U-Ashley Graham oneminyaka engu-33 ubudala waziwa ngokuthi imodeli yobukhulu be-plus egqugquzela ama-bodypositives futhi ihlukaniswe njalo nababhalisile "ezithombeni ezithembekile" zomzimba wakhe. Ngemuva kokukhulelwa nokuzalwa kwengane, u-Ashley wakhombisa umphakathi, njengoba isikhumba sakhe nesibalo sashintsha, futhi banxusa abalandeli ukuthi bathathe zonke izici zabo zangaphandle nokungapheleli.
Kodwa-ke, kwinhlolokhono entsha noWsJ Graham wavuma ukuthi uyakuzonda njalo ukukhuluma ngomzimba wakhe. "Mina angithandi ukudingida umzimba wakho njalo. Angazi umuntu ongashadile owayezokwenza into efanayo, "kusho imodeli engxoxweni.
Futhi nokho kunesizathu sokuthi u-Ashley aqhubeke noFrank nezilaleli zakhe: "Lapho ngisemncane, kwakungekho bantu abanjalo ababengakhuluma obala ngomzimba. Ngakho-ke, ngiyakwenza, futhi le yinto esemqoka engiyangishukumisela. Ngalesi sizathu, angithumeli izithombe "ezifanele" ku-Instagram - ngibashiya bangempela futhi bemvelo. Ngifuna abantu bazi ukuthi kunabesifazane abanama-cellulite, ama-fat deposits emhlane, amamaki welebhule ... Bakhona abesifazane abaningi, abesifazane abakhuluphele ngokweqile - babize njengoba ufisa.
Ngo-2016, uGraham waba yimodeli yokuqala yosayizi we-pluss evele esembozweni semagazini yokubhukuda yezemidlalo. Ngemuva konyaka, waba yimodeli yokuqala ephelele esembozweni somagazini waseVogue, kwathi ngo-2018 - imodeli yokuqala ebabazekayo yesizukulwane sakhe, esathola inkontileka enkulu yezimonyo noRechlon Brand.
"Konke engikwenzayo, ngenza ukuguqula imboni kuze kube phakade. Kumele ahlale umzuzwana lapho imfashini, ithelevishini, cinema - konke kuzoshintsha. Yini enye okufanele uyisebenzise amakhono akho, uma ungakhulumi ngezinto okhathazekile? Ukuthi yini enye ukufaka isandla kulezi zinguquko? " - UGraham omisiwe.