Ashley Graham - "plus sized" Sports Illustrated cover

[Singra]

^ Yeah I always thought they did it on purpose, I thought it's supposed to help create an illusion of more curves and boobs and since you only see a photo from one angle you don't see what's getting squeezed in the back.

Good for a photo shoot not so good for real life.

 

[Sasha2012]

Going nude may not be the most effective way to get people thinking about a new clothing line, but Ashley Graham's new naked shoot is certainly garnering attention.

The 28-year-old has stripped down for a sexy new image and video for her latest campaign, modeling designer Prabal Gurung's new capsule collection for plus-size brand Lane Bryant, which hits stores this month.

The sizzling nude image — which is in black and white but appears to be unretouched — shows Ashley undressed and ready to be outfitted by the designer, who stands behind her.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...-poses-nude-Lane-Bryant-ad.html#ixzz4b1GBlrFv

 

[sdkitty]

Going nude may not be the most effective way to get people thinking about a new clothing line, but Ashley Graham's new naked shoot is certainly garnering attention.

The 28-year-old has stripped down for a sexy new image and video for her latest campaign, modeling designer Prabal Gurung's new capsule collection for plus-size brand Lane Bryant, which hits stores this month.

The sizzling nude image — which is in black and white but appears to be unretouched — shows Ashley undressed and ready to be outfitted by the designer, who stands behind her.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...-poses-nude-Lane-Bryant-ad.html#ixzz4b1GBlrFv

she's lucky to be that large and have the face of a thin woman (IMO of course)

 

[berrydiva]

I really don't think she's that large....she just doesn't look like the typical rail thin model.

 

[CuTe_ClAsSy]

She's large, but most people (in the U.S.) are large so she looks normal.

 

[horse17]

she has a beautiful face, a nice waist and a flat stomach for someone of her size....she does look nice in some swimsuit poses, but her ass is huge and looks disgusting in a thong....she can do without the gross a$$ shots and still look beautiful...

 

[lvly808]

I'm actually sick of seeing her in skimpy things all over the place. I get that she wants to promote self love for all shapes and sizes, but that doesn't mean wearing things that aren't suitable for your body.

 

[LadyLouboutin08]

Well, y'all don't have to look, lol. JS

I don't know much about her but she's pretty and as I stated earlier I'm here for women of various sizes being represented in SI and anywhere else. If there's room for Kate Upton, there's room for Ashley, too.

 

[Singra]

Compared to the people I see on a regular basis Ashley Graham looks big to me. I wouldn't call her obese but I would say she's big. I'm not sure she would be my role model for what a healthy weight should be but from an aesthetic perspective I think she's very pretty and pleasing to look at, she's in proportion and she has a curvy body... I think that's what looks best regardless of how much you weigh (although there's obviously a thin and fat threshold to that... there's nothing attractive about anorexia or morbid obesity). You can be super skinny or thin and fit or large but if your body is one line/shape up and down I don't think it's as aesthetically pleasing.

From a fitness/health perspective I wouldn't know if she was healthy or not without knowing other metrics. Weight alone doesn't give an accurate picture of someone's health but from my experience of exercise I have a hard seeing how you can be at that weight and enjoy exercising, the more you weigh the more of you there is to lug around, the more stress it places on certain body parts and the harder certain exercises are so I'd like to know how she maintains her health and fitness. I looked on Ashley's social media pages and watched some of her clips where she's exercising... In one clip she was running on a treadmill but she was running pretty fast, it's looks like it was done for show because I can't see how she could have kept up that pace for long and some of the other stuff... hmmm I don't know.

If she's fit and healthy, that's great. She's lucky with her body type, carrying weight on your legs and butt supposedly has a lesser impact on your health... so perhaps she's as healthy as a horse and has been blessed with great genes that make it easier to avoid all sorts of problems.

 

[schadenfreude]

I'm actually sick of seeing her in skimpy things all over the place. I get that she wants to promote self love for all shapes and sizes, but that doesn't mean wearing things that aren't suitable for your body.

She wore these lace up sandals on Snoop and Martha's cooking show and they were tied soooooo tight, stuff was bulging between each strap. Had to be uncomfortable as hell in addition to unflattering.
Side note: on the show Snoop asked her to put half a cup of some ingredient into the pot on the stove. She actually said "how do I know how much that is?" Snoop handed her a measuring cup with a huge side eye. Not sure if she was nervous or playing dumb but come on.

 

[lanasyogamama]

Wtg Snoop!

 

[lvly808]

She wore these lace up sandals on Snoop and Martha's cooking show and they were tied soooooo tight, stuff was bulging between each strap. Had to be uncomfortable as hell in addition to unflattering.
Side note: on the show Snoop asked her to put half a cup of some ingredient into the pot on the stove. She actually said "how do I know how much that is?" Snoop handed her a measuring cup with a huge side eye. Not sure if she was nervous or playing dumb but come on.

Oh geez. She has never cooked?!

 

[lvly808]

Compared to the people I see on a regular basis Ashley Graham looks big to me. I wouldn't call her obese but I would say she's big. I'm not sure she would be my role model for what a healthy weight should be but from an aesthetic perspective I think she's very pretty and pleasing to look at, she's in proportion and she has a curvy body... I think that's what looks best regardless of how much you weigh (although there's obviously a thin and fat threshold to that... there's nothing attractive about anorexia or morbid obesity). You can be super skinny or thin and fit or large but if your body is one line/shape up and down I don't think it's as aesthetically pleasing.

From a fitness/health perspective I wouldn't know if she was healthy or not without knowing other metrics. Weight alone doesn't give an accurate picture of someone's health but from my experience of exercise I have a hard seeing how you can be at that weight and enjoy exercising, the more you weigh the more of you there is to lug around, the more stress it places on certain body parts and the harder certain exercises are so I'd like to know how she maintains her health and fitness. I looked on Ashley's social media pages and watched some of her clips where she's exercising... In one clip she was running on a treadmill but she was running pretty fast, it's looks like it was done for show because I can't see how she could have kept up that pace for long and some of the other stuff... hmmm I don't know.

If she's fit and healthy, that's great. She's lucky with her body type, carrying weight on your legs and butt supposedly has a lesser impact on your health... so perhaps she's as healthy as a horse and has been blessed with great genes that make it easier to avoid all sorts of problems.

I have skinny friends who can't even jog for 5 minutes and I am way heavier and can do it. I'm actually overweight and I run and do spin class. I think it depends on your endurance. I doubt she can run for a long time but I'm sure she can at least do 30 minutes, i do.

 

[Chagall]

I am sure I am going to be unpopular for saying this but she looks unhealthy and needs to loose weight.

 

[Hobbsy]

No one knows her health status. Women are just *****es about other women! ***** they're too skinny, ***** they're too fat, ***** they're not pretty....It's nice to see the occasional comment not knocking this woman.
The asterisks......B i t c h