{"id":16385,"date":"2016-12-02T12:26:53","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T12:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=16385"},"modified":"2016-12-02T12:26:53","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T12:26:53","slug":"size-16-model-ashley-graham-says-losing-weight-would-be-disloyal-as-she-lands-vogue-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/celebrities\/size-16-model-ashley-graham-says-losing-weight-would-be-disloyal-as-she-lands-vogue-cover.html","title":{"rendered":"Size 16 model Ashley Graham says losing weight would be &#8220;disloyal&#8221; as she lands Vogue cover"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Size 16 model Ashley Graham says losing weight would be &#8220;disloyal&#8221; as she lands Vogue cover<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Size 16 model Ashley Graham says losing weight would be &#8220;disloyal&#8221; as she lands Vogue cover:-<\/strong> The 28-year-old model has defied her critics to cover five magazines in a year and admits she is focused on having &#8220;longevity&#8221; in the <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"> fashion industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">She said: &#8220;For 10 years I&#8217;d been told I was always going to be a <\/span>catalogue<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"> girl, never a cover girl. Well, I got with IMG and did five covers in a year, boom, boom, boom. See, if you have a pretty face doors will open, but your job isn&#8217;t just to walk through them, it&#8217;s to get invited back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">&#8220;Look, I hit the beauty jackpot, I get it, but that&#8217;s not enough, you&#8217;ve got to have more to have longevity in this business. It&#8217;s always been, \u2018OK, so what can I do now?'&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">And the brunette beauty hates being <\/span>labelled<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"> as &#8220;plus size&#8221; as she thinks the term is &#8220;so divisive&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BNel2DnglOP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Repost @britishvogue \u30fb\u30fb\u30fb \u201cFor 10 years I\u2019d been told I was always going to be a catalogue girl, never a cover girl. Well, I got with @imgmodels and did five covers in a year, boom, boom, boom. See, if you have a pretty face doors will open, but your job isn\u2019t just to walk through them, it\u2019s to get invited back.&#8221; Read excerpts from @theashleygraham&#8217;s #JanuaryVogue cover interview via the link in bio, plus get the issue on newsstands from Monday<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A photo posted by A S H L E Y G R A H A M (@theashleygraham) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-12-01T14:32:17+00:00\">Dec 1, 2016 at 6:32am PST<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">She added to Vogue magazine: &#8220;When we&#8217;re supposed to be talking about diversity for women, it feels so divisive and purpose-defeating, giving us yet another label.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">&#8220;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. A lot of who I am is connected to my size, and I am so happy with who I am.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0462962963% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BNcGWF2gEeT\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What an absolute honor! My first #vogue cover!! Thank you to everyone at @britishvogue! ????#covergirl #beautybeyondsize #liveyourdreams<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A photo posted by A S H L E Y G R A H A M (@theashleygraham) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-11-30T15:18:33+00:00\">Nov 30, 2016 at 7:18am PST<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Meanwhile, Ashley previously insisted she hasn&#8217;t &#8220;lost a pound&#8221; this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">She shared: &#8220;I am more than my measurements. I&#8217;m not Ashley Graham just because I&#8217;m curvy. For the past sixteen years, my body has been <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">picked apart, manipulated, and controlled by others who don&#8217;t understand it. But now my career has given me a platform to use my voice to make a difference.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16386 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ashley-Graham.jpg\" alt=\"Ashley Graham\" width=\"509\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ashley-Graham.jpg 391w, https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ashley-Graham-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ashley-Graham-300x460.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16387 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ashley-Graham-attends-Harpers.jpg\" alt=\"Ashley Graham Attends Harpers\" width=\"494\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ashley-Graham-attends-Harpers.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ashley-Graham-attends-Harpers-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ashley-Graham-attends-Harpers-300x474.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">&#8220;I know the comments won&#8217;t all be positive. I&#8217;m a confident woman with thick skin, and as a model in the public eye, I&#8217;m conditioned to accept criticism. But last week, I admit that I had a tougher time brushing off the haters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">&#8220;The reality is I haven&#8217;t lost a pound this year. In fact, I&#8217;m actually heavier than I was three years ago, but I accept my body as it is today. 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