Ashley Graham and stretch marks on her belly: “My husband says they look like the tree of life”

The supermodel Ashley Graham, which is about to give birth two twins, shared on Instagram a new photo in which, completely naked, proudly shows the baby bump. Accompanying the shot, a sentence in which she reveals that her husband, Justin Ervin, tells her: “Your stretch marks look like the tree of life “.

The plus size model, often targeted by haters for her physique, she has been fighting body shaming for years and became proud paladina of all women like her. Always spokesperson for the body positive philosophy which invites acceptance of her own imperfections, in these months of sweet expectation she has never stopped posting photos without filters on Instagram (see gallery below) where it shows proud of the changes in his body. Stretch marks and cellulite included. She had also done the same when she was expecting her firstborn Isac, born on January 18, 2020.

“The average size of the Americans is 50, not 36”, the model had clarified, some time ago, interviewed by Vanity Fair. In its past, a story of diets and sacrifices. «I tried everything but I couldn’t, so I decided to give up. We cannot be constantly at war with ourselves, in search of an ideal that forces us to unnatural measures », she had declared proudly. “It’s not the numbers you read on the scales that people love you, but for what you can express ». And she has managed not only to be loved (they follow her in more than 15 million followers) but also to conquer covers, catwalks and front pages.

Now she’s going to be a mom again. AND despite her changing body she couldn’t be happier. Last September, to announce that there were two babies on the way, he posted a video showing the moment when she discovered she was pregnant with a couple of boys: first the amazement, hers and her husband’s, then a tender one kiss that told all their joy.