Agreed. This is silly. Everyone is not a swimsuit model. Everyone does not get into Harvard. Everyone can't play in the NBA.
Ashley Graham - "plus sized" Sports Illustrated cover
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Agreed. This is silly. Everyone is not a swimsuit model. Everyone does not get into Harvard. Everyone can't play in the NBA.
Oh wait, and this phrase, "body positive model". Really. I almost laughed when I heard it. Okay, not almost. I did.
I agree to an extent. But, when someone looks up to an NBA star or Steve Jobs, the steps they take to be like them are totally different, and typically positive.
"I want to play in the NBA, so I'm gonna practice hard, develop discipline, improve my strength, eat well" Etc, etc.
"I want to look like that model, so I can't eat that. I've eaten too much today, so I need to throw up" etc, etc
I feel there's a different type of pressure put on young girls to look a certain way, from men AND women. And the route these girls take to get there are often negative. Girls start doubting their self worth and develop an eating disorder and self harm. so yeah, if these girls can see an atypical look on the cover, who cares the exact reasons? The point is that girls can see someone that isn't rail thin and say "Ok, I actually look like that girl. I feel better about my body now."
I think this is a good first step.
Your NBA example can be taken the same way. I want to be an NBA star, so I'm going to do steroids. Not to mention, all the practice in the world plus steroids won't make you an NBA star if you don't have talent to begin with. Should we put a short guy who can't make baskets on the court to make sure that all short guys can feel good about themselves? No, because that's not the point of basketball.
Mugsy Bogues, Greg Grant, Spud Webb, and a host of other player are short and have played or are currently playing in the NBA. Obviously their talent was undeniably for them to make the teams. But there are many players who made the cut under 6 feet. So even short guys have those they can identify with in the NBA and the NBA isn't limiting its players to being 6'0" and over as a qualifier to playing. Just saying.
ETA: Steroids is more baseball and football not NBA, basketball players can't be bulky and play well....they need to be leaner.
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Agree again! On point Staci. And, all the hard work in the world won't make my brain be smart enough to get that acceptance letter to Harvard!
I'm sorry, but I don't agree. Why can't she be a swimsuit model? She's a tall beautiful woman, who looks good in a swimsuit, I believe that's the normal criteria required for that job. Sports illustrated did not pluck a random woman from the corner and put her in a swimsuit. This is far from the "participation ribbon" handed out to anyone who shows up to the game.
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It's already been mentioned before but there were three cover models all with different body types. No one person or body type is going to be able to represent a wide audience, the variety is what I think is great.
Also Ashley Graham is very beautiful, her look is in line with their usual swimsuit models. If they choose someone who's look ran in direct opposition to their brand I'd wonder WTF they were thinking.
Does anyone remember the androgynous "model" who wanted to model for Victoria's Secret? If she became a VS model I'd wonder what just happened to the world.
Also Ashley Graham is very beautiful, her look is in line with their usual swimsuit models. If they choose someone who's look ran in direct opposition to their brand I'd wonder WTF they were thinking.
Does anyone remember the androgynous "model" who wanted to model for Victoria's Secret? If she became a VS model I'd wonder what just happened to the world.
I think you're stretching a bit. It's pretty rare to see young teens doing roids to be more like Mike. It's not that rare for young teen girls to have eating disorders, body dysmorphia and body shame when trying to look like models.
I'm not so much concerned with kids actually becoming a pro athlete or a model, rather how those role models affect these teens' lives. So yeah, I think the more "plus" sized women impressionable teens see, the better they're gonna feel about their bodies. Hell, how many adult women still try to do unhealthy fad diets to squeeze into a dress for a certain event. Why is that? It's cause you don't have women that aren't rail thin on the covers of magazines saying "You don't have to look like me to be pretty"
I think you're missing my point. Getting into Harvard or becoming a pro athlete require objectives to be met. Either you can understand quantum physics, or make a three point shot or throw a touchdown. That's black or white. There's no way around that. You're trying to equate a cover model to someone that...cheated on their SATs to get into Harvard. I'm saying they're not analogous.
