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Sarah El-Mahmoud

‘Feels Like A Smack In The Face’: Ashley Graham Gets Real About How Body Positivity Has Taken A Step Back

Ashley Graham on The Kelly Clarkson Show in April 2026.

In an industry where the norm for women in fashion and Hollywood is to wear a size 0 to 4, Ashley Graham has broken barriers for years as a model and personality who’s considered to be plus-sized. Graham has been applauded for showing “a little cellulite” at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and going nude on social media in the name of body positivity. Now, she’s talking about the rise of skinny culture (again).

They say everything comes back, and as Y2K trends have cycled into the present day in recent years, so has the idealization of women being very thin. Another big factor here is the rise of people using GLP-1s for weight loss. Here’s what Ashley Graham had to say about it:

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