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Spend a few hours with glamazon Ashley Graham and you’ll notice a few things.
The first is her face: nothing short of arresting, with serious cheekbones, flawless olive skin, and impossibly full lips. It’s as though Eva Mendes, Cindy Crawford, and Brooke Shields had melded into one woman, and then someone turned up the volume. Everything from her charcoal-rimmed eyes and extra-long eyelashes to her tousled brown hair seems to have been amplified.
The second thing is her voice: husky and smooth; like an Oprah or Tyra, she’s a fan of affirmations. “You are bold, you are brilliant, you are beautiful” is a personal mantra. The lingerie model and entrepreneur is prone to deep laughter and public displays of self-assurance. Her Instagram (1.4 million followers) is one barely clad shot after another, whether she’s wearing a lacy black push-up bra or a skimpy bikini. “My life, lately, is naked,” she laughs.
Of course, she has the curves and the presence to pull it off. And in spite of her unassailable sex appeal, Graham exudes an approachability that’s put her on the fast track to a one-woman brand.
The 28-year-old is perhaps best known for appearing on billboards and buses as part of Lane Bryant’s 2015 “I’m No Angel” campaign, but it’s not just high-fashion editorials and major ad coups that have made her a burgeoning household name. This winter Graham launched her eighth collection of namesake lingerie for the label Addition Elle, now at Nordstrom and online shops like Bare Necessities; her clothing line for Dressbarn dropped in March, and in May she’ll debut her first collection for the popular online retailer Swimsuitsforall.
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