Ashley Graham continues to live by her ‘love your body’ mantra.
Posing nude for the latest issue of V Magazine, the plus-size model bares it all for the cameras before discussing the first time she learned about cellulite as a teen.
“I remember my first signs of cellulite, in middle school. I remember telling my mom ‘Isn’t it disgusting? It’s so ugly.’ She pulled her pants down and said, ‘Look, I have it, too. And I was like, ‘Gasp!’ ”
“She looked at me, then at it, and just rolled her eyes,” Graham says. “She didn’t tell me that it’s beautiful or ugly. She just made it a nonissue.”
Graham goes on to share her thoughts on her adult and childhood role models.
“Growing up, I idolized Beyoncé, J.Lo, and the Spice Girls,” she says. “I was a mix between Ginger and Scary Spice.”
“Today I have two role models. One of them is my mom,” Graham says. “Just seeing how happy she has been going through [life] and how she’s handled every curveball is like, that’s a women who has integrity and dignity and has been kind and generous to people around her.”
The magazine is on stands now. To see the photo spread and additional photos of Ashley, flip the pages.
