U-Ashley Graham oneminyaka engu-32 wabelana nababhalisile kwi-Instagram Archive Izithombe. Imodeli yabeka amafreyimu angenye yezikhathi zawo zokuqala, adutshulwe eneminyaka engu-14.
"Uma uTiktok ekhona lapho ngineminyaka engu-14, futhi ngangigqoka eliphansi kangaka, ngibe ngibe yinkanyezi yakhe," kusayina incwadi kaGraham.
Abalandeli baka-Ashley bazibonge izithombe zakhe nangokubona kwakhe ukuthi akazange ashintshe iminyaka yobudala. "Ngakho-ke anikhuli?", "Awunakuba lapha 14", "Nakanjani ubuso obufanayo!", "Yini enhle kangangokuba awulahlekelwa lobu buhle bemvelo, bhala Amazwana. Amamodeli abasebenzisi.
U-Ashley wangena ebhizinisini lemodeli kusenesikhathi: Umsebenzi wokuqala wanikezwa iminyaka eyi-12. Abaqashi babone i-graham encane ezitolo ezinkulu. Ngemuva konyaka, u-Ashley wasayina inkontileka yayo yokuqala ne-wilhelmina Models Model Agency futhi waqala ukuvela eGliana.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, u-Ashley waqinisa isikhundla sawo embonini futhi waba ngomunye wamamodeli osayizi osheshe kakhulu we-plus. Manje uGraham ubona umgomo wawo ukuthonya ushintsho kumazinga obuhle. Ugqugquzela ubuhle bemvelo futhi abize abantu ukuthi bangabe esabe imvelo yabo.
Kwenye yezingxoxo, uGraham wathi: "Konke engikwenzayo, ngenza ukuguqula imboni kuze kube phakade. Kumele uhlale isikhashana lapho imfashini, ithelevishini, i-cinema - konke kuzoshintsha. Yini enye okufanele uyisebenzise amakhono akho, uma ungakhulumi ngezinto okhathazekile? "