Ihe nlere anya Ashley Graham na-enwu na mkpuchi October 2016 nke ELLE Canada. Onye sere ya Max Abadian , Egwuregwu Illustrated Swimsuit Issue nlereanya na-eyi akwa sequin akpara nke ọma na uwe camel na okpu H&M Studio. N'ime akwụkwọ akụkọ ahụ, Ashley gosipụtara mmekorita ya na mgbakwunye Elle uwe n'etiti atụmatụ nke Vivienne Westwood, Jimmy Choo, Calvin Klein Collection na ndị ọzọ. stylist Juliana Schiavinatto na-ahọrọ ngwakọta nke uwe mkpuchi ajị anụ, akpụkpọ ụkwụ eriri na uwe maka njirimara ahụ.
N'ajụjụ ọnụ ya, Ashley na-ekwu maka otu o si nweta ntụkwasị obi ahụ ya. “Mgbe m na-etolite, mama m na-agwakarị m na m ma ihe n’agbanyeghị na a na-akpọ m onye ogbi n’ụlọ akwụkwọ n’ihi na m nwere ọrịa dyslexia. Abụkwa m nnukwu nwa agbọghọ na-egwu egwuregwu ma na-eri nri nke ọma, ọ na-agwakwa m ‘Ị gbasiri ike, ahụ́ adịkwa m mma.’ Ahụ́ adịchaghị m mma n’oge ahụ, ma o nyeere m aka ịnụ okwu ya. Mgbe ahụ, akwagara m New York [iji mee ihe nlereanya] wee buru ibu n'ihi na anaghị m arụ ọrụ ma ọ bụ na-eri nri nke ọma. Akpọrọ m nwanyị ahụ m ghọrọ asị n'ihi na ahụghị m nke ọma na akpụkpọ ahụ nke m. A bụ m nha 18 na m na-achọ nkwenye na nlebara anya na mpaghara niile na-ezighị ezi. Enwere m ndị ọrụ na-agwa m na m kwesịrị ifelata, m wee dị ka, 'Gịnị mere m na-ekwe ka ndị mmadụ na-ekpebi ọdịnihu m?'"
Ashley Graham – ELLE Canada – Ọktoba 2016
