Zelda Wynn Valdes

Zelda Barbour Wynn Valdes (June 28, 1901 - Septemba 26, 2001) bụ onye mmebe ejiji na ejiji nke America. Enyere ya otuto maka imebe ekike izizi Playboy Bunny .
A mụrụ Zelda Valdes Zelda Christian Barbour na Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, wee tolite na Charlotte, North Carolina . Ọ zụrụ azụ dị ka onye pianist oge gboo na Conservatory of Music Catholic. Ná mmalite 1920s, Valdes malitere ịrụ ọrụ n'ụlọ ahịa akwa akwa nke nwanne nna ya na White Plains, New York . N'otu oge ahụ, Valdes malitere ịrụ ọrụ dị ka nwa agbọghọ na-azụ ahịa na ụlọ ahịa dị elu. N'ikpeazụ, ọ gbasiri mbọ ike ruo ire na ime mgbanwe, bụrụ onye odeakwụkwọ na akwa akwa ojii mbụ nke ụlọ ahịa ahụ. N'ileghachi anya azụ, Valdes kwuru "Ọ bụghị oge dị ụtọ, mana echiche bụ ịhụ ihe m nwere ike ime." N'agbanyeghị mgba ndị ọ nwetara na ahụmahụ mbụ ya na ụlọ ọrụ mgbanwe, Valdes na nwanne ya nwanyị, Chez Valdes, meghere ụlọ ahịa Manhattan mbụ nke America nwere na 1948.
Zelda Wynn Valdes bụ ọkpara n'ime ụmụaka asaa, bụ ndị tolitere n'obere ime obodo a na-akpọ Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Ndị mụrụ ya abụọ, James W. Barbour na Blanche M. Barbour, bụ ụmụ amaala na-arụ ọrụ. Nna ya bụ onye na-esi nri n'okporo ụzọ ụgbọ okporo ígwè Pennsylvania mgbe nne ya bụ onye na-elekọta ụlọ.
Na 1923, ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Chambersburg High School ebe ọ gụrụ azụmahịa mgbe ọ na-agakwa ụlọ akwụkwọ egwu Katọlik na Pennsylvania, ebe ọ mụtara ịkpọ piano. Ọ mụtakwara otú e si akpa ákwà n’aka nne ya, nne nne ya na onye na-akpa uwe nne nne ya n’oge ahụ. Ọ ga-aga n'ihu jiri nka nka ya n'ụlọ ahịa ịkwa akwa nwanne nna ya na White Plans, New York na 1923.
Malite na 1935, o nwere azụmahịa ime uwe ya na White Plains, New York . O mechara lekọta mgbanwe ụmụ nwanyị, wee mepụta ndị ahịa nke ya na-eji ejiji. N'afọ 1948, Valdes meghere "Zelda Wynn," ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta ya na ime uwe ya, na Broadway (nke bụ ugbu a Washington Heights na Broadway na West 158th Street). Valdes kwuru na ụlọ ahịa ya bụ azụmaahịa mbụ ndị ojii nwere na Broadway. O rere uwe ya nye kpakpando nkiri Dorothy Dandridge, opera diva Jessye Norman, na onye na-agụ egwú Gladys Knight . Valdes yikwara oriri agbamakwụkwọ niile maka agbamakwụkwọ 1948 nke Marie Ellington, aka Maria Cole na Nat King Cole . Ndị ahịa ndị ọzọ a ma ama gụnyere Josephine Baker, Mae West, Ella Fitzgerald, Eartha Kitt, na Marian Anderson, Constance Bennet, Diahann Carroll, Ruby Dee, Aretha Franklin, na Gladys Knight. Mmekọrịta ya na Fitzgerald na-emebe na-abụkarị ogologo oge - ọ gwara New York Times na 1994 na ọ kwadoro Fitzgerald naanị otu ugboro n'ime afọ 12, ma mee ọtụtụ n'ime ihe ọ na-emepụta maka ya dabere na echiche ya. Valdes mekwara ihe oyiyi sexier ọhụrụ maka onye na-agụ egwú Joyce Bryant bụ onye Magazin LIFE kpọrọ "Black Marilyn Monroe." Ntinye aka Wynn na rebranding nke Bryant bụ ihe dị mkpa maka ịga nke ọma nke ọrụ onye ọbụ abụ. Ọ bụ ezie na tupu a mara Bryant ka ọ na-eyi uwe 'ụtọ' iji soro abụ 'ụtọ' ya, ndụmọdụ Zelda ka ọ yie Bryant uwe mwụda dabara adaba nke na-eto akụkụ ya, nyere aka guzobe Bryant dị ka onyinye zuru ụwa ọnụ.
