Ashley Graham wants fans to enjoy summer to the fullest – and is reminding everyone that every body is beautiful.
The model shared a series of photos of several different women proudly posing for the cameras, including her own nude selfie, as well as a photo of her stretch marks which featured the message: “Beautiful. End of discussion.”
She also captioned the post with some summertime encouragement.
“As the weather gets warmer, I know a lot of people struggle with wearing less clothes and showing more skin,” she began.
“i hope these photos i’ve been tagged in of so many beautiful bodies motivates you to love the skin you’re in,” she continued. “believe me when i say your body is beautiful, and i know it’s easy to tell yourself the lie that you’re not good enough, thin enough, sexy enough, “flawless” enough to wear a tank top or a swimsuit, but it’s hot out there and so are you.”
“don’t let your mind stop you from enjoying your life to the fullest (and remember to say “i love you” to yourself every day)!” she concluded her post.
Ashley is a huge advocate of body positivity and has previously opened up about keeping it real on social media.
“This is why I don’t post like the ‘perfect’ Instagram photos,” she told WSJ Magazine back in February. “I keep it real and raw constantly because I want [people] to know that there are women with cellulite, with back fat, with stretch marks…. There are a lot of curvy women, plus-size women, fat women, whatever you want to call them.”
And while she’s not to keen about having to constantly discuss her body, she also shared why she finds it important. “What motivates me to continue to talk about my body is that I didn’t have someone talking about their body when I was young,” she said.
Time and again, Ashley has used her platform to encourage women to embrace their bodies – like when she started a “self-love challenge” on TikTok in May.
Highlighting some of her favorite body parts in a video, she shared, “The strongest part of my body? (My legs). The sexiest part of my body: (my eyes). My favorite part of my body. (My jawline lol). The most important part of my body? (My smile 🙂 ). The part of my body I would never change. EVERYTHING!!!” and went on to tell her followers, “your turn.”
She then went on Instagram to highlight some videos from her followers who took part in the challenge, writing, “I’m not crying you’re crying 😭. So many beautiful people have been using my sound on TikTok to celebrate their bodies ❤️ take a second today to celebrate yours!”
