Twitter Defends Plus-Size Model Ashley Graham Amid Body Shaming, Fans Want Lizzo To Get Same Support

<p>Ashley Graham&comma; a plus-size model&comma; received an outpouring of support after being body shamed by a public figure&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Journalist Sameera Khan&colon; &&num;8216&semi;The Fat Positivity Movement Is Getting Out Of Hand&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>It all began after <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;SameeraKhan" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Sameera Khan<&sol;a>—a journalist and beauty pageant titleholder—issued a now-deleted tweet on Sunday night&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sameera specifically uploaded two photos of Ashley wearing a dainty dress&comma; and she wrote&comma; &&num;8220&semi;The fat positivity movement is getting out of hand&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She also mom-shamed Ashley and went as far as to dub her as a &&num;8220&semi;&lpar;fat&rpar; wh&ast;re&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1604887455265460224" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sameera went on to allege that &&num;8220&semi;poor&comma; stressed-out men prefer fat women like Ashley Graham&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1604898093362618368" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Twitter Sides With Ashley Graham&comma; Who Sparked An Empowering Trend<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Once Sameera&&num;8217&semi;s tweet began to pick up traction&comma; it swiftly became the talk of the timeline&comma; and Sameera was getting eaten up&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>People went in on the journalist&comma; with one supporter saying she must&&num;8217&semi;ve &&num;8220&semi;caught her man looking at Ashley Graham&&num;8217&semi;s IG&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1604853307205222401" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1604967663520075777" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1604975832996360192" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1604905879265890305" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some users shared that the attempt at shaming Ashley was a full-on flop and basically backfired&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1604935698326335488" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1604893459596292096" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Others disregarded the hate and showered the model in love&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1604906394401984512" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ashley herself soon chimed in as well&comma; though she chose to take the high road and sparked a trend that unapologetically celebrated body positivity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1604957226967650304" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Swiftly&comma; others began to share photos of themselves embracing their bodies&period; As a result&comma; Sameera&&num;8217&semi;s tweet only inspired people to be take &&num;8220&semi;fat positivity&&num;8221&semi; even further&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1605030559578734601" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1604970716637433856" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1605046163853516800" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1604982414366760962" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1605056038532616193" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Where&&num;8217&semi;s The Love For Lizzo&comma; Though&quest;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Amid the support for Ashley&comma; however&comma; some began to question whether those &&num;8220&semi;whose &&num;8216&semi;plus-size&&num;8217&semi; bodies don&&num;8217&semi;t conform to societal standards of beauty&&num;8221&semi; would get the same validation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1604995497286324225" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;lizzo-recalls-meeting-bae-myke-wright-when-she-felt-unlovable-says-theyre-very-much-locked-in&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Lizzo<&sol;a> in particular was brought up&comma; as many felt that people wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t have the same positive energy for the &&num;8220&semi;Rumors&&num;8221&semi; singer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1604986054297018370" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1604986984501456896" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1604973760225886213" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1605098811080454144" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1605171485773029377" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite this&comma; many fans relished in the fact that Ashley Graham and Lizzo stay living in critics&&num;8217&semi; heads rent-free&period; In the words of Nicki Minaj&comma; &&num;8220&semi;F&ast;&ast;k them skinny b&ast;&ast;&ast;hes&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1604888125851009025" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1604988595990925313" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1605028565245992960" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1604910571379269632" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What do you think about the matter&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; 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