Ndị ahịa ya buru ibu yana itinye aka ya dị ka onye isi oche nke National Association of Fashion and Accord Designers na 1949, kwadoro ọrụ ya. Nzukọ a, nke Mary McLeod Butane jikọrọ aka, mebere, bụ ndị na-emepụta Black bụ ndị raara onwe ha nye inye ohere maka ịkparịta ụka n'Ịntanet, mmepe ọkachamara, na ego ndị na-eto eto na-emepụta ihe na mbọ ha. E lekwasịrị anya n'iweta nkewa dị n'etiti ụwa ejiji ojii na ụlọ ọrụ ejiji bụ isi.
Na 1950s, ọ kwagara "Chez Zelda" na 151 57th Street na Midtown . O nwere ndị ọrụ nke ndị na-akwa akwa itoolu ma na-ana ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ $1,000 kwa uwe mwụda. N'ozuzu, Wynn bụ onye ama ama ka ọ na-emepụta uwe na-emesi akụkụ ahụ ike ka ọ na-egosipụta ọdịdị nwanyị siri ike. Ọ sịrị, "Enwere m nkà Chineke nyere maka ime ka ndị mmadụ maa mma" na N'ajụjụ ọnụ ya na New York Times na 1994.
Uwe ejiji dabara adaba nke Wynn a ma ama nke gosipụtara onyonyo elekere, olu olu dị ala na úkwù siri ike dabara adaba na echiche maka uwe Bunny. Ọrụ ya n'igosi ụmụ nwanyị mma dọtara mmasị nke Playboy's Hugh Hefner onye nyere Zelda iwu ka o chepụta ekike bunny maka Playboy Playmates, echiche nke Victor Lownes tụrụ aro. O mepụtara ekike Playboy Bunny mbụ, nke ewepụtara na mmeghe nke mbụ Playboy Club na Chicago, IL na February 29, 1960. Ọ bụkwa uwe azụmahịa izizi nke United States Patent and Trademark Office debara aha ya.
A maara Zelda Wynn Valdes ka ọ na-enye aka na-arụ ọrụ na-elekọta mmadụ na iwu obodo. Malite na 1960s. Ọ na-eduzi Ọmụmụ Ihe Ejiji na Nhazi nke Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited na Associated Community Teams (HARYOU-ACT). Valdes kụziri nkà n'ichepụta ejiji ma kwadokwa onyinye akwa na ụlọ akwụkwọ ụlọ akwụkwọ. Na mgbakwunye, ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị guzobere National Association of Fashion Accessory Designers, otu ụlọ ọrụ zubere ịkwalite talent ojii na ụlọ ọrụ ejiji. E hiwere otu a site na nkwado nke National Council of Negro Women . N'ịga n'ihu na nraranye ya nye obodo ya, ọ sonye na ihe ngosi ejiji afọ ebere maka Abyssinian Baptist Church, Salvation Army, New York Baptist Home for the Aged, na Jack na Jill.
Ọrụ ya dị ka onye na-enye aka na ọha mmadụ Africa America gbatịkwara na ọrụ ya na ngagharị ikike obodo. Ọrụ ejiji Wynn nwere njikọ chiri anya na ngagharị nke Civil Right, n'ihi na ihe ịga nke ọma ya bịara n'oge nkewa agbụrụ na United States. Dị ka a pụrụ isi kwuo ya, e nwere nkewa na ụlọ ọrụ ejiji na-ekewapụta ụlọ ọrụ nke ndị na-emepụta ojii na-emepụta na ụwa ejiji. Otú ọ dị site na mmezu ya na ihe ịga nke ọma na ụwa ejiji, ọ kwadoro ịmepụta ezigbo nwa ojii.
Na 1970, Arthur Mitchell gwara Valdes ka o chepụta uwe maka ụlọ ọrụ ọhụrụ ya, Ụlọ ihe nkiri Dance nke Harlem . Ọ mechiri azụmahịa ya na 1989 mana ọ gara n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ na Ụlọ ihe nkiri Dance nke Harlem ruo mgbe ọ nwụrụ na 2001 mgbe ọ dị afọ 100. N'oge ya na Dance Theatre nke Harlem, ọ rụrụ ọrụ na ngụkọta nke 82 ballet mmepụta na mba 22 ruo mgbe ọ nwụrụ.