Ashley Graham Gets Her Own Curvy Barbie
The first Barbie with thighs that touch
16 November 2016
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Ashley Graham became an overnight sensation in the fashion industry when she became the first plus-sized girl to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated earlier this year. Since then she has become a social media star who is known to promote self-acceptance, confidence and body-positivity. And boy, does she look drop dead gorgeous!
Her latest feat is getting a barbie doll made in her likeness.
“She had to have her thighs touch. No ands, ifs or buts about it. And I asked for cellulite but obviously plastic and cellulite don’t go hand in hand,” Graham recently told The Hollywood Reporter. “It was important that the Barbie resembled me as much as possible. The thighs touching was one way to show young girls that it’s okay for your thighs to touch, despite society saying that a ‘thigh gap’ is more beautiful,” Graham continued.
The doll also wears an outfit Ashley has donned before and has eyebrows, beauty marks and eyelashes just like her.
image credit: @theashleygraham/Instagram
In another interview with the Huffington Post, Ashley said, “I never really thought that I didn’t look like [Barbie] growing up, I just thought she was perfect. If I had a Barbie that was my size, I would have thought my size was normal. Young girls now get to grow up seeing that their bodies are normal, which I think is so empowering and encouraging to the younger generation.”
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