--- title: Ashley Graham Gets Her First Vogue Cover description: Ashley Graham talked about body positivity and weight loss in the feature for her new cover story for Vogue U.K. canonical: https://time.com/4589014/ashley-graham-vogue-cover/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-02T17:49:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:01.511Z og:title: Ashley Graham Says Losing Weight Would Be ‘Disloyal’ to Herself og:description: The model just landed her first Vogue cover og:url: https://time.com/4589014/ashley-graham-vogue-cover/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9badd6daeab510a2/6988b0720a4a2279109cc3a0/ashley-graham-weight-loss-vogue-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2260 og:image:height: 1271 og:image:alt: Glamour Women Of The Year 2016 - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ashley Graham Says Losing Weight Would Be ‘Disloyal’ to Herself twitter:description: The model just landed her first Vogue cover twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9badd6daeab510a2/6988b0720a4a2279109cc3a0/ashley-graham-weight-loss-vogue-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ashley Graham Says Losing Weight Would Be ‘Disloyal’ to Herself > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage) LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 14: Ashley Graham arrives at the Glamour Women Of The Year 2016 at NeueHouse Hollywood on November 14, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage) Steve Granitz—WireImage/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Dec 2, 2016 5:49 PM UTC _Sports Illustrated_ swimsuit model and body-positive activist Ashley Graham just landed herself on the January [cover](http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/ashley-graham-january-vogue-cover-star-interview-preview) of _Vogue U.K._ Graham can add this to her list of accolades, including designing her own [Barbie](http://motto.time.com/4571205/ashley-graham-body-positive-barbie/) and [swimsuit line](http://motto.time.com/4345580/ashley-graham-launches-swimsuit-line/). Graham has swiftly risen to prominence as a plus-size model constantly speaking out on her own journey in the modeling world and [shutting down ](http://motto.time.com/4396515/ashley-graham-cellulite-city-troll/)haters along the way. Graham’s journey to becoming a cover model was not always easy. She told _Vogue_, “For 10 years I’d been told I was always going to be a catalogue girl, never a cover girl.” After signing with IMG, Graham “did five covers in a year,” but she says there’s more to the business than just being a pretty face. “I hit the beauty jackpot, I get it, but that’s not enough, you’ve got to have more to have longevity in this business,” she said. > [](https://twitter.com/theashleygraham/status/804033980613984256) Even as Graham continues to be a spokeswoman for [body positivity](http://motto.time.com/4558369/alicia-keys-album-body-positive/), she said labeling women plus-size “feels so divisive and purpose-defeating.” That being said, she serves as an inspiration and role model for women of all shapes and sizes around the world. Graham has come to terms with her body and loves it just the way it is. She claimed “in the old days” she wished she was thinner. Whereas now, “I feel that to lose weight would be disloyal to myself. A lot of who I am is connected to my size, and I am so happy with who I am.” \[[Vogue U.K.](http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/ashley-graham-january-vogue-cover-star-interview-preview)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4589014/ashley-graham-vogue-cover/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4589014/ashley-graham-vogue-cover/"},"headline":"Ashley Graham Says Losing Weight Would Be ‘Disloyal’ to Herself","datePublished":"2016-12-02T17:49:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:01.511Z","description":"The model just landed her first Vogue cover","url":"https://time.com/4589014/ashley-graham-vogue-cover/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9badd6daeab510a2/6988b0720a4a2279109cc3a0/ashley-graham-weight-loss-vogue-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9badd6daeab510a2/6988b0720a4a2279109cc3a0/ashley-graham-weight-loss-vogue-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Glamour Women Of The Year 2016 - Arrivals","caption":"Glamour Women Of The Year 2016 - Arrivals","creditText":"Steve Granitz—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4589014/ashley-graham-vogue-cover/","name":"Ashley Graham Says Losing Weight Would Be ‘Disloyal’ to Herself"}}]}] ```