Beauty is subjective. So there's really no such thing as "throwing someone a bone" in this instance. The idea is to change the mindset of what's acceptable as beautiful. Again, it's not even comparable to pro athletes or Steve Jobs or Steven Hawking. This isn't science or math or stats on a scoreboard. We, as a society are the ones who get to decide what's acceptable in this case, and I think the more that society puts women like this in the forefront and labels them as beautiful, it can only help young girls become more secure with their bodies.
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Sports Illustrated cover star Ashley Graham is every inch the sexy siren as she strips down to model her own lingerie designs in a racy new campaign
Just three days after her ground-breaking Sports Illustrated cover was revealed, the 28-year-old size 14 model has debuted a new range of lingerie from her collaboration with Canadian brand Addition Elle, modeling a selection of the sexy styles in a stunning new shoot.
In the images, the model-of-the-moment can be seen showing off her enviable curves, striking a series of provocative poses while staring straight at the camera with total confidence.
Posing with confidence: Ashley Graham proudly shows off her curves in a new ad campaign for her Addition Elle lingerie line
The 29-year-old Nebraska-born model oozes sex appeal in every single one of the images
Ashley's latest Addition Elle campaign comes just a couple of days after she was named as one of three women to appear on the cover of this year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
In one full-length shot, Ashley models a pair of strappy black heels, and a lacy black bra and matching pants, which she is seductively pulling down with her thumb, while her other arm rests by her side.
Another image sees the model striking a similarly saucy pose, although in this particular picture, she has both thumbs tucked casually into her black briefs.
Ashley's eight-piece Essentials collection also includes similar styles in white, which the model also does fashion fans the courtesy of modeling, proving she can look just as alluring in the more traditional shade as she does in the sexy black version.
Throughout the entire shoot, Ashley's hair was left in messy, textured waves around her shoulders, while her make-up has been kept relatively natural - just a simple smokey eye, a nude lip and a slick of highlight to accentuate her cheekbones.
In every one of the images, Ashley can be seen staring confidently at the camera, happily showing off her curvy body
Something for everyone: The styles are supposed to appeal to women of all shapes and sizes
In every single one of the images, the New York-based fashion star exudes sex appeal and a feeling of total and complete confidence.
And it's not hard to see why.
As if these latest images weren't enough evidence for why Ashley's career has exploded in the last two years, taking her quickly from one major campaign or cover to the next, the model has proven her worth time and time again in recent months, posing for a wide variety of brands and publications.
In addition to her Swimsuit cover shoot, for which she donned a barely-there purple bikini, before posing on the beach in a stunning sun-soaked location, Ashley also appears in a body positive swimwear campaign featured in the pages of the publication.
The ad for US-based brand Swimsuits for All sees Ashley posing alongside 56-year-old British model NIcola Griffin - the oldest woman ever to feature in Sports Illustrated - and her fellow curvy star Philomena Kwao.
The star, who is pictured at a Sports Illustrated event in New York, spoke out on Monday night to confirm that her body had not been manipulated or edited for the sexy cover
Ashley also appears in a body-positive Swimsuits for All swimwear campaign which is featured in the pages of the magazine
On Monday, Ashley spoke out to proudly confirm that her Sports Illustrated cover had not been manipulated or Photoshopped in any way, explaining that she was happy to be able to show off her body with confidence.
'They did not retouch me,' she told Access Hollywood. 'They did not take out things. They didn't reshape my body in any way, shape or form.'
The model, who joins UFC fighter Ronda Rousey and model Hailey Clauson as one of three cover girls for this year's Swimsuit Issue, added to People that she hopes her cover helps to inspire other women who feel insecure about their bodies.
'Girls who are insecure about their bodies, girls who feel fat, girls who have cellulite, girls who have stretch marks on their body those are all the things that I had as a kid and I never had a woman like me growing up to look at,' she told the publication.
