Ashley Alexiss spent 15 years defending the idea that beauty has no size.
She did so as a plus-size model for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, with a body she learned to love despite the standards. But a year ago she lost her father, her best friend, and something in her changed forever. She gave up alcohol, grief transformed her inside and out, and she ended up losing 45 kilos without intending to.
Now, as she prepares for her wedding and turns to treatments like CellSound to tighten her skin, Ashley is receiving something she did not expect: comments telling her that she is no longer a role model. “I think that’s very sad”, she admits. To her, whether she weighs 97 kilos or 52, she is still the same person.
