SI's Swimsuit Issue Finally Includes a Plus-Size Model, at Least in Its Advertising

Ashley Graham shows off Swimsuits For All

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This year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue will make history by featuring a plus-size model—in its advertising, anyway.

The gorgeous model, Ashley Graham, will not be posing in the editorial content next to the Chrissy Teigens and Kate Uptons of the world but in an ad by Swimsuits For All—an online retailer for women sizes 8 through 34.

"I know my curves are sexy, and I want everyone else to know that theirs are too," Graham says in a statement.

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