Taylor-- Taylor Ashton Hoit, will you
make me the luckiest man in the world?
Hey guys, I'm Ashley Graham-- model, designer, entrepreneur,
and body activist.
I'm so grateful to be where I am today,
but the path wasn't easy.
Now I'm so honored to help others gain the confidence
that they need to take the next step in their lives,
to be totally, unapologetically fearless.
This is Taylor.
Say hi, everybody.
She's an amazing mom of four kids.
What I love best about being a mom
is making these little humans become good people.
I just love to be with them.
I love them.
The biggest challenge is that you can feel really isolated.
So every day, I wake up, and I'm mom.
I don't always get to be Taylor.
That's hard.
I found Taylor when she posted a photo of herself
just 10 weeks after giving birth to twins.
I wanted to be like, hey.
I have to do something for me and for my daughters
to show them, you don't have to get your body back,
because your body was never lost.
It just changed.
And just love it.
And I'm still trying to work through loving it.
Taylor struggles with self-confidence
despite having an amazing partner and co-parent.
I don't think Taylor sees how special she is.
Not many people could walk into a room
and light up that room like she can.
I love Taylor so much.
I couldn't have asked for a better partner.
He's the love of my life, and I hope he
says the same thing about me.
Total Wireless is connecting us to help
Taylor gain the confidence that she
needs to be able to see how amazing she truly is.
I actually first discovered you when
you posted a photo of yourself on Instagram.
It was right after I had posted the side photo of myself.
But what made you decide to post that photo?
I belong, also, to a mom group.
It was a day where everyone was saying,
this is how much I've gained.
This is how much I've lost.
This is what I looked like.
And I wanted to change that conversation.
Like, what are we talking about here?
We grew children.
Our bodies did that.
How grateful and lucky we are that we've done that.
But I struggled.
I wanted to take it down.
And then you liked it, and I was like, I want to keep it up.
[LAUGHTER]
And that's the truth.
[LAUGHS]
It was 10 weeks after you had just had twins?
Yes.
Everything bounced back very quickly before, and this time,
it just hasn't.
And I feel like maybe my body's changed forever kind of thing.
And I'm just trying to figure out
how to feel beautiful on the inside and the outside now.
It's interesting that you say that, because the reason
I had posted that original photo--
I had just announced that I was pregnant.
Yeah.
And I thought then I was going to feel good, and I didn't.
I felt like-- I just felt terrible.
Yeah.
And that morning, actually, I was--
[SIGHS] I'm sorry.
Yeah.
That morning, I really thought to myself--
I'm sorry.
You're going to make me cry.
Listen.
Oh, my goodness.
That morning, I would like, [EXHALES] get it together,
Ashley.
There's other women out there that
are going through the same thing as you.
Why don't you have a dialogue with them?
Yeah.
This is a new body that I'm walking into.
Why don't I just put myself out there with this new body?
I felt so isolated.
I felt so alone.
Because you do.
I know.
You feel alone.
So it's like I've had to come into this new world of body
confidence.
But what does body confidence mean for you?
It's feeling good in your own skin.
It's like, take the picture.
Wear the bathing suit.
I struggle with that.
Would you consider yourself a confident person?
No.
[LAUGHS] I don't think so.
Does it come from this idea that you're just not good enough?
I would say probably in some--
Capacity?
Yeah.
Or that maybe you don't love yourself enough?
Yeah, that's exactly what it is.
Mm-hmm.
But it's you who inspired me.
I want you to remember that for when next time you
look at your body--
OK.
--next time you see your scar--
Yeah.
--next time you see your tummy and you think, God,
I feel so alone.
Yeah.
God, I feel so ugly.
Gosh, when is my body going to bounce back?
Yeah.
None of that matters, right?
No.
And you do have this amazing boyfriend.
Sean.
Tell me about Sean.
First of all, I think he's so handsome.
Oh!
He came into my life at a time where I
didn't think love was possible.
I feel like he started my heart again for me.
I want to show you something that truly matters the most.
OK.
Hi.
Surprise.
Wait, what are you doing here?
Hi.
Surprise.
Oh, my gosh.
This is a surprise.
I'm so proud of you.
You are the best mother and the best friend
I could have ever asked for.
And I love you so much.
So Taylor-- Taylor Ashton Hoit, will you
make me the luckiest man in the world and marry me?
Yeah.
With Taylor and Sean, it's amazing to see
how their love is so strong and passionate and real.
They are an inspiring, beautiful couple.
This is amazing.
Yeah.
How do you feel right now, Taylor?
It's amazing.
And I didn't know about this or anything.
Well, you're not supposed to know.
Sean, how do you feel right now?
I'm excited.
I'm so happy.
I finally got to do what I've been wanting
to do for a very long time.
Yeah.
I also heard that you traveled all the way here
without cell phones.
We wanted to give you guys two cell phones with two free years
of service from Total Wireless.
No way!
Oh!
Boom!
Oh, my God.
Thank you so much.
That's amazing!
But that's not all.
This is a very exciting time, and things cost a lot of money.
And we want to give you guys $10,000--
What?
To go towards anything you need--
your honeymoon, your wedding, your family, whatever it is.
Gosh, you guys are making me cry so much.
This is better than anything I could have expected.
Guess what, Patty?
We're getting married!
We're engaged!
[INAUDIBLE]
My mom.
Definitely, putting myself out there the last couple days
has been something different.
And I'm excited to keep doing that.
You guys have a beautiful story.
Thank you.
And I'm grateful that you were able to share
your story with us.
Because Taylor, like I said, you inspire me,
and you've inspired so many women.
Thank you for everything.
You're so welcome.
Her story, it brought up all the emotions
that I've been feeling for the last six months.
[CHEERING]
I hope that my confidence can just keep growing.
I'm excited and happy.
This was perfect.