'I had my mother and thats one thing, but to have somebody who has cellulite, who has things that jiggle, who has back fat and talk about how you can be an overcomer and not let society take you down for all of that. Thats real.'
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- Ashley, 28, models a variety of underwear styles from her latest collaboration with Canadian brand Addition Elle
- On Saturday night, it was revealed that the Nebraska native had been chosen as one of three cover stars for the 2016 Swimsuit Issue
- The size 14 model appears on one cover of the magazine, while UFC fighter Ronda Rousey and fellow fashion star Hailey Clauson also snagged covers
Just three days after her ground-breaking Sports Illustrated cover was revealed, the 28-year-old size 14 model has debuted a new range of lingerie from her collaboration with Canadian brand Addition Elle, modeling a selection of the sexy styles in a stunning new shoot.
In the images, the model-of-the-moment can be seen showing off her enviable curves, striking a series of provocative poses while staring straight at the camera with total confidence.
Posing with confidence: Ashley Graham proudly shows off her curves in a new ad campaign for her Addition Elle lingerie line
The 29-year-old Nebraska-born model oozes sex appeal in every single one of the images
Ashley's latest Addition Elle campaign comes just a couple of days after she was named as one of three women to appear on the cover of this year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
In one full-length shot, Ashley models a pair of strappy black heels, and a lacy black bra and matching pants, which she is seductively pulling down with her thumb, while her other arm rests by her side.
Another image sees the model striking a similarly saucy pose, although in this particular picture, she has both thumbs tucked casually into her black briefs.
Ashley's eight-piece Essentials collection also includes similar styles in white, which the model also does fashion fans the courtesy of modeling, proving she can look just as alluring in the more traditional shade as she does in the sexy black version.
Throughout the entire shoot, Ashley's hair was left in messy, textured waves around her shoulders, while her make-up has been kept relatively natural - just a simple smokey eye, a nude lip and a slick of highlight to accentuate her cheekbones.
In every one of the images, Ashley can be seen staring confidently at the camera, happily showing off her curvy body
Something for everyone: The styles are supposed to appeal to women of all shapes and sizes
In every single one of the images, the New York-based fashion star exudes sex appeal and a feeling of total and complete confidence.
And it's not hard to see why.
As if these latest images weren't enough evidence for why Ashley's career has exploded in the last two years, taking her quickly from one major campaign or cover to the next, the model has proven her worth time and time again in recent months, posing for a wide variety of brands and publications.
In addition to her Swimsuit cover shoot, for which she donned a barely-there purple bikini, before posing on the beach in a stunning sun-soaked location, Ashley also appears in a body positive swimwear campaign featured in the pages of the publication.
The ad for US-based brand Swimsuits for All sees Ashley posing alongside 56-year-old British model NIcola Griffin - the oldest woman ever to feature in Sports Illustrated - and her fellow curvy star Philomena Kwao.
The star, who is pictured at a Sports Illustrated event in New York, spoke out on Monday night to confirm that her body had not been manipulated or edited for the sexy cover
Ashley also appears in a body-positive Swimsuits for All swimwear campaign which is featured in the pages of the magazine
On Monday, Ashley spoke out to proudly confirm that her Sports Illustrated cover had not been manipulated or Photoshopped in any way, explaining that she was happy to be able to show off her body with confidence.
'They did not retouch me,' she told Access Hollywood. 'They did not take out things. They didn't reshape my body in any way, shape or form.'
The model, who joins UFC fighter Ronda Rousey and model Hailey Clauson as one of three cover girls for this year's Swimsuit Issue, added to People that she hopes her cover helps to inspire other women who feel insecure about their bodies.
'Girls who are insecure about their bodies, girls who feel fat, girls who have cellulite, girls who have stretch marks on their body those are all the things that I had as a kid and I never had a woman like me growing up to look at,' she told the publication.
'I had my mother and thats one thing, but to have somebody who has cellulite, who has things that jiggle, who has back fat and talk about how you can be an overcomer and not let society take you down for all of that. Thats real.'
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