreams of being a model.
Her dad stroked her hair gently and looked into her eyes and said
my not so little baby bear, ever since you were little everything you did was always perfect in my eyes and today you are going to show the world that perfect girl who doesn't care what people say.
Natasha was overwhelmed with passion, her parents were amazing and she would surely pass the audition.
She drove herself with the car her parents bought for her eighteenth birthday, when she arrived at the venue of the audition people were running helter skelter as if a big celebrity was around, they were many cars parked and when Natasha asked what was happening she discovered that Fiona Sabrina was present.
Fiona decided to handpick the five girls out of hundreds herself that year and many girls were panicking because Fiona was known as a tough lady who judged ruthlessly.
It was shocking to Natasha but she was determined to pass this audition wether the president was there or not.
When she entered the massive hall that would be used for the audition, she stopped and looked at the hundreds of girls seated, they were all slim, curvy and looked perfect.
In fact she was the only plus size girl there and the confidence, energy, passion she brought with her vanished into thin air.
She sat at the back and looked visibly scared, the host came up to stage and addressed everyone briefly and the audition started.
They called out the girls one by one according to the order of their surnames, each girl had two minutes to answer the question they were asked which was basically what is your name and what are you doing here.
They were three judges which included Fiona, they judged there and then and if you don't impress them you will be eliminated.
They removed many girls before it got to Natasha's turn, the host called her name twice before she realized it was her turn.
As she walked to the stage people laughed and make gestures at her which embarrassed her, she wanted the ground to swallow her and for the first time ever Natasha hated herself because of her size.
She climbed to the stage with her head bowed, the judges asked her to raise her head and answer her questions, she managed to raise her head and before she could control herself tears flowed down freely from her eyes.
The hundreds of girls burst into laughter and started shouting FAT GIRLS CAN'T BE MODELS!!!
Natasha sink to the stage and wept bitterly, all her life she had tried to stay strong and pretend as if the hurtful body shaming comments did not hurt her but today they were too much to handle and she wished her parents would appear and drive her away.
The chant continued for a while and something unusual happened, Fiona stop up from her seat and went up to the stage and pulled up Natasha.
She brought out a handkerchief and wiped her tears which left everyone in utter shock including Natasha.
She took a microphone and addressed everyone
I'm honestly disgusted by the behaviours of you girls today, you body shame this innocent girl because she wanted to follow her dreams of becoming a model?
Who said that models have to be slim or curvy, in fact i started my career as a plus size model despite the insults and taunts i am successful today.
Many people think that perfection in modeling is being slim, curvy or thick but that's not the case.
Without saying too much, i hereby cancel today's audition and instead of taking five girls i am going to take only this brave young woman.
She may not be that perfect girl for modeling but i promise you all in a few years time she will be making headlines.
Fiona took Natasha's hand and together they walked away to the shock of everybody.
Fiona took Natasha under her wings, she trained her and taught her everything she needed to know and few years later Natasha Sabinski became a plus size super model.
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Natasha Sabinski is an unforgettable character!I loved the theme you took for this week's call out, @emeka002.
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Thank you so much for writing this story on @theinkwell, @emeka002. Prefection is such a relative concept! In fact Natasha became the perfect contestant because she was reminded by Fiona of her own beginnings. We love seeing your comments on fellow writers' posts.
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This is a satisfying story, @emeka002, It took a lot or courage for Natasha to go up on stage. It is true that we have to follow our own instincts and connect listen jabber. If we always check with others to decide whether we should go ahead, we will never go anywhere.
I like your story a lot. Also, it is a great character sketch. You meet the prompt and skill challenge very well.
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