said she finds the rise of drugs - and impact it has on the body positivity movement - 'really disheartening.'
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Ashley Graham Speaks Out on Weight Loss Drugs
Ashley Graham said she finds the rise of weight loss drugs - and impact it has on the body positivity movement - 'really disheartening.''There was a pendulum th...
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'There was a pendulum that swung that was so body acceptance, positivity, everybody be who they want to be,' the Lincoln, native, 38, told Marie Claire on the topic.
Graham, who was 's first-ever plus-size cover girl, said that the shift in beauty standards after adjusting to the impact of weight loss drugs marks .
'Now it's going back this whole opposite way that feels like a smack in the face to the women who have felt like they've had a voice,' she told the magazine.
The supermodel, , said that the rapid spread of the use of GLP-1s (such as Ozempic) .
'It goes with the times - and GLP-1s are a time,' she said. 'I know that there are and there's gonna still be women who are considered plus-size forever.'
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Supermodel Ashley Graham, 38, said she finds the rise of weight loss drugs - and impact it has on the body positivity movement - 'really disheartening.' Pictured Friday in NYC
Graham predicted that 'this drug isn't going to wipe out a whole statistic of women.'
Graham, who has more than 21 million followers on Instagram, pictured April 22 in LA
Graham is mother to three kids with husband Justin Ervin. Pictured Saturday in NYC
Graham is mother to three sons with husband Justin Ervin - Isaac, six, and twins Malachi and Roman, four.
She spoke to the outlet of the adjustments she's made regarding beauty standards after becoming a mom.
'I'm living in a different body and it's been hard to get to know her,' Graham told the outlet. 'I can't say that I can look in the mirror and be like, "I love you." It's not that for me. It's that, "Wow, I made some children."'
The model said she was 'was as fit as [she] could be in 2019 when [she] got pregnant' and 'was still trying to get to that,' but with realistic adjustments amid the life changes.
'I've had to get over it in my head that I’ll look like I did in my late 20s, early 30s,' the supermodel said. 'She's gone. Let's focus on the new girl. That has been like the last four years of my conversation in my head.'
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