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American model and podcaster Ashley Graham came to Dubai to launch her new collection at Dubai Mall's Marina Rinaldi. She sat down with tabloid! to chat about her new capsule, her dream guest, and plus sized misconceptions.

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00:00This is my third collection with Marina Rinaldi, and this collection we decided to do a lot

00:14more light and airy for summertime.

00:16So there's beautiful white denim.

00:19I'm a sucker for fit, and Marina Rinaldi is all about fit, and I made sure that these

00:25jeans won't have to be tailored whatsoever, because I hate getting clothes tailored.

00:30We also did a little bit like rock and roll cowgirl vibes with studs and different jackets

00:35and dresses, and there's a little bit of flair that we added too with a bright silver jacket.

00:43If you really want to stunt on them, honey, that jacket is what you need.

00:52So I've been modeling for almost 20 years, and I have every year seen one girl, one editorial

00:59kind of evolve, but now in the last four years, everything has shifted.

01:04Everything has changed, and finally people are having the conversation, but beyond just

01:09having the conversation, they're doing something about it.

01:12They're putting Curvy Girls on the runway, in campaigns, on TV, in films, and that's

01:18exciting, because now we're not just being put in a category, which usually was just

01:25like in a catalog in the back of a department store next to the food court where nobody

01:30could really see us.

01:31Now we're out, we're proud, and we're talking about our curves, and finally the fashion

01:37industry has caught up.

01:38Now where do we need to go?

01:39There's still a lot of room to grow, and I always tell people success doesn't happen

01:44overnight.

01:46Success can happen overnight, but then it doesn't last for a very long time, and this

01:50is what we want.

01:51We want the steady, slow, slow and steady pace that can really have us last for a lifetime,

01:58because that's what I'm here for.

01:59I want to make sure that the next generation after me doesn't have to fight as hard as

02:02I have.

02:03Oh my goodness, I mean there's so many things that people have bestowed upon us that are

02:15negative, that we don't work out, that we're unhealthy just because we're curvy, or because

02:20we go to the gym, we want to lose weight.

02:23It's not the case.

02:24A lot of us are just healthy and happy with our curves and want to live in the body that

02:29we were given.

02:30We don't want to have to alter them just because society has always told us that we need to

02:33alter our bodies.

02:36I also feel like in the modeling world, people haven't really taken curvy models that seriously,

02:43so when I show up on set, I'm coming prepared, and I'm going to model fiercely, and I'm going

02:47to show them that just because of my curves, my weight, my height, and how loud and proud

02:52I am, doesn't mean I can't do my job and do it exceptionally.

03:032018 was awesome.

03:04I mean, there was a lot of growth in my personal life, in my business, behind the scenes, so

03:102019 is going to be like takeover time, baby, yeah!

03:14But I don't know, 2018 was a good year for me.

03:18I turned 31.

03:19I almost said 30, and that would have been a lie, but everything for me is a positive,

03:27and even if it's a negative that's being thrown at me, I try to just learn how to grow from

03:31it and make it a teachable moment.

03:40Oh my god, I mean, the queen, I mean, hands down, one of the greatest athletes that we've

03:44ever had, and I got to interview her for 30 minutes, it was crazy!

03:51She's awesome.

03:52She was a gem.

03:54She really opened up.

03:55I was able to talk to her about a few things that were heavy on my heart, as far as the

04:00bodysuit that she wore and what happened with the referee, and I applauded her.

04:07There's not enough women that are in media right now that are really, truly standing

04:12up for themselves the way that she did, and I think that she's such a role model for so

04:17many types of women, so I was really glad to be able to interview her.

04:28Oh, hands down, pretty big deal, season two, I need Michelle Obama.

04:35I need Michelle Obama.

04:37Everything.

04:38Well, you know, I've read the book, actually, I'm not going to lie, I didn't read the book,

04:44I listened to it on Audible, and I just think it's so interesting, I'm not going to lie,

04:48I think it's just so interesting to really understand where she came from and how she

04:52was raised, and that really, truly made the woman that she is today and the wife that

04:56she is today, and I really know that she could have run the country right after Barack.

05:02Maybe she'll run, maybe one day.

05:08I'm definitely focused on season two, Pretty Big Deal, I've got a couple of TV shows coming

05:15out, I'm launching some exciting beauty things, and just more world domination.

05:24But I'm really excited to have more conversations on Pretty Big Deal, because this truly is

05:29something that's huge on my heart, to just be able to talk about different social issues

05:32in America and the world, and to have different types of people on, I think that it's my responsibility

05:38with my followers and having the platform that I do.

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