Ashley Graham ( born October 30 , 1987 ) is an American model . Graham has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , Entertainment Tonight , and CBS News and was interviewed by NPR about plus-size modeling . In 2016 , she became the first plus-size model to appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue . In 2017 , Graham became the first plus-size model to appear on the covers of British and American Vogue .
Ashley Graham is a plus-size model.