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Supermodel slams GLP-1 trend, says weight loss shots are a ‘smack in the face’ to body positivity movement
Ashley Graham is fighting back against the rise in popularity of weight loss shots.
Graham, 38, admitted her work cultivating the body positivity sphere has been more challenging lately due to the rampant use of GLP-1’s on and off the runway.
“It’s really disheartening,” she told Marie Claire about beauty industry standards more predominately swaying toward skinny.
“There was a pendulum that swung that was so body acceptance, positivity, everybody be who they want to be. And now 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.”
Graham became synonymous with the body positivity movement more than a decade ago as one of the first visibly plus-size models to walk high-fashion runways, and earned covers on nearly every major magazine.
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She’s witnessed “more movement for plus-size women than some people give the whole industry credit for,” but still acknowledged the dangers of weight loss shots.
“It goes with the times — and GLP-1s are a time,” she said. “I know that there are and there’s gonna still be women who are considered plus size forever.”
The mother of three added, “This drug isn’t going to wipe out a whole statistic of women.”
Graham emphasized that her work in the body positivity movement feels more crucial than ever, especially as trends begin to favor slimmer body types again.
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“Why would I stop now and why would I get angry about the work I’ve done?,” Graham questioned. “I put my head down and I focus on the women we’ve built the community with.
“There’s so many [plus size influencers and creators],” Graham continued. “They’re all over the place with their sizes and their proportions and how they look and how they’re relatable. And to me, that’s the coolest part about all of this.”
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She added, “Seeing that these girls, who were raised on social media at such a young age are now coming in and they have a platform to say to the younger generation, ‘Be yourself, be who you want to be. If you have cellulite, who cares?'”
Despite the challenges, she knows the value of staying true to her message.
“It’s incredibly important to continue to advocate for women of all shapes, all sizes, and all backgrounds to have clothes that fit … to have people who don’t have confidence, have confidence in themselves,” Graham said of her latest plus-size JCPenney collaboration.
“I also don’t think that my community is just curvy women. I think it’s all kinds of women because, really, confidence at the end of the day, it doesn’t discriminate.”
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There is home-court advantage, and then there is the Angel Reese treatment.
In a winner-take-all Game 7 that felt like a messy episode of “Love & Basketball”, Detroit Pistons fans turned Little Caesars Arena into a house of psychological warfare.
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The target was Orlando Magic center Wendell Carter Jr.
The weapon was his own girlfriend.
As the Magic big man stepped to the stripe during Detroit’s 116-94 blowout win, a deafening chant of “AN-GEL RE-ESE” rained from the rafters.
The backstory is all soap opera.
Before dating Carter Jr., Reese was linked to Pistons star Jalen Duren.
The blood boiled over during this series when Angel Reese posted Instagram highlights of Carter Jr. dunking on Duren, captioned: “PLAY THE SONGGGGG.”
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Pistons fans did not forget. And the tactic worked.
While Duren played like a man possessed with a 15-point and 15-rebound double-double, Carter Jr. looked rattled.
The Motor City faithful reminded him at every dead ball exactly who was watching.
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After weeks of Reese’s social media “shades,” Duren got the last laugh by sending Carter Jr. home for the summer.
Reese has yet to respond to the chants. In Detroit, the message was clear: In the playoffs, dating history is fair game.
Detroit moves on. And Carter Jr. has a long flight back to Orlando with plenty to explain.
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Darrell Sheets’ son broke his silence on his father’s death days after the reality star died by suicide.
Brandon Sheets, who frequently appeared under the moniker “Sidebet” with his father on “Storage Wars,” wrote that his heart was “so broken” in an emotional tribute shared online.
“I love you Dad and I will do my best to live in your honor and respect our Family,” Brandon said.
“Let’s all continue to build those memories and keep the legacy that is ‘Darrell (The Gambler) Sheets.'”
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He added, “I cant answer everyone’s questions or concerns right now, I think we all just need time to process and remember all the good that my Father was and will continue to be through my Son and I.
“The love we all have for this man and all his kindness is only a small portion of who he truly is.”
Fox News Digital confirmed Sheets died by suicide at 67.
Lake Havasu City police responded to a call regarding a deceased individual on April 22, according to a press release provided to Fox News Digital.
Upon arrival, officers found a male with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
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Sheets was pronounced dead at the scene, and his death is still under active investigation.
“Storage Wars” star Laura Dotson said Sheets was “terrified for his life” in the years before his death due to alleged cyberbullying.
“His family told us that this has been happening for three years,” Dotson, who appears on the show with her husband, Dan Dotson, told Us Weekly. “[It happens to] even strong men that you think aren’t gonna get their feelings hurt. Cyberbullying is a real thing. This made him feel less than, and it really obviously bothered him.
“He was terrified for his life [and] for the people around him. He didn’t know why he was being targeted.”
Lake Havasu City Police Department public information officer Sergeant Kyle Ridgway confirmed that the accusations were being investigated.
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“We are aware of these cyberbullying accusations, and that is a part of the active investigation,” Ridgway told Fox News Digital.
Shortly after Sheets’ death, “Storage Wars” co-star Rene Nezhoda uploaded a video to Instagram, claiming his friend was being cyberbullied online.
“Darrell has been posting a lot about the guy that’s been cyberbullying him and tormenting him, and I really hope [law enforcement] look into that guy, and it’s just not a pass,” Nezhoda said in the video.
Sheets became famous as a main buyer on “Storage Wars,” a reality show that follows bidders competing to buy abandoned storage units. He appeared in more than 160 episodes, starting in 2010.
He earned the nickname “The Gambler” during his time on the show due to his high-risk bids on storage units.
Fox News Digital’s Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this report.
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