September 3, 20168 yr 11 hours ago, Dayrell said: Elle Canada On not always having confidence: “When I was growing up, my mom always told me that I was smart even though I was called dumb in school because I have dyslexia. I was also a big girl who played sports and ate well, and she would tell me ‘You’re fit and healthy.’ I was super-insecure at the time, but it helped to hear her words. Then I moved to New York [to model] and gained a ton of weight because I wasn’t working out or eating right. I hated the woman I had become because I didn’t feel right in my own skin. I was a size 18 and I was looking for affirmation and attention in all the wrong areas. I had agents telling me I had to lose weight, and I was like, “Why am I allowing people to dictate my future?’” On being an inspiration: “You know what’s so funny? I think women think I’m inspirational because I’m unapologetic. I have cellulite. I have back fat. I’ve got a thick stomach. But I work my body like I don’t because I don’t know any other body. I don’t know how to feel thin. I just know how to feel like Ashley.” On diversity today: “Yeah! There’s such a diversity thing happening now between age, body type, race and gender—it’s huge. I’m so excited to be part of this story. We had the Cindy Era, the Kate Era and now this is the Body Era.”
September 6, 20168 yr Ashley Graham cuddles up to husband Justin Ervin at US Open in Flushing Meadows New York
September 10, 20168 yr Harper's Bazaar Icons Party held at the Plaza Hotel on Friday night (September 9) in New York City
September 11, 20168 yr Christian Siriano - Front Row - September 2016 - New York Fashion Week: The Shows
September 11, 20168 yr Charlotte Tilbury x Samsung at 837 Washington on September 10, 2016 in New York City.
September 15, 20168 yr Addition Elle Presents Holiday 2016 RTW + Ashley Graham Lingerie - Backstage - September 2016 - Style360 Fashion Week
September 15, 20168 yr Designer and model Ashley Graham (L) appears on the runway at the Addition Elle Presents Holiday 2016 RTW + Ashley Graham Lingerie fashion show during Style360 Fashion Week September 2016 at Metropolitan West on September 14, 2016 in New York City.
September 15, 20168 yr Addition Elle Presents Holiday 2016 RTW + Ashley Graham Lingerie - Front Row - September 2016 - Style360 Fashion Week
September 15, 20168 yr XXL Model Ashley Graham presented as part of New York Fashion Week her lingerie collection for the label Addition Elle
September 18, 20168 yr Ashley Graham presented her new lingerie collection at Nordstrom at the Oakbrook Center mall in Illinois
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