29-year-old curvy model, Ashley Graham bared it all in a steamy
photo-shoot published in V magazine's Summer 2017 issue. Speaking about
her decision to love the skin she's in, Ashley said:
"It would be so much easier to be like, “This is the date, time, and
experience I had,” but there really isn’t one. It was more about
experiences in my life of devaluing the fact that I was an average,
normal girl living in the city.
But being told, “You’re fat,” “You’re ugly” or
“You’re just not good enough,” and trying to live in these model
standards, that was my normal. I think I hit bottom around 18. I was
disgusted with myself and told my mom I was coming home. And she told
me, “No, you’re not, because you told me that this was what you wanted
and I know you’re supposed to do this. It doesn’t matter what you think
about your body, because your body is supposed to change somebody’s
life.” To this day that sticks with me because I’m here today and I feel
that it’s okay to have cellulite."
"I remember my first signs of cellulite, in middle school. I remember
telling my mom, “Isn’t it disgusting? It’s so ugly.” She pulled her
pants down and said, “Look, I have it, too.” And I was like, “Gasp!” She
looked at me, then at it, and just rolled her eyes. She didn’t tell me
that it’s beautiful or ugly. She just made it a nonissue. It doesn’t
define my worth. If women like you and me continue to preach that, then I
feel like younger girls are going to grasp it and they’re going to be
like, “Who cares!” "
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