INTRODUCTION AND EARLY LIFE:
Born on October 30, 1987; Ashley Graham is an American plus-size model and television presenter.She moved to Lincoln, Nebraskain eighth grade. She has two younger sisters. While growing up, Ashley was diagnosed with ADD and dyslexia. From 1999 to 2002, she attended Scott Middle School and from 2002 to 2005, she attended Lincoln Southwest High School.While shopping at Oak View Mall in Omaha, Nebraska; Ashley was identified in 2000 by I & I agency and approached for a workfront.
CAREER:
Ashley Graham is a producer and actress and known for her worth-praising works like 100% Taxes (2017), Love Advent (2011) and Maroon 5 feet; and Cardi B: Girls Like You (2018).
- Graham signed a deal with Wilhelmina Models in 2001.
- She signed a deal with Ford Models in 2003.
- Also, she has appeared in YM magazine during her early career.
- She was profiled by Sally Singer of Vogue magazine in 2007.
- She appeared in the Glamour editorial “These Bodies are Beautiful at Every Size” in 2009. This includes plus-size models including Kate Dillon Levin, Lizzie Miller, Amy Lemons, Crystal Renn, Jennie Runk and Anansa Sims.
- Graham appeared in a controversial Lane Bryant TV commercial in 2010. In the same year, she appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In December 2010, Graham worked for an editorial for Bust magazine.
- She worked as a model for international designers like Michael Kors, Prabal Gurung, Love Mag, Dolce and Gabbana, Tommy Hilfiger, H&M, Rag and Bone, Christian Siriano.
- Graham appeared in several Levi’s and Marina Rinaldi campaigns.
- Graham was featured on two billboards in New York for Lane Bryant in December 2012. That time, she was named as the Full Figured Fashion Week’s Model of the Year.
- Graham designed a lingerie line fora Canadian plus-size clothing retailer known as Addition Elle in 2013.
- She appeared as a coach for an aspiring plus-size model on MTV’s Made.
- She appeared as the cover model on June 2014 issue of Elle Quebec.
- Graham was featured in swimsuitsforall, a plus-size retailer for women’s swim suits in 2015. She became one of the first plus-size models to appear in the pages of the Swimsuit Issue.
- Also, she became the first size 16 model to be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 2016.
- Graham remained a backstage host for Miss USA 2016, Miss Universe 2016, Miss USA 2017, Miss Universe 2017 and Miss Universe 2018.
- She has been a judge of the reality show America’s Next Top Model transmitted by VH1.
- Graham released a book named “A New Model: What Confidence, Beauty, and Power Really Look Like” in 2017.
- Graham has been announced to serve the host of the second season of American Beauty Star.
PERSONAL LIFE:
In 2009, Ashley Graham met her husband, Justin Ervin who is a videographer, at church. They got married on August 14, 2010. The couple announced that they were expecting their first child in 2019. Once, Graham admitted in an interview that her interracial relationship with Ervin was shocking for her Nebraska family. On January 18, 2020, the couple became parents to a boy, Isaac.
OVERVIEW:
Born – October 30, 1987 in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Birth Name – Ashley Ann Graham
Height – 5′ 9½” (1.77 m)
Weight – 201 pounds (95 kg)
Spouse: Justin Ervin
