"But what motivates me to continue to talk about my body is that I didn’t have someone talking about their body when I was young," she explains."This is why I don’t post like the ‘perfect’ Instagram photos. I keep it real and raw constantly because I want [people] to know that there are women with cellulite, with back fat, with stretch marks... There are a lot of curvy women, plus-size women, fat women, whatever you want to call them.
When asked how she would like to be known in the industry, if not a"plus-size model," she replies,"A woman."Graham has broken barriers in her industry, becoming the first size 14 model featured on the cover of theissue in 2016. A year later, she became the first plus-size model on the cover ofand in 2018 was the first curvy model of her generation to receive a major beauty contract in the United States, as a Revlon ambassador.
"I really feel like in so many ways my career and what I’m doing is to change an industry forever," she expresses., she's also taking a stand and creating change in the industry. "This has to be the moment where fashion changes -- where TV, film, everything changes,” she says. “If you’re not talking about something that you’re passionate about, then what are you using your platform for? How are you creating change?”
All those words have the same meaning....'fat'. & of course we know there's fat women, way more than skinny/thin women. More than 80% of americans are fat, most of those are women. But I'm glad ashley finally hates talking about it, very tacky subject.