Model Ashley Graham slams rise of weight loss drugs as 'a smack in the face'
Model Ashley Graham has issued a scathing reaction on the rise in people using weight loss drugs, after revealing the ‘pendulum’ swinging the opposite way for a while.
Graham, who is a well-known plus-sized model who has worked on jobs ranging from Joe Jonas’s Toothbrush music video, has been on the cover of Vogue, walked runways for Michael Kors, and so much more.
But now she’s spilling the beans on a new diet trend which has seen 1.6 million adults in the UK use GLP-1 drugs to shed some weight, per ULC.
Speaking during an interview with Marie Claire, she revealed that she believes it’s just a trend right now, and that it’s not the threat some might think it is. At least, not in the long run.
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However, it’s still upsetting to see the weight loss jab trend increase.
"It's really disheartening," Graham revealed, sharing that there was a time where women’s bodies were celebrated, no matter the size. "There was a pendulum that swung that was so body acceptance, positivity, everybody be who they want to be. And now it's going back this whole opposite way that feels like a smack in the face to the women who have felt like they've had a voice."
Explaining that GLP-1s are just a ‘time’, and not here to stay, the model went on to share that those drugs aren’t likely to erase plus size women.
She said: "I know that there are and there's gonna still be women who are considered plus size forever. This drug isn't going to wipe out a whole statistic of women."
But there are still a lot of people out there who are leading the charge for change.
The model shared how there are women out there that are different sizes and proportions, who are advocating for body positivity.
"And to me, that's the coolest part about all of this," she added. "Seeing that these girls, who were raised on social media at such a young age are now coming in and they have a platform to say to the younger generation, 'Be yourself, be who you want to be. If you have cellulite, who cares?'"
Instead of feeling defeated over the GLP-1 popularity, she said she’s an advocate for women of all shapes, noting: "It's incredibly important to continue to advocate for women of all shapes, all sizes, and all backgrounds to have clothes that fit…to have people who don't have confidence, have confidence in themselves. ! also don't think that my community is just curvy women. I think it's all kinds of women because, really, confidence at the end of the day, it doesn't discriminate."
Britt Jones