It's just amazing to be a part of something that you so strongly agree with.

Basketball really is a metaphor for life - the intangible skills I have learned on the court, have helped shape the person I am today.

I felt free, once I realized i was never going to fit the narrow mold that society wanted me to fit in.

We're seeing more inclusivity in fashion when it comes to size, and we have to continue featuring more and more diversity.

I don't like to use the words "real women," honestly. I like to use the word woman. And I say that because there are so many women out there who are naturally thin, or are naturally curvy, and I think when we start putting a label on the type of woman it gets misconstrued and starts to offend people. At the end of the day we just all want to be known as women or models or actresses or whatever.

There is no reason to hide and every reason to flaunt.

I wasn't put on the cover of Sports Illustrated as a plus-size model, I was put on the cover of Sports Illustrated as a model, as a rookie, as Ashley Graham. This is exactly where we're headed, and yes, there are so many more things we need to do in the curve/plus-size industry.