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Ashley Graham
Ashley Graham (born October 30, 1987)[7] is an American model. She has appeared on the cover of fashion magazines such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Glamour, and Elle.[8] In addition, she appeared in several Levi's campaigns.[9][10] Graham has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Entertainment Tonight, and CBS News and was interviewed by NPR about plus-size modeling.[11] In 2016, she became the first plus-size model to appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.[12] In 2017, Graham became the first plus-size model to appear on the covers of British and American Vogue.
It's not just about being healthy; it's also about loving who you are. If you don't love who you are, you are never going to feel 100 percent satisfied in life. It all starts with you. If you don't love you, nobody else is going to be able to.
My mom never said, 'I feel so ugly'...I never saw her looking at herself negatively and therefore I never looked at myself that way.
It doesn't matter if you're a size 2 or 22, you can be healthy as long as you're taking care of your body, working out, and telling yourself 'I love you' instead of taking in the negativity of beauty standards.
I don't think every store or designer has to make plus-size pieces, but I think if we get the majority on board to start thinking of a normal woman's body, that's where the change is going to be.
I am always being asked to gain or lose weight, but I am at a point now where I don't care anymore.
There is not one standard definition of beauty or one perfect size.
I know my curves are sexy and I want everyone else to know that theirs are too. There is no reason to hide and every reason to flaunt.
I don’t like to use the words ‘real women,’ honestly. I like to use the word woman. And I say that because there are so many women out there who are naturally thin, or are naturally curvy, and I think when we start putting a label on the type of woman it gets misconstrued and starts to offend…
I want to walk into the homes of young women who are slitting their wrists, who are throwing up, who are anorexic, and I’m letting them know, you don’t have to do this. You are brilliant. I’ve been in your shoes. Don’t let society take over your confidence.
What I want is for fashion to just keep pushing the boundaries. Then hopefully photographers and art directors and editors are going to be open to the idea of booking a curvy girl not because she’s curvy but because she’s going to be right for the story.
I put photos of myself and my cellulite and my stretch marks online, and I don’t retouch them on purpose because my body is the average size of the American woman. It’s important to embrace who you are when you look in the mirror because, at the end of the day, it’s all you’ve got.