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Ashley Graham will 'not stop talking' about being a plus-sized woman.
The 36-year-old supermodel has carved out a hugely successful career on the catwalk despite her curvier figure.
But she admitted that some designers still refuse to work with her because of her size.
Graham does not often talk about her size, but several outlets such as InStyle have claimed she is a 14 dress size.
The curvy star - who is now modeling for Khloe Kardashian's Good American line - has said that she will keep fighting until there is more diversity in the industry.
'There's still some designers that have said, "Sorry, we can't, we're just not going to design something for a bigger body,"' she told People.
Ashley Graham will 'not stop talking' about being a plus-sized woman. The 36-year-old supermodel has carved out a hugely successful career on the catwalk despite her curvier figure. But she admitted that some designers still refuse to work with her because of her size
The curvy star - who is now modeling for Khloe Kardashian 's Good American line - has said that she will keep fighting until there is more diversity in the industry
'There's still some designers that have said, "Sorry, we can't, we're just not going to design something for a bigger body,"' she told People
The mother of three also said that things have changed 'immensely in some ways' but has had a 'full' stop in others.
'And that is why I'm not going to stop talking about my body and dressing people of larger sizes because it's not a norm yet.'
Ashley has featured on the cover of top-selling magazines like Vogue, Glamour and Sports Illustrated over the course of her career but insisted that 'not much' has actually changed in the design industry overall.
She accused insiders of not being able to realize that there are several different body types.
She said: 'That's not a negative thing by any means, but it still is just where we are in society.'
And she said that the fashion industry is still using very thin models for the most part.
'If you look at the runways, not much has changed. If you look at designers, some of them are dressing different types of bodies, but it's not the norm. It's been this tiny crawl,' she said.
The mother of three also said that things have changed 'immensely in some ways' but has had a 'full' stop in others. 'And that is why I'm not going to stop talking about my body and dressing people of larger sizes because it's not a norm yet'
Ashley has featured on the cover of top-selling magazines like Vogue, Glamour and Sports Illustrated over the course of her career but insisted that 'not much' has actually changed in the design industry overall
She accused insiders of not being able to realize that there are several different body types. She said: 'That's not a negative thing by any means, but it still is just where we are in society.' Seen on the cover of Vogue
She has a point: even Victoria's Secrets is using very slender models like Bella Hadid and Hailey Bieber after claiming they would be more inclusive.
'Is it fatphobia? Is it that they're scared to look like they have fallen into commercialism?' added the brunette bombshell.
'Is it because they don't have the capability to be able to understand what true grading is on different types of bodies when it comes to breast, belly, butt cellulite? I don't know.'
Meanwhile... her new boss Khloe Kardashian posed in a Gucci bikini in the snow this week
