UMarissa Teijo, oneminyaka engama-71ukuqinaumthandi womculo, uzuze okumangalisayo ngokungenela umncintiswano kaMiss Texas USA. Naphezu kweminyaka yakhe, uTeijo ubonise ukuthi iminyaka iyinombolo nje nokuthi ukuphishekela amaphupho akunamingcele.

Uhambo lukaTeijo oluya esigabeni somncintiswano luwubufakazi bokuzinikela kwakhe empilweni kanye nokuqina. Ubengumuntu ojwayelekile e-indawo yokuzivocavoca, lapho enza khona i-yoga futhi ezivivinya ezihlukahlukene ukuze alondoloze ukuphila kwakhe okuhle ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo. Ukuzibophezela kwakhe kokuhlala ekhuthele futhi enempilo akumvumelanga nje kuphela ukuthi aphikisane nemibono ecatshangwayo mayelana neminyaka yobudala kodwa kukhuthaze nabanye abaningi ukuba baphile impilo ematasa.

Engxoxweni, uTeijo uzwakalise ukubonga kwakhe ngethuba lokubamba iqhaza kulo mqhudelwano, wathi kube yiphupho lakhe leminyaka yonke. Ugcizelele ukubaluleka kokwamukela izifiso zomuntu nokungavumeli iminyaka noma lokho okulindelwe umphakathi kumbambezele. Indaba yakhe iyisikhumbuzo sokuthi akukephuzi kakhulu ukuphishekela izifiso zakho nokuthi ukuzimisela nokubekezela kungaholela ezimpumelelweni ezimangalisayo.

Ukubamba iqhaza kukaTeijo emqhudelwaneni kaMiss Texas USA kudonse ukunakwa nokuthakaselwa kabanzi. Abaningi baye bamtusa ngokwephula imingcele nokubekela inselele imikhuba evamile yemincintiswano yonobuhle. Ukuba khona kwakhe esiteji kuthumela umyalezo onamandla wokubandakanywa nokunika amandla, okukhombisa ukuthi ubuhle nokuzethemba kuza kuyo yonke iminyaka.

Njengoba elungiselela lo mcimbi, uTeijo usephenduke ugqozi kubantu bayo yonke iminyaka, efakazela ukuthi ngokusebenza kanzima nokuzinikela, noma yini ingenzeka. Udaba lwakhe selungene kubantu bemikhakha eyahlukene, kwaqubula izingxoxo zokuchaza kabusha izindinganiso zobuhle nokwamukela ukuhlukahluka emiqhudelwaneni.

Uhambo lukaTeijo lusebenza njengesikhumbuzo sokuthi iminyaka akufanele neze ibe isithiyo sokuphishekela izinkanuko namaphupho omuntu. Ukuzimisela kwakhe, ukuqina, nokuzibophezela kwakhe ekuphileni impilo enempilo akumvumelanga nje kuphela ukuthi angenele umncintiswano kodwa kugqugquzele nabanye ukuthi baphile impilo ngokugcwele.

Njengoba kusondela umncintiswano kaMiss Texas USA, wonke amehlo azobe ethe njo kuMarissa Teijo, okungubufakazi obuphilayo besisho esithi iminyaka iyinombolo nje. Ukuba khona kwakhe kulo mqhudelwano kuwukubungaza amandla, ubuhle, nomoya onganyakazi wokulandela amaphupho noma ngabe ungakanani ngeminyaka.