10月15日,在上海时装周的T台上,出现了一个与众不同的身影,她戴着一条炫酷的机械“小钢腿”,迈着有力的步伐,坚定自信地走完全程。作为唯一受邀参加走秀的肢残模特,T台上的她赢得了阵阵掌声。走秀视频在网络走红后,网友直呼:“有机械战士的感觉,好酷!”
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她就是在汶川地震中失去一条腿的24岁女孩牛钰。20日,“汶川地震幸存者机械腿走秀上海时装周”的话题登上微博热搜。
Niu Yu, 24, became a shining star at Shanghai Fashion Week for her confident and leisurely attitude while striding down the runway sporting a prosthetic leg. Niu's minute in the spotlight has acquired many compliments on social media — a punch in the nose for prejudice against disabled people.
牛钰坦言“才上去挺紧张,都快失语了,走上去之后,没有刻意去张望周围的观众,场内原本挺热闹的,突然一下子就安静下来,走了大概五六秒,我就听到台下一位小姐姐在说‘好飒’,这句话一下子让我彻底放松了下来。”
When the other models appeared, the audience cheered and applauded; but when it was Niu's turn, the venue suddenly fell silent. Niu recalled that after four or five seconds, she clearly heard a female audience member next to the stage sigh in admiration, "So cool!"
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谈及这段走秀经历,牛钰表示,体验真正的秀场对她而言是一次很大的突破。“这次邀请我的是一个运动品牌,我从来没有走过秀,刚开始有点犹豫。后来对方跟我说,大部分人无法把运动和截肢联系起来,但运动是一种精神,我们要打破一些传统观念,这句话挺打动我的。的确,虽然失去一条腿,但我可以打乒乓球、游泳,腿部不方便并不能阻挡我热爱运动。”于是,牛钰决定去试一下。
Niu attended Shanghai Fashion Week at the invitation of a sports brand Pony. "I was touched by something they said and agreed. They said that traditional views have always connected sports with healthy legs, but sports should be a kind of spirit. Even if I do not have a leg, I still deeply love sports and will do so forever," Niu said.
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10月14日,走秀当天,在后台候场的牛钰紧张到“失语”,闺蜜一直在旁鼓励她。“闺蜜跟我提起之前收到的一条私信,那个姑娘现在19岁,她在13岁时因为疾病截肢了。她从小就想成为一名模特,截肢后的她再也没有办法实现梦想了。最后她说了一句话,我特别赞同,‘我们虽然不完美,但依然很漂亮’。”
Niu traveled to Shanghai for the event with her friend. Nervous about appearing on stage the next day, her friend reminded her of a message she received in 2020 from a 19-year-old girl who had also lost her right leg.
In the message, the girl said she wanted to become a model one day and walk the catwalk during a fashion show. The reminder of the girl's words "Although we are not perfect, we are still pretty" renewed Niu's confidence to take the catwalk.
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这句话令牛钰印象深刻,她想起自己上大学时也曾报名想当模特,但当她上传了身高、体重等基本信息后,主办方却因为她是残疾人而婉拒了她,表示国内还没有残疾人走上T台的先例。于是,牛钰决定接受邀请,让自己成为打破传统观念的第一人。她希望这次走秀能给其他残疾人带来力量,“我们也可以闪闪发光”。
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2008年在牛钰11岁的时候,因为汶川大地震,她失去了右腿,当时她在废墟底下埋了三天三夜,最后能够幸存下来堪称奇迹。医生给她的右腿残肢装上了假肢。“本来左腿也要截肢的,但通过30多次的手术,医生帮我保住了它。”这场意外改变了她的一生,如今再提起,她的语气却很平淡,“如果当时我没有被及时救出来,也不可能活到现在啊。”
Niu lost her right leg after she was trapped under debris for three days during the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, when Niu was only 11 years old.
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地震前她是学校田径队队员,截肢后虽然不能再跑步,但她依然没有放弃热爱的运动,平时会坚持打乒乓球、游泳等运动。
2018年5月13日,牛钰参加了首届汶川半程马拉松。“上小学时,我是田径队员,截肢后就再也没跑过步,参加马拉松是希望自己能重新站在跑道上挑战自己。” 她没有用长裤来遮盖自己的假肢,这是她伤后第一次做那么远距离的运动。
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牛钰告诉记者,跑到最后几公里时,她感觉快坚持不住了,腿都没知觉了,忽然听到周围大家都在喊“中国加油!汶川加油!”她顿时觉得重新获得了力量,坚持到了终点。她的乐观积极感染了很多人,被媒体称为“中国最美马拉松女孩”。
This is not the first time that Niu has been in the public spotlight. She first grabbed the public's attention when she completed a marathon in 2018.
The marathon was held in Wenchuan, Southwest China's Sichuan province, on May 12, 2018, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the devastating earthquake. The day was also Niu's 21th birthday.
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如今,牛钰的本职工作是一名短视频编导、摄影师,偶尔兼职客串当平面模特,为一些服装品牌拍摄写真。牛钰在抖音已有85万粉丝。
Niu works as a photographer and often uploads video clips from her life on short video platforms such as Douyin, where she has more than 850,000 followers.
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牛钰说,这些年,她一直被爱包围长大,虽然自己的力量非常微薄,但也要为社会做点事。“有官方数据显示,截至2020年,我国残障人士达到了8500万。但我们走在大街上却看不到太多残疾人,因为很多人没有勇气走出去。”
"China had 85 million disabled people with licenses in 2020, and we have no idea about the number of those who do not have licenses. However, it is rare for disabled people to be seen on the streets. I always thought about the reasons for this and then I realized it's because they hide themselves."
牛钰表示,她开设短视频账号是想让更多人了解残疾人这个群体,“我穿假肢经常会磨破腿;在地铁上摔倒了需要别人搀扶;在生活中会遇到很多困难,大家以为我不能做的事情,其实我可以做得很好;平时包上海绵压根看不出我戴了假肢,有一次和朋友去密室逃脱玩,有个NPC(非玩家角色)把我的假肢拽下来了,他的尖叫比我惨一万倍……” 讲到这些小趣闻时,牛钰笑得格外开朗。
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牛钰说,她热爱运动,喜欢漂亮的衣服,一条腿的缺失并不影响她对生活的炙热,“只要接受了自己原来的样子,就没有什么好害怕的了”。有网友私信她“谢谢你治愈了我”,她回应,这种治愈是双向的,网友也给了她很多力量。如今,她已走出阴霾,成为了一个温暖的人。
编辑:商桢
实习生:陈一驰
来源:人民日报 澎湃新闻 中国新闻社 环球时报
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