Ashley Graham

Model

1987-10-30

American model and television personality known for advocating body inclusivity in fashion media. She has appeared on major magazine covers and in international campaigns while expanding into entrepreneurship and broadcasting. Her work has influenced mainstream representation standards in modeling.

Quotes by Ashley Graham

I also need to honor myself for working so hard, and that means treating the money I earn with respect.
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No matter how beautiful or not one is perceived to be, the true beauty we all possess is found on the inside. That should be our focus and the measure by which we are judged. How do we move through life? What other lives have we touched? Who have we confronted with love? How have we changed the world for the better? Those are all qualities that can't be countered or weighed. Really, beauty beyond size.
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You are good enough to make whatever you want to achieve possible. You just need to find your talent and passion, then put a heck a lot of work into it.
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The Internet is a funny place, because it's a forum for so many awful ideas, body shaming, bullying, and the like. The negative side of social media is that everybody thinks they're experts with the right to weigh in on.Yet, at the same time, the Internet is a place where women can find solidarity, no matter who or where they are.
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Mom often said to me, I know if you look good, you get special treatment. And then she went a step further: I don't care what the world says or does. You have to remember that every person is valuable.
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You are good enough to make whatever you want to achieve possible. You just need to find your talent and passion, then put a heck a lot of work into it.
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The Internet is a funny place, because it's a forum for so many awful ideas, body shaming, bullying, and the like. The negative side of social media is that everybody thinks they're experts with the right to weigh in on.Yet, at the same time, the Internet is a place where women can find solidarity, no matter who or where they are.
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Mom often said to me, I know if you look good, you get special treatment. And then she went a step further: I don't care what the world says or does. You have to remember that every person is valuable.
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I also need to honor myself for working so hard, and that means treating the money I earn with respect.
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No matter how beautiful or not one is perceived to be, the true beauty we all possess is found on the inside. That should be our focus and the measure by which we are judged. How do we move through life? What other lives have we touched? Who have we confronted with love? How have we changed the world for the better? Those are all qualities that can't be countered or weighed. Really, beauty beyond size.
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The sum total of what I learned about African American culture in school was Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and the Underground Railroad. This was more than my mom knew; she didn't even see a black person in real life until she was 18 years old.
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I'm a confident woman with thick skin, and as a model in the public eye, I'm conditioned to accept criticism.
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People called me 'cottage cheese thighs' all through school.
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Too fat, too thin, too loud, too quiet - I was never going to fit the standards others created for me. Instead of complying, I protested.
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For so long, I have been an outsider because of my size. And I think that fashion has always, in some way, catered to celebrities or to a thinner idealistic model.
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Do I sometimes wish I were thinner? God, in the old days, absolutely I did, but now I feel that to lose weight would be disloyal to myself.
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I've lived the torment of the names. I've lived the torment of boyfriends breaking up with me because they were afraid I was going to be too fat later in life.
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As women gain weight, they start judging themselves. But who cares! Embrace what you have. Say, 'Belly, you might be poking out today, but I'm going to choose to love you and nurture you.'
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There are some days I feel fat. I'm not convinced there's going to be a moment where every woman in the world wakes up and feels like a million dollars. So, what I want to do is give women the tools that will help when those moments come up. Sometimes it can be as easy as telling yourself that you are beautiful.
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This confidence is not something that happens overnight. I have been working on it for a long time. I look in the mirror and do affirmations: 'You are bold. You are brilliant. You are beautiful.' If my lower pooch is really popping out that day, I look at it and say, 'Pooch, you are cute!'
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