Uninzi lwe-Ashley Graham lwaziwa njengemodeli yokukhuthaza engathandabuzi ukuthetha malunga nendalo yomntu kwaye ibonise iimpawu kunye "nokungafezeki" komzimba wabo. Ukuba nguomama, uAshley waqalisa ukuthetha ngokuthandana nomntu wamandulo, umzekelo, malunga nokondla umntwana kunye namabele kunye nezinye iinkqubo ezihlala zihlala "zezo ziganeko". UGraham uyakholelwa ukuba ezi zinto azilunganga ukuba zineentloni, nangona zibalulekile kwaye zingokwemvelo.
Kudliwanondlebe olutsha no-Eng Ashley waphakamisa esi sihloko kwakhona. "Ndiyakholelwa ukuba ukuncancisa ukuba kufuneka kube kudala. Njengayo yonke into, ngokwemisebenzi yabazali. Bonke abazali bahlukile, zonke zezomzimba wabo ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo. Ukuncancisa [kwindawo kawonke-wonke] kufanele ukuba ibe sisizathu esiqhelekileyo njengosana oluvela kwibhotile, "watsho njalo imodeli.
UGraham uqobo rhoqo kwiifoto zayo apho uncayeli atya khona, kwaye ekhuthaza ababhalisile ukuze banciphise ibala kule nto. Kananjalo uGraham wabonisa kwi-Instagram, njengoko i-dialper itshintshe umntwana kumgangatho wevenkile enkulu kwaye isebenzise impompo yebele kwiteksi.
U-Ashley uthi ufumana umsebenzi wayo - ukuba angabi noluntu ukuze abantu bafunde ukubamkela kunye nomzimba wabo.
"Ebutsheni bam, kwakungekho bantu banokuba bathetha ngokukhululekileyo ngomzimba. Ke ngoko, ndiyayenza, kwaye le yeyona nto iphambili endikhuthaza. Ngesi sizathu, andizithumeli iifoto "ezifanelekileyo" kwi-Instagram-ndibashiya beyokwenyani kwaye bemvelo. Ndifuna abantu bazi ukuba kukho abafazi abaseselfowuni, izifungo ezityebileyo emhlana we-wackback, amanqaku ... "- waxelela uGraham.