Imodeli ka-Ashley Graham epapashwe kwi-Instagram Potteed kunikezelwe unyana wakhe oneminyaka ubudala u-Aicelek ukuzukisa usuku lwakhe lokuqala.
"Usuku lokuzalwa olumnandi, uIsake! Utshintshe ubomi bam nentliziyo yam, njengoko ndandingakwazi nokucinga. Andikholelwa ukuba ndibhala le, kuba kubonakala ngathi sidibene izolo kuphela. Kodwa kwangaxeshanye andiseyikhumbuli into ebi ngayo ubomi bam. Bukela indlela okhula ngayo kwaye ufunde, sesona sipho sikhulu, "wabhala uAshley kwi-microblog. UGraham wayehamba neposi yakhe, apho waphawula ukuba ngokufika komntwana waqonda ukuba angathanda. Andizange ndicinge ukuba ndingathanda. Abantu bazama ukukuchaza kuwe, kodwa awuyi kuqonda de umntwana abonakale.
Kwakhona kumyalezo wakhe, imodeli ibhetele kwabanye oomama: "Kunyaka ophelileyo wasifundisa ukuba namandla kwaye aguqulwe. Ndithumela uthando lwam kuye wonke umntu ophethe imisebenzi yoomama ngexesha lobhubhane. Unyaka udlule, kunomdla wokuba siya kusizisela ixesha elitsha. "
Ukutshata kunyaka ophelileyo, uAshley wagqiba kwelokuba alwe i-stereotypes kunye ne-stamas enxulumene nomama. Ke, imodeli izama ukususa iintsomi malunga ne-DAUSS YOKUZIPHATHA KWAMABHUNGELWANO, malunga neemvakalelo ezinzima onokuthi umama okanye umfazi okhulelweyo akufuneki abe namava, kwaye ke, malunga nebhinqa elithatyathwayo. Eminye imiyalezo kunye neefoto zika-Ashley zibonakala zininzi zibangela umdla kwaye zinesibindi, kodwa le modeli inabaxhasi abaninzi abanombulelo ngokunyaniseka kunye nokumemelela.