UMarissa Teijo, oneminyaka engama-71 ubudalaukomelelaonomdla, uzuze umsebenzi oncomekayo ngokukhuphisana kukhuphiswano lukaMiss Texas USA. Ngaphandle kweminyaka yakhe, uTeijo ubonise ukuba iminyaka linani nje kwaye ukulandela amaphupha akho akukho mida.

Uhambo lukaTeijo ukuya kwinqanaba lokhuphiswano lububungqina bokuzinikela kwakhe kwimpilo kunye nokomelela. Ebengumntu rhoqo eIjim, apho aziqhelanisa neyoga kwaye azilolonge ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo ukuze agcine impilo yakhe entle ngokwasemzimbeni nasengqondweni. Ukuzibophelela kwakhe ukuhlala esebenza kwaye esempilweni akumvumelanga nje ukuba achase iinkolelo ezingeyominyaka yobudala kodwa ukwakhuthaze nabanye abaninzi ukuba baphile ngendlela esebenzayo.

Kudliwano-ndlebe, uTeijo wavakalisa umbulelo wakhe ngethuba lokuthatha inxaxheba kukhuphiswano, echaza ukuba ibe liphupha lobomi bakhe bonke. Ubethelele ukubaluleka kokwamkela iminqweno kabani nokungavumeli ubudala okanye izinto ezilindelwe luluntu ukuba zibabambezele. Ibali lakhe lisebenza njengesikhumbuzo sokuba alikaze lishiywe lixesha ukuba umntu alandele iminqweno yakhe kwaye ukuzimisela nokunyamezela kunokukhokelela kwimpumelelo engaqhelekanga.

Ukuthatha inxaxheba kukaTeijo kukhuphiswano lukaMiss Texas USA lufumene ingqwalasela ebanzi kunye nokunconywa. Abaninzi baye bamncoma ngokwaphula imiqobo kunye nokucela umngeni kwimilinganiselo eqhelekileyo yoonobuhle. Ubukho bakhe eqongeni buthumela umyalezo onamandla wokubandakanywa kunye nokuxhotyiswa, okubonisa ukuba ubuhle nokuzithemba kuza kuyo yonke iminyaka.

Njengoko elungiselela ukhuphiswano, uTeijo uye waba yinkuthazo kubantu bayo yonke iminyaka, ebonisa ukuba ngokusebenza nzima kunye nokuzinikela, nantoni na inokwenzeka. Ibali lakhe liye lachukumiseka kubantu abasuka kwiinkalo ngeenkalo zobomi, libangela iincoko ezimalunga nokuchaza imigangatho yobuhle nokwamkela iyantlukwano kukhuphiswano lwemidlalo.

Uhambo lukaTeijo lusebenza njengesikhumbuzo sokuba ubudala akumele bube ngumqobo ekulandeleni izinto ezithandwayo kunye namaphupha. Ukuzimisela kwakhe, ukomelela, kunye nokuzibophelela ekuphileni ubomi obunempilo akumvumelanga nje ukuba akhuphisane nokhuphiswano kodwa kuye kwakhuthaza nabanye ukuba baphile ubomi ngokupheleleyo.

Njengoko ukhuphiswano lukaMiss Texas USA lusondela, onke amehlo azakuba kuMarissa Teijo, ubungqina obuphilayo besaci esithi iminyaka linani nje. Ubukho bakhe kolu khuphiswano kukubhiyoza ukomelela, ubuhle, nomoya ongagungqiyo wokulandela amaphupha akho nokuba mdala kangakanani na.