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I'm giving curvy women a seat at a table that we've never been invited to before - a table with high-end fashion people who have never considered us beautiful. Ashley Graham

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The really hard moment was when my dad said, 'Honey, if an agent is telling you to lose weight, then maybe you should lose weight.' I was 15, standing in our living room, having a moment I will never forget. I never had a parent tell me to lose weight, and it hurt. Ashley Graham

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I think the word 'plus-sized' is so divisive to women. Ashley Graham

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Curvy models are becoming more and more vocal about the isolating nature of the term 'plus-size.' We are calling ourselves what we want to be called - women, with shapes that are our own. Ashley Graham

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My father was a master of the cutting insult. Ashley Graham

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

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I'm trying to change how women think about themselves. Ashley Graham

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

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I think that when you use the word 'plus-size,' you're putting all these women in a category: 'You don't eat well.' 'You don't work out.' 'You could care less about your body.' 'You're insecure.' 'You have no confidence.' Ashley Graham

A lot of bodybuilders have high BMIs. It's not an indication of your overall health. Like, why put more standards on women saying there's a maximum BMI? I just think we need to be healthy, and I am. Ashley Graham

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I just don't live my life in a world where I am not feeling my best, and feeling my best is feeling sexy. Ashley Graham

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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. Ashley Graham

Do I sometimes wish I were thinner? God, in the old days, absolutely I did, but now I feel that to lose weight would be disloyal to myself. Ashley Graham

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A lot of who I am is connected to my size, and I am so happy with who I am. Ashley Graham

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People want to see themselves in the industry that, for so long, has ostracized girls of my size. Ashley Graham

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Does any woman really just come in and say, 'I'm a plus-size woman?' Maybe as a defense mechanism or maybe as a way to kind of cope with fitting into society but... I just think it's divisive. Ashley Graham

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I used to be bound by people who placed limits on what they thought I could do. Through that, I learned that if you want something, you have to be the one to go out and do it. If you don't ask for something, you're not going to get it. Ashley Graham

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This is the thing: I know I'm paving the way for the next generation of girls, and they're not going to have to do this. That's what I hope. I'll take the brunt work and just handle it, and then you guys can just sail right on through. Ashley Graham

What you see is what you get. I don't change who I am from public to private. Ashley Graham

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We can't create change until we recognize and check our own actions. Ashley Graham

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That's really truly what my message is - finding self love within yourself and not comparing yourself to others - because there's no such thing as perfection, because perfection doesn't exist. Ashley Graham

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