Turn a corner and make your dreams come true
By Kong Xiangfeng
In June 2014, a message on Weibo that "Polish female cleaner turned into a professional model" attracted special attention from netizens. Within a few hours, the post was forwarded more than 20,000 times, and people were curious about how this Cinderella turned around.
In 2013, 26-year-old Alexandra graduated from a vocational university in Poland, although she obtained a master's degree in education, can easily find a career related to education, but because they have a dream since childhood: As a model, on the stage to show their beauty, so after graduation, Alexandra turned down a number of school invitations, with the dream of becoming a supermodel came to Bristol alone.
But to her surprise, she went to a number of modeling agencies and showed her various modeling shows in school, but none of them were willing to accept her. After hitting the wall several times, her life fell into trouble, even the basic food and shelter became a problem. Finally, she can only come to a local labor service company, want to find a private teacher can eat and live, first solve the problem of food and housing.
A few days later, the service company called her to sign the contract in the afternoon, saying that several families were satisfied with her conditions and were willing to hire her. That afternoon, she arrived more than an hour early, and while she was looking carefully at several employers, a man rushed in from outside, and as soon as he entered, he was anxious to ask the staff to help him immediately find a cleaner who would be able to work that night.
When the staff explained that he needed to make an appointment to find a cleaner, the man became more anxious. He walked around the room, and Alexandra couldn't help but give him a curious look. She suddenly realized that the man looked familiar, as if he had been somewhere before. As she wondered, the man whispered, "Charlotte will be home in the morning. What if she can't find anyone to clean tonight?"
Charlotte? Famous Polish fashion designer! She suddenly remembered that this man was Charlotte's agent.
When the man was about to leave in disappointment, Alexandra stopped him. She said she would be a cleaner, and that she would do it now, and promised to finish the cleaning tonight. The man was ecstatic after listening, and the staff of the labor company on the side advised her that the weekly salary of the cleaner was only 250 pounds, which was not only much lower than her salary as a tutor, but also much harder. Alexandra smiled and, without saying more, signed the contract with the man.
Alexandra quickly gained Charlotte's recognition and trust with her diligence and earnestness, and every day after cleaning, she secretly practiced walking in the room. If she met the head of the modeling agency and some famous models to visit, she would quietly stay in the living room, carefully listening to Charlotte and their conversations, and slowly, she understood and mastered a lot of her own before did not know about the runway and modeling related knowledge.
One night, after cleaning, she found Charlotte lying listlessly on the sofa, out of politeness, but also because she usually had a good relationship with Charlotte, she approached to ask Charlotte what was wrong and if there was anything she could do to help. Charlotte chagrin to tell her that he recently specially designed a summer series of clothing for a famous model, but did not expect that in the end, the famous model but because of the salary problem and the organizers of the conflict, unilaterally broke the contract, do not want to participate in the next day's fashion conference.
Alexandra had seen the dresses, many times when Charlotte was not at home, and had secretly touched them with her hands, imagining how wonderful it would be for her to walk down the catwalk in them. Alexandra dared to say that she had participated in many fashion modeling competitions at school before, could she have a try? After hearing her words, Charlotte opened her eyes wide and said NO, the success of this clothing conference is directly related to whether her clothes can quickly open the market, and the model plays a pivotal role, which is not a joke.
Alexandra was not discouraged, and she agreed that Charlotte's concerns were not unreasonable, but after all, there was no suitable person now, could you give yourself a chance to walk over to him now? Charlotte looked suspiciously at Alexandra and finally nodded in agreement.
A few minutes later, when Alexandra came out on the standard catwalk in the outfits Charlotte had been working on for months, Charlotte couldn't believe her eyes, because not only did they look tailor-made on Alexandra. Alexandra's typhoons and walks are no different from professional models. Although there are some minor flaws, but as long as a little advice can be fully competent for this fashion show.
The next day, Charlotte excitedly recommended Alexandra to the organizers, and when Alexandra finally appeared as the final act, all the audience were shocked by her charm, but after talking to each other, they found that no one knew this beautiful face, short hair, 1.8 meters tall model. After the press conference, people learned that her identity turned out to be a cleaner.
A cleaner became a model, which became the biggest news of the day, and several modeling agencies also approached her, and finally she chose a London modeling agency. Alexandra has been the star of a series of adverts and catwalk shows, earning up to £2,000 for her appearances.
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