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Ashley Graham: “My ultimate fashion icon is Kim Kardashian”

On her fashion icon: I don’t care what anybody says – my ultimate fashion icon is Kim Kardashian. Bow down to that booty. On owning too many little black dresses: I never realized how many I have until I cleaned out my closet – about 30! On her beauty philosophy: My beauty philosophy is sexy is a state of mind and I feel that embodies any type of person and woman, who is any age, race, or size. On her makeup routine: I don’t normally wear foundation on my off duty days. But I love Armani and Laura Mercier. The best backstage beauty trick is always put a highlighter on me, it’s going to wake up your eyes and it’s always going to give you that sexy look. … says Ashley. More of Ashley’s recent looks next! (…)Read the rest of Ashley Graham: “My ultimate fashion icon is Kim Kardashian” (1 words) © Versus for Skinny VS Curvy, 2016. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags:

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Ashley Graham: “He said, ‘I’m afraid you’re going to be as fat as my mom’”

On dating men who did not appreciate her body: “I dated all the wrong men. I thought I could feel appreciated in my body through guys.” Graham speaks openly about being in an abusive relationship during this period. “He never hit me, but he did throw me up against a wall. I didn’t know to get out then because I was so insecure.” When a different boyfriend dumped her, “He said, ‘I’m afraid you’re going to be as fat as my mom.’ ” The now oft-quoted remark, Graham says, “was the start of how I began to look at my body and relate it to men. Like, Oh, I’m not pretty or skinny enough for men.” On starting to exercise again in her 20’s: “So it was like, okay, I’m an athlete. I need to move. I know that working out releases endorphins and makes me feel my best. I’m really excited because I feel like my body’s just going to be, like, de-fi-ni-tion! It helps to shatter these preconceived notions that thin is the only way you can be athletic.” … says Ashley in Self Magazine. See more of her next! (…)Read the rest of Ashley Graham: “He said, ‘I’m afraid you’re going to be as fat as my mom’” (2 words) © Versus for Skinny VS Curvy, 2016. | Permalink | 11 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags:

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Ashley Graham Does Self Magazine

From Self: At 17, Graham signed with Wilhelmina Models and moved to New York City on her own. She quickly discovered the industry’s uglier aspects—for one thing, that even within the niche of plus-size modeling, body diversity has its limits. After one agent waved a wad of cash in her face and said, “You can make a lot more of this if you lose more pounds,” her body image took a dive. Graham began trying every diet under the sun, from cabbage soup to 10-day juice fasts. But nothing stuck. “All of a sudden, Mom wasn’t cooking for me; Mom wasn’t there being like, ‘Lets go work out!’ ” Her confidence plummeted, and so did the control she felt over her body. “I went from a size 12 to a size 18,” she says, trying to keep up with the constant partying and networking that seemed effortless to the other models and agents around her. “It was a dark place.” At the time, Graham couldn’t see herself as beautiful at a size 18, but more than that, “It was the way that I was treating my body. I didn’t understand the health aspect of it.” The former high school basketball and volleyball player stopped exercising, losing her tone and definition. Within a year of moving to New York, “I looked at myself in the mirror and said, ‘I hate you. You’re so gross,’ ” Graham recalls. “I’m looking at my cellulite and my back fat and thinking, I have to go shoot lingerie tomorrow and smile, and I am heinous. How can I get through this?” Read the full story HERE! See more! (…)Read the rest of Ashley Graham Does Self Magazine (0 words) © Versus for Skinny VS Curvy, 2016. | Permalink | 20 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags:

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Size 14 Ashley Graham and Size 6 Amy Schumer Posed Together

Amy Schumer on her size: Plus size is considered a size 16 in America. I go between a size 6 and an 8. @glamourmag put me in their plus size only issue without asking or letting me know and it doesn’t feel right to me. Young girls seeing my body type thinking that is plus size? Pictured: Size 14 Ashley Graham and Size 6/8 Amy Schumer last week. Incoming search terms:Ashley Graham, amy schumer, petite skinny doli pose © Versus for Skinny VS Curvy, 2016. | Permalink | 34 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags:

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Ashley Graham: “I have cellulite. I have back fat. I’ve got a thick stomach”

On being the hot girls in DNCE’s music video: “I didn’t think the video would have the impact it did. I just thought it was going to be cute. But the comments have been so positive. These girls are like, ‘OMG, thanks for putting “real women” in a music video.’ I don’t believe in that term, but, you know, bravo to DNCE for stepping out of the box and really taking it there by having a girl who typically isn’t represented.” On her body: “You know what’s so funny? I think women think I’m inspirational because I’m unapologetic. I have cellulite. I have back fat. I’ve got a thick stomach. But I work my body like I don’t because I don’t know any other body. I don’t know how to feel thin. I just know how to feel like Ashley.” On how muscly guys love bigger girls: “Those were muscle guys, and those are the types of guys you don’t think like curvy women, but they love them. Girls my size are like, ‘Oh, I could never get a guy like that.’ Actually, you could, girlfriend! I’m living proof that you can have whatever you want in spite of what people say is a ‘flaw.’ Whether it’s a race thing or not being smart enough or pretty enough—there are so many things that are hanging over women’s heads, but you have to fight through it.” On the fact that there’s no such thing as the Perfect Body: “I’ve been a size 12, and I thought I was so hot. But now I’m a 14 to 16, and I honestly couldn’t be happier—I’m just content. Of course, I look at my body and think ‘Oh, I want to tighten up my arms a bit, or I wish my ass was lifted higher.’ But nobody has the perfect body. There’s no such thing.” … says Ashley. More of her Elle spread next! (…)Read the rest of Ashley Graham: “I have cellulite. I have back fat. I’ve got a thick stomach” (0 words) © Versus for Skinny VS Curvy, 2016. | Permalink | 13 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: