Ashley Graham Quotes

I just have to be very clear. Whether or not I lose weight or stay the same, it's purely a choice of mine for health. Not because I think that plus size, curvy, voluptuous, big bodies aren't attractive - because I think they're awesome and sexy.

What the body-positive movement wants is to stop categorizing people, and to let people of all body types be able to do anything, whether they're slightly bigger than the average model or a lot bigger.

There's all body types, but there's just one size.

I don't want to use the term 'plus-size,' because, to me, what the hell is that? It just doesn't have a positive connotation to it. I tend to not use it.

I'm curvy and wholesome.

I like having curves - I'm proud of them!

One of the most radical things women can do is to love their body.

Women should try to increase their size rather than decrease it, because I believe the bigger we are, the more space we'll take up, and the more we'll have to be reckoned with.

Curvy is something to be proud of.

To me, I always felt like I was carrying a torch for women of any size to be themselves - it doesn't matter whether you're a size 2 or a 22, just be who you are.

I don't have shame with my body. I don't find a breast more vulnerable than an elbow.

I love being in my own skin, and I hope other women start feeling better about themselves and waste less energy being ashamed of their bodies.

Ultimately, I don't really want to see the media portraying curvier and fatter bodies being the norm, I want to see a variety of bodies of all shapes, sizes, colors, and orientations, all of the time just like we do in reality.

I'm representing the curvy girls and that's great.

Fashion should be about making clothes that make all women look beautiful, not making women starve so that they can fit in a size 8.

The fashion industry may persist to label me as 'plus-size,' but I like to think of it as 'my size.'

Plus-size is a term that's never been used in hate; no one has ever used it in a negative way. The industry has always used it to help us identify where to shop.

I don't think there's anything wrong with the word 'curvy' or 'plus-size' because there are women who identify as that, and I'm not offended by it whatsoever because I don't feel like being bigger is anything wrong.

It's my body. And I like my body. And I like my breasts. And no, they're not fake.

I love my curves.

I'm so glad teenagers can look up to young girls and realize it's okay to be voluptuous.

Everyone has the right to their lives and to look the way they want to! Tomorrow I can put on 25 kilos... it's my choice, my body!

I'm not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I'm thick. I like my body.

The message behind every brand that's plus size is about making a woman feel confident in any shape or size. Now straight size, it's all about the signature brand and how to look good in that one brand, and not necessarily how to look good for yourself.

I guess my mom raised me right. She was very celebratory of her body. I never heard her once say, 'I feel fat.'