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Plus-size? More like my size

When Ashley Graham first started her modeling career, she was followed everywhere by a label she hates: "plus-size model." Defying such regressive pigeonholing, she explains how she stopped devaluing herself and reclaimed her body as her own.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxBerkleeValencia, an independent event.

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When Ashley Graham first started her modeling career, she was followed everywhere by a label she hates: "plus-size model." Defying such regressive pigeonholing, she explains how she stopped devaluing herself and reclaimed her body as her own.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxBerkleeValencia, an independent event.

Read more about TEDx.

About the speaker

Ashley Graham

Body activist, model

Ashley Graham is a body activist and model.

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