"Beauty beyond size," reads Ashley Graham's bio on Instagram.
And it is clear that the American model has always remained faithful to her mantra.
In a video posted on the social network on June 8, 2022, she exposes herself in lingerie five months after giving birth and recalls that “bodies are beautiful in their most authentic form”.
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A strong body
In a set of shorts and bra from the Knix brand with which she collaborated, the 34-year-old woman shows her figure from the front and back.
In her caption text, she explains posting this video "for all the moms who haven't rebounded and may never rebound [...] This is my strong body, five months postpartum, the feel like I've been pregnant for two years.
Ashley Graham and her husband Justin Ervin welcomed their first child, Isaac, in January 2020. In January 2022, the couple welcomed twins, Roman and Malachi.
In an essay published in the columns of
Glamor
US last May, Ashley Graham had also returned to the impact of motherhood and its relationship to the body.
She confided that self-acceptance had been a test.
“The birth of Malachi and Roman was incredible, but the consequences were deeply crushing.
(…) I had planned to go back to work after eight weeks, but I was a wreck, and when I saw myself in the mirror, I still felt like I looked pregnant.”
And to conclude: "I was a sex symbol, and now I'm a baby-making machine."
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At the forefront of the body positive movement, Ashley Graham concludes her text with “the hope of further normalizing all bodies at all stages of life”.
To read some comments from some of its 18 million subscribers, the message found an echo.
“Thank you for your encouragement and your positivity!
All bodies are beautiful”, “I like it so much.
Women's bodies don't need to "bounce back";
we are people, not trampolines!”