{"id":1032,"date":"2011-10-22T10:52:03","date_gmt":"2011-10-22T10:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/30-heavy-weight-models-registered\/"},"modified":"2011-11-16T10:50:09","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T10:50:09","slug":"30-heavy-weight-models-registered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/30-heavy-weight-models-registered\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Heavy Weight Models Registered"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-849 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dsc_0229.jpg\" alt=\"Some of the Kigali&#039;s size-plus models to participate in the Alga size-plus fashion show(igihe.com photos) \" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{In a highly waited \u2018{{Alga plus-size fashion show}},\u2019 30 heavy weight amateur models have registered to participate, the organizer Aline Gahongayire has said.}}<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to igihe.com, Gahongayire said they had received 100 applicants of whom they only screened and selected only 30 models.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe used experienced jury had to scrutinize and select people who can atleast express themselves so that they can also be nominated for public interest drives like health campaigns and the like,\u201d Gahongayire said.<\/p>\n<p>Gahongayire said the selected heavy weight models have between 80kgs and 167kgs.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-850 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dsc_0226.jpg\" alt=\"My style, My way: clad in Rwandan Traditional wear\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>This the first time such a fashion show happens in Rwanda contrary to slim slender girls that commonly attract people across the world.<\/p>\n<p>According to Gahongayire, this fashion show is also aiming at giving value to large ladies who usually face discrimination in their respective communities. <\/p>\n<p>She said it is a way of advocating for their rights saying; \u201cthese are also people who can contribute a lot to the society other than underrating them\u201d<br \/>\nGahongayire said that some of these models were abandoned by their husband when they turned heavy weight.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-851 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dsc_0535.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>One woman who did not want to publicize her name confessed to igihe.com that she has been abandoned by her husband due to becoming over weight.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-852 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dsc_0434.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-853 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dsc_0556.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{In a highly waited \u2018{{Alga plus-size fashion show}},\u2019 30 heavy weight amateur models have registered to participate, the organizer Aline Gahongayire has said.}} Speaking to igihe.com, Gahongayire said they had received 100 applicants of whom they only screened and selected only 30 models. \u201cWe used experienced jury had to scrutinize and select people who can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[278],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-1032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-joram-muhoozi"],"bylines":[{"id":278,"name":"Joram Muhoozi","slug":"joram-muhoozi","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":278,"name":"Joram Muhoozi","slug":"joram-muhoozi","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1032"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=1032"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=1032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}