Meeting Naomi：专访这位自信丶美丽的大码模特儿

Hf：What were some of the challenges you faced in the modelling industry?
中：你在模特儿行业里面对着甚麽挑战？

N：I was only the right ‘model size’ when I was an actual skinny teenager. I was always on the bigger end of the scale and couldn’t lose the weight in any healthy way as my body was exactly how it was supposed to be. I got sent home from jobs and bullied by my agents. Made me a nervous wreck and one day I just woke up and realized I didn’t have to live like that anymore. So I took a break and when I came back and made the necessary changes, I crossed over to the plus size world.
中：当我仍然是一名瘦削的青少年，那时的我才称得上是所谓的「正确码数」。 我骨架一向都是比较大，我试过用很多健康的方法减肥但不成功，因为我的身体本就是如此。我丧失工作机会，被经理人欺凌， 令我精神崩溃。直至有一天醒来，我发现其实我可以不再这样生活！我让自己放假，当我再次回来的时候，我作出了一些调整然後便进入了大码的世界。

Hf：When you’re not modeling, what would you be doing?
中：不在当模特儿的时候，你会做甚麽？

N：Working on my travel TV show which is my other project right now! Curating my girl power magazine with my friends! I’d also like to work on a great quality fashion line that could be made in a wide range of sizes. WATCH THIS SPACE!
中：我会专注搞我的电视旅游节目，这是我目前的另一个项目！或者与朋友搞 女性杂志。我有兴趣发展一系列高质丶码数范围较阔的时装，请密切留意呢！

On Beauty & Body Image

It’s not always easy to accept yourself for exactly who or how you are and even the most ‘confident’ girls have good days and bad but you have to be kind to yourself.

Hf：What is your definition of beauty?
中：根据你的定义，甚麽是「美丽」？

N：Beauty is looking comfortable in your own skin and working with what we’ve been given in this world! Why do we all want to look the same? I definitely don’t want to look like everyone else! It’s hard to not feel like you need to conform in this world but if you believe it everyone else will too.
中：美丽是能够在自己最自然的状态下仍然感到舒服，以及好好运用上天所赐予你的东西。为甚麽大家会想外貌一模一样？ 我就不想跟别人外貌一模一样了！我知道要告诉自己不应顺应社会是很难的，但若果你相信自己其实可以不跟从社会的话，其他人亦会相信。

Hf：What you think of the term ‘plus size’?  Is it a word fair enough to represent who it’s representing?
中：你对「大码」这个字有甚麽看法？用这个字来代表它所代表的女性公平吗？

N：Plus size in modelling is an industry term. In modeling, plus size is anything that isn’t a skinny skinny model so I understand that it causes some confusion and frustration. We are just plus compared to the other girls.
中：大码是一个模特儿行业的用词，行内以「大码」称呼任何不是苗条的模特儿。我明白这个字带来困惑和沮丧，我们常常被拿来跟其他女生作比较。

Hf：Was size an issue to you whilst you grew up? How did you dealt with fattists?
中：在成长的过程中，码数是不是一个经常困难你的问题？ 面对那些歧视肥人的人，你会怎样处理？

N：Growing up in Asia I’ve always known that a fattist culture existed. I was taller and bigger than all the other kids in my class! Even the boys ha! Sometimes even family members would say the most hurtful things about my appearance not knowing how painful it sounded to me. But my parents were so cool and loving they made me comfortable in my skin from an early age just by showing me that there were so many different kinds of ways to be beautiful.
中：曾在亚洲成长的我清楚知道亚洲地区有针对肥人的文化存在。我在班里比其他同学高和大只，包括男生，哈哈！有时候，连家中成员也无意之中讲了一些关於我外貌难听的话，未有察觉我的痛苦。但爸爸妈妈很酷很爱我，他们从小就告诉我要美其实有很多不同的方式，教导我接纳自己。

Hf：What advice would you give women who are still coming to terms with their own body image?
中：对於那些仍然学习接纳自己身体的女性，你会给予甚麽建议？

N：It’s not always easy to accept yourself for exactly who or how you are and even the most ‘confident’ girls have good days and bad but you have to be kind to yourself. The human body is such a magical powerful tool and we have to treat it and our minds right. If we don’t love and accept ourselves, we can’t expect anyone else too. I’m not saying it happens over night, all we can do is do our best and take baby steps into a better future of self-acceptance and love.
中：接纳真正的自己不是一件容易的事，就连最有「自信」的女生都会有如意和不太如意的日子，我们要学会善待自己。人体是一个奇妙的工具，我们要好好对待自己的身心。如果连我们自己都不爱和接纳自己，我们不能期望其他人会爱和接纳你。我不是说一晚就能完完全全接受自己，我们只能尽力一小步一小步将自己带到一个更美好丶更会爱和接受自己的未来。 

On Fashion

Everyday Style：I am a loyal Issey Miyake Pleats Please obsessive. I start with something from them as a base, skirt, dress, trousers and add from there! They go up to a good size and everything is elasticated! I hate being uncomfortable!

我是三宅一生「Pleats Please」的忠实拥趸。我会以他的设计作为基础──半截裙丶连身裙丶长裤等等，然後加入其他单品。三宅一生的衣服码数多，而且所有衣服都是有弹性的！我讨厌令我不舒服的时装！

Fashion must：Bright colours and a big smile!!!
鲜艳颜色和大笑容！！！

Fashion no-no：Big waist belts on dresses, for me it’s a real pet HATE! Just let the waist be!
连身裙上的大腰带，对我来说它真的很讨厌！让腰部放松吧，不要搞它！