100%. Indisputable!
I be Graham would be peeved to be mentioned in the same sentence as Tess, too. She's a very attractive woman who always fitted within the nomal conventions of the plus-size model in terms of height and measurements and has made a huge effort to slim down more to get more work. She is signed to IMG Models, a big agency. To be menttioned as within the same category as out of control, short, morbidly obese, trashy old Tess who was dropped by m.ILK and hasn't had representation since because she is utterly unprofessional and lies about her measurements, causing chaos on set, is quite the damn insult.
Graham is 5' 9" and weighs something under 200lb these days from what I gather. Her measurements are listed as 42 - 31.5 - 46. Tess could only dream of those measurements on her 5' 1" frame. She's in the 50s and 60s in all measurements these days and likely weighs nearly double what Graham does,
Personally, I'm inclined to think that Ashley Graham wouldn't give two shits about being mentioned in the same sentence as Tess. She's been around long enough and is smart enough to know that dumb shit gets written about her all the time, but as long as it has no power to harm her career or personal reputation, it's just noise. She's tremendously successful, has a husband who still adores her after a decade together, a new baby, and she still gets magazine covers (she's on the cover of this month's Harper's Bazaar, and her husband took the photo). She's hosted a podcast (which seems to be on hiatus right now), seems bright and personable and down-to-earth, and it's pretty much guaranteed that she's still going to have a career of some sort even after her modeling days are over. Oh, and her chances of living long enough to see her infant son into adulthood (without his ever having to attend to her hygienic needs) are extremely good.
Tess Holliday doesn't even exist in the same universe as Ashley Graham (which the Vice article sort of hints at), and while Ashley Graham knows it, I'm sure she also knows the press is a fucking clown show that produces clown content. It's not even worth getting peeved at.
Another riveting update from our favorite starving artist/feeder.
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"my regular creative contract work has dried up" is such a lie, lmao. Bitch has been bagging groceries since the day he moved down under. I'm guessing the $21/hour is going directly towards weed, alcohol, and fat camgirls.
He's better also be sending child support to Tess for Bowie, if he knows what's good for him. He may have run away to Australia, but, as other Kiwis have pointed out in the past, the Australian government doesn't cover for deadbeat dads.
And "regular creative contract work"--LOL, Nick. What creative work is he even capable of doing? He's shit as a photographer, shit at Photoshop, shit at illustration, shit at graphic design, and seems to have no other creative skills, unless giving blowjobs to straight guys on the DL for extra weed money counts. He can't even hire himself out to let guys piss on him; there's already too many gay men willing to do that for free.