Home
/ Mom / Baby / Ashley Graham proud of her stretch marks: her secrets about her body since childbirth
The plus-size model has always proudly displayed her curves, even more so since the arrival of her baby boy. On the occasion of a new swimwear campaign for all body types that Ashley Graham is the face of, she opened up about her postpartum body.
by Suruthi Srikumar
Ashley Graham has become one of the icons of the body positive movement in recent years. Model and host of her own talk show, she regularly confides in her body without taboos. Since the birth of her baby boy, Isaiah, born last January, she proudly exhibits the changes that have occurred in her body.
Face of the swimwear brand Swimsuits For All, which offers sizes for women of all body types. She made sure the photos from her shoot weren't touched up. "I want people to see who I am because everyone has a story", she says. "A lot of the women I talk to have image issues, body issues around self-confidence", continues Ashley. "I want them to understand that we all have things that society has told us to hide and why do we have to do it? So here I am with mine, out there and proud."
"New body, new state of mind"
The 32-year-old has gone through a lot of changes in the past six months, a period of doubts she wanted to return to. "Now with a new postpartum body, I thought things were going to be different, and they were going to look different, and they are, but it's a new joy found in that.", she explained. "It sounds so simple and beautiful, yet powerful", she added. “I have more weight on me. I have stretch marks, and at first I really must have had a lot of conversations with myself and be like, 'Okay, new body, new mind.' But after this photoshoot, I felt very strong because I was like, "Yes, I'm beautiful. I feel good. It is my new mother body ".
A sincerity that feels good and which, we hope, will reassure many mothers.