Ashley Graham

“You can be sexy and feel good in your skin, no matter what size you are.”

“I dated all the wrong men. I thought I could feel appreciated in my body through guys.”

“The fashion industry might persist to label me as plus-sized, but I like to think of it as my-sized.”

“I've always been a girl's girl, and I've always enjoyed my girl friends' relationships, so I want the girls who follow me to feel like we're besties.”

“I work out not to lose weight but to maintain my good health. And anyway, if I did want to lose weight, it would be no one's decision but my own.”

“The sum total of what I learned about African American culture in school was Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and the Underground Railroad. This was more than my mom knew; she didn't even see a black person in real life until she was 18 years old.”

“I really, truly believe beauty is beyond size.”

“Honestly, at the end of the day, what I want women to know is that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. And that it should not define who you are.”

“I think that no woman has to defend her body, and she should just live her truth. It should never be about the number size of her pants, and it should be about what you're doing in the world. What does her brain look like and not her hip size.”

“There are reasons to set boundaries for yourself, but there are also reasons to keep doors open.”