Ashley Graham Quotes
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Words have power, and if you are going to use your words negatively, then that is exactly what is going to happen in your life.
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I believe that we're all here for a purpose and that one of my biggest ones is to help people understand that they're beautiful.
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I wasn't put on the cover of 'Sports Illustrated' as a plus-size model; I was put on the cover of 'Sports Illustrated' as a model, as a rookie, as Ashley Graham.
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My mom's parents were farmers, so every summer, my sisters and I would help out, hauling pipe and pulling maggots off the corn. We hated it, but it taught me the meaning of good hard work.
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I am more than my measurements. I'm not Ashley Graham just because I'm curvy.
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The fashion industry may persist to label me as 'plus-size,' but I like to think of it as 'my size.'
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When you're given an 'SI' cover, and you take advantage of it, you can conquer the world. Look at Chrissy Teigen. Look at Tyra Banks. Look at Kathy Ireland.
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I'm being my real raw self, and that's what I always preach anyway. What you see is what you get.
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The beauty of being a curvier girl is that we're all shaped so differently.
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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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Curvy models are becoming more and more vocal about the isolating nature of the term 'plus-size.' We are calling ourselves what we want to be called - women, with shapes that are our own.
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I'm a woman of faith. And I really believe that if I say, 'God, this is what I want,' He says, 'I'll give you your desires, as long as they line up with My will.'
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I love blocking people. I'm not afraid to block anybody.
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I've always been a girl's girl, and I've always enjoyed my girl friends' relationships, so I want the girls who follow me to feel like we're besties.
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We need to work together to redefine the global image of beauty and continue to push for a more inclusive world.
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You can be sexy and feel good in your skin, no matter what size you are.
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I tried every diet, from living on cabbage soup to fasting to Weight Watchers, and then came the frozen meals and the shakes. I realized that the more I took care of my body, eating what was good for me, then I felt happy and whole.
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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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One thing my mother did is that she never looked in the mirror and said, 'I'm so fat,'or 'I'm so ugly. I need to go on a diet.' Projecting that onto yourself is only going to make your daughter or son think that of themselves. Because they're a product of you.
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People called me 'cottage cheese thighs' all through school.
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I think that no woman has to defend her body, and she should just live her truth. It should never be about the number size of her pants, and it should be about what you're doing in the world. What does her brain look like and not her hip size.
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People want to see themselves in the industry that, for so long, has ostracized girls of my size.
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There's no such thing as being perfect, and that doesn't just mean the perfect body.
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My father was a master of the cutting insult.