Usuvele u-Ashley Graham oneminyaka engu-32 nomyeni wakhe uJustin Erwin uzoba ngabazali. Engxoxweni noVogue, imodeli yatshela ukuthi ukukhulelwa kuyithonya kanjani. U-Ashley uvumile ukuthi ukukhulelwa kwakhe kwesaba:
Kubukeka kimi ukuthi kuyinto evamile - ukuzwa ukwesaba futhi kungabi njengabo bonke laba besifazane abathi "oh, ukukhulelwa, kumnandi kakhulu!" Wena, wesaba, futhi akukho lutho ngakho.
Ngokusho kuka-Ashley, ngolunye usuku wathulisa uKim Kardashian wakhe, owathi ukukhulelwa akunakuba nzima, kepha ukubeletha kufanele kudlule kalula.
UGraham uphinde watshela ukuthi alulame kanjani ngalesi sikhathi futhi wazizwa enesizungu:
Ngihlala ngilawula umzimba wami, noma ngiqala ukukhomba lokho okufanele ngibe yikho. Kepha manje ngaphakathi kwami enye impilo, futhi uthi: "Manje akusikho okwakho, kungokwami." Futhi ngizokumnika. Kwakunesikhathi lapho nginesizungu futhi ngangingabi namuntu engingakhuluma naye. Futhi ngathola isisindo ngokushesha. Ngemuva kwalokho i-stylist yami iJordan Foster yangeluleka ukuthi ngibe nezintombi ezikhulelwe. Phakathi kwabangane bami, kwakungekho bangane abanjalo. Futhi manje ngathola izintombi ezikhulelwe eziyisishiyagalolunye.
Njengoba imodeli ekhulisayo etshelwa, akunakudla okumsiza ukuba anciphise isisindo. Kepha ngenxa yalokho, u-Ashley wathatha isidumbu sakhe, futhi wawuthinteka ngokuphelele emsebenzini wakhe.
Angikaze ngibe mncane, ngakho angazi ukuthi kuyini. Kepha abanye abantu bathi ngizobiza ukwehlisa isisindo. Ngazama konke ukudla okudumile, futhi abasebenzanga. Ngoba ngingowesifazane omuhle kakhulu - isivinini esikhulu, siphilile, sikhule entombazaneni yommbila evela eNebraska. Kepha ngolunye usuku ngakuthatha. Futhi ngiqiniseka ngokwengeziwe, umsebenzi wami wawususwa phezulu,
- Kwabiwe engxoxweni noGraham.