Ashley Graham

I was called the girl that was 'pretty for a big girl,' 'the fat model.'

I am just like any other woman, and I think I am the 'fattest woman alive' - but it is really about how you handle your situation.

You can be sexy and feel good in your skin, no matter what size you are.

A New Model' is saying that women should be confident in who they are and that they can be their own role models.

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

There's no such thing as being perfect, and that doesn't just mean the perfect body.

To not see black or Latina women as famous in my industry is crazy! I have to talk about it.

I always felt second best. I was never the prettiest, never the skinniest, never the fastest in my sports. Never the smartest, because I have dyslexia. Then, all of a sudden, people were like, 'You're gorgeous.' And I was like, 'What?'

I'm being my real raw self, and that's what I always preach anyway. What you see is what you get.

One thing my mother did is that she never looked in the mirror and said, 'I'm so fat,'or 'I'm so ugly. I need to go on a diet.' Projecting that onto yourself is only going to make your daughter or son think that of themselves. Because they're a product of you.

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.

I had to realize that if I didn't really love who I was, and if I couldn't appreciate this - my body - as my moneymaker, then I wasn't going to make any money.