Title: Ashley Graham is the First Plus-Size Model on the Cover of Vogue U.S. – WWD
Headings: Ashley Graham Becomes First ‘Plus-Size’ Model to Grace Vogue Cover
Ashley Graham Becomes First ‘Plus-Size’ Model to Grace Vogue Cover
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Content: And while Graham herself has stated that she doesn’t like the term “plus-size”, she has been a significant influence of shaping the way fashion perceives body types that aren’t of the 5’11” size 00 variety, since her 2015 cover of Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit issue . “Designers aren’t the only ones pushing fashion in an all-embracing direction, ” said Vogue writer Maya Singer in the issue’s cover story, celebrating the seven models who are “democratizing fashion.” More from the issue, which hits newsstands on Feb. 21: For years, Graham, 29, had been told that certain dreams were out of reach for ‘plus-size’ models like her. Landing the cover of Vogue, for example. But Graham didn’t buy it. Anointing herself a surrogate and spokesperson for the legions of full-figured women who felt unseen — and earning legions of fans in the process — she has stormed fashion’s most formidable barricade: its cult of ultra-thinness. Today, as she enters the supermodel pantheon, Graham is convinced that the industry’s skinny worship is destined for the dustbin. Ashley Graham in March Vogue.