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Besides being a famous model, Ashley Graham is one of the very few role models for women that are mid and plus sized. She wants to provide that representation and let everyone know that size doesn't matter.

Personal Life
In 2016, Mattel made an Ashley Graham Barbie with her permission. Graham’s only requirement for the doll was that her thighs had to touch. Mattel made the curvy Barbie doll meet that requirement and her thighs touch.

Graham has participated in missionary work in South Africa with the Themba Foundation.

She met her husband, Justin Ervin, a videographer, at church in 2009; they married the following year. In August 2019, Graham and Ervin announced that they were expecting their first child, a boy.

In a 2017 interview with CBS, Graham admitted that her interracial relationship with Ervin, who is black, was shocking for her family:"I will never forget that feeling of just sitting there with Justin, thinking, 'I'm so embarrassed that I had to bring him in to meet these people, these people who raised me and taught me how to live, and he's being treated so terribly,' she said. 'And he said to me, 'Racism is never surprising, but it's always disappointing.'"On January 18, 2020, Graham gave birth to a son. In July 2021, she announced they were expecting their second child, which as she announced in September was actually twin sons. In January 2022, Graham gave birth to the twins at home. In February, Graham posted the first photos of the twins and revealed their names, Malachi and Roman.

Graham has advocated for body positivity for many years now, and has specifically focused on self-love for all body types during the summer season. In June 2021, Graham gathered several photos of both herself and her social media followers and posted an album on instagram centered around the idea of embracing your own body and loving it for the way it is. The cover of the album presented the words, “Beautiful. End of Discussion.” This inspired women all over the world to love their bodies and to overcome their fear of showing more skin during the warmer months of the year.