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Ashley Graham, the renowned supermodel known for championing body positivity, recently weighed in on the rising trend of weight loss drugs, particularly those involving GLP-1 injections. Her perspective sheds light on the impact these trends have on the body positivity movement.
In a heartfelt discussion with Marie Claire, published on April 30, Ashley opened up about her concerns. “It’s truly disheartening,” she expressed, reflecting on the shift she has observed. “There was a time when the pendulum swung towards body acceptance and positivity, encouraging everyone to embrace who they truly are.”
However, Ashley noted a concerning reversal in this progress. “Now,” she continued, “it’s as if we’re heading in the opposite direction, which feels like a slap in the face to those women who believed they finally had a platform and a voice.”
“It’s really disheartening,” Ashley told Marie Claire in an interview published April 30. “There was a pendulum that swung that was so body acceptance, positivity [and] everybody be who they want to be.”
“And now,” she added, “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.”
Noting that like any trend, weight loss injections—including Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy—will come and go, she shared how women’s bodies shouldn’t be treated the same.
“It goes with the times—and GLP-1s are a time,” Ashley explained. “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.”
Even amid the rising popularity of weight loss drugs, the 38-year-old shared why the body positivity movement is here to stay.