{"id":1412,"date":"2017-07-08T11:18:58","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T15:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/?p=1412"},"modified":"2017-07-08T11:18:58","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T15:18:58","slug":"ashley-graham-new-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/08\/ashley-graham-new-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashley Graham &#8220;A New Model&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The full title of this book is called &#8220;A New Model: What Confidence, Beauty, and Power Really Look Like&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img data-attachment-id=\"1413\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/08\/ashley-graham-new-model\/20170624_124015\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170624_124015.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4608,2592\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G850W&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1498308014&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20170624_124015\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170624_124015-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170624_124015-800x450.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1413\" src=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170624_124015-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170624_124015-800x450.jpg 800w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170624_124015-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170624_124015-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170624_124015-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170624_124015-1216x684.jpg 1216w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170624_124015-444x250.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have struggled with body confidence since grade five when I hit depression in school. From there it didn&#8217;t help in grade 6-8 when the boy you liked called you &#8220;a piece of blubber.&#8221; Since then, I have been learning to care for my body and realize that: yes. I am beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>Ashley Graham presents a wonderful, insightful read on her confidence growing up and let&#8217;s the reader know that beauty is beyond size.<\/p>\n<p>Well done.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1412\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/08\/ashley-graham-new-model\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1412\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/08\/ashley-graham-new-model\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/08\/ashley-graham-new-model\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The full title of this book is called &#8220;A New Model: What Confidence, Beauty, and Power Really Look Like&#8221; I have struggled with body confidence since grade five when I hit depression in school. From there it didn&#8217;t help in grade 6-8 when the boy you liked called you &#8220;a piece of blubber.&#8221; Since then,&hellip;<a href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/08\/ashley-graham-new-model\/\" class=\"button\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ashley Graham &#8220;A New Model&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1412\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/08\/ashley-graham-new-model\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1412\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/08\/ashley-graham-new-model\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/08\/ashley-graham-new-model\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Ashley Graham \"A New Model\" \"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[127,9],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p69hvu-mM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1168,"url":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/12\/17\/2016-reflection\/","url_meta":{"origin":1412,"position":0},"title":"[2016] reflection","date":"December 17, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Formal Introductions Last year I wrote \u201c[2015] reflection,\u201d so in effort to make this a tradition, here\u2019s my review of 2016. 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