Ashley Graham made history in 2016 when she became the first size-16 model to land on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s highly desired Swimsuit Edition and was championed for being a pioneer for body positivity and inclusion, however, according to the new mother, not everyone was on board with her gracing the coveted cover.
On Thursday, Graham, 32, chatted with Naomi Campbell on the supermodel’s YouTube livestream series, “No Filter with Naomi,” and shared the details about hearing that she was too “large” to be on the legendary cover. “You know what, Naomi, actually it was right after that [Sports Illustrated] cover that I met you,” Graham recalled of the moment she found out a fellow model made the comment about her. “It was at the CFDAs.