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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.
Ashley Graham -
I am more than my measurements. I'm not Ashley Graham just because I'm curvy.
Ashley Graham
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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.
Ashley Graham -
I had so many agents tell me that at size 18, I would never work or work again. I heard, 'Go home and lose some weight.'
Ashley Graham -
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.
Ashley Graham -
I'm being my real raw self, and that's what I always preach anyway. What you see is what you get.
Ashley Graham -
The fashion industry may persist to label me as 'plus-size,' but I like to think of it as 'my size.'
Ashley Graham -
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.
Ashley Graham
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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.
Ashley Graham -
The beauty of being a curvier girl is that we're all shaped so differently.
Ashley Graham -
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.
Ashley Graham -
We need to work together to redefine the global image of beauty and continue to push for a more inclusive world.
Ashley Graham -
You can be sexy and feel good in your skin, no matter what size you are.
Ashley Graham -
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.'
Ashley Graham
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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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There's no such thing as being perfect, and that doesn't just mean the perfect body.
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People called me 'cottage cheese thighs' all through school.
Ashley Graham -
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.
Ashley Graham -
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.
Ashley Graham -
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.
Ashley Graham
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I remember being told by my very first photographer that if I lost weight, and I was a skinny model, it would do wonders for my career. My mum got really defensive - 'I don't think we will be doing that, thank you so much, goodbye.'
Ashley Graham -
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!'
Ashley Graham -
I've had agents tell me, 'You're not gonna be on the cover of anything; you're a catalog girl.' I've had clients tell me, 'You're too fat, and we can't book you any more because you don't fit into the jeans.'
Ashley Graham -
I love blocking people. I'm not afraid to block anybody.
Ashley Graham