Oh my God!
Hey guys, I'm Ashley Graham, and I am a model, designer, body
activist.
And I am so proud of who I am today
and what I've overcome, because it wasn't easy.
And now I get to help people gain the confidence that they
need to take the next step in their life to be totally,
unapologetically fearless.
This is Kayla.
Kayla is an amazing preschool teacher who loves her job.
I love kids.
Oh my gosh.
I love my babies at the day care.
She's driven, she's bubbly, and she's
got a great outlook on life.
I'm like yes, yes.
But she struggles with her body confidence.
I would not want to go out in a swimsuit ever, ever.
It gives me anxiety just like thinking about it.
I'm here to challenge my inner Ashley Graham.
I follow everything her on Instagram.
She's so positive and she just spreads so much energy.
I love her energy.
And when I learned that she was a fan of mine,
I just had to meet her.
So Total Wireless is going to help me surprise Kayla,
and we're going to give her that confidence that she needs to be
comfortable in her own skin.
Oh, stop.
OK.
Oh my God, I'm going to cry.
Oh my God.
Hi, Kayla.
Oh my God.
I'm going to cry.
Come here.
Oh my God.
Hi.
Oh my God, how are you?
Oh my gosh.
OK.
You're here.
We're talking, and something that I like to talk about,
because you know, is confidence.
And I want to know, are you a confident young woman?
I try to be.
OK.
I try to be.
I'm working on my confidence.
What do you see when you look in the mirror?
I don't feel OK sometimes, like with like, the way I look
or how I feel.
I'm just like, this is not OK.
You just look at yourself, you say, I hate it.
Yes.
I'll buy clothes and go return them like, within an hour.
And you know words have power.
Yes.
So something that I learned is affirmations.
Mine are I am bold, I am brilliant, I am beautiful.
Everybody's is different.
I am worthy.
I think that affirmations are going to help you
in a major, major way.
OK.
I'm working on it.
You are.
And you know what?
You know what the first step is?
Is that you're here, and you're able to talk about it.
You're able to talk about how you don't feel great
when you look in the mirror.
You're able to talk about how you're
working on your confidence.
And there's so many women like you.
And I'm so proud of you for being here in the first place.
Thank you.
I want you to go over there with me.
OK.
OK, let's go.
Guess what we're doing?
A photo shoot.
Let's look at the rack.
Come on, come on.
This is Ellen.
We're doing this.
This is my favorite.
Let's start with that one then.
Oh my God.
Am I walking in these right?
Oh gosh.
You look so pretty.
Are you feeling outside of your comfort zone?
Yes.
Are you freaking out?
Just a little bit.
You know you got the pro right here.
We need music.
I just like to be free and kind of dance.
OK.
I can't dance.
I can't either.
Did you just see my moves?
Shoulder's a little bit this way.
Yep.
Hello.
Do that?
Do it.
Yes.
Boom.
Yes.
Heels.
Be free.
Yeah.
This is so fun.
Yes, this is crazy.
Ready for something a little more glam?
This is my favorite.
You are wearing sparkles and heels.
This is crazy.
Wait, I need a moment.
You look amazing.
Thank you.
How do you feel?
I feel really good.
I didn't think I was going to like it, but I like it.
I love it.
You're going to do it on your own.
Smile.
I'm fearless.
Yes!
I'm beautiful.
Work!
How are you feeling looking at these?
I look good.
You look good.
I have a couple of surprises for you.
Oh boy.
My heart.
You're getting all the clothes on the rack.
Stop it.
Secondly, I'm giving you every single swimsuit
from my collection.
You gained so much confidence today.
This is the next step.
And when you get into the swimsuit,
you have to channel this day, because this
is going to be a new challenge that I know you can do.
Oh my gosh.
I know it.
Last thing, I'm so excited tell you
that you are going to be modeling for Ellen's clothing
line, EV1.
Stop it.
Stop.
No, stop.
No.
Are you freaking serious?
So what that means is you're going
to be featured on EllenTube for the fall-winter campaign.
You're-- I about cursed.
Oh my gosh.
I related to Kayla in a major way,
because I know what it's like to not
feel comfortable with your body, to not look in the mirror
and feel confident or beautiful.
Once she was feeling herself, boom,
it's like you saw everything just come together for her.
I have not felt this good in a really long time.
Or like ever, if I'm being honest, ever.
And she just helped me bring that out.
I've been uncomfortable in a lot of social situations,
but now I feel like I'm confident, I'm fearless,
I'm beautiful.
I kind of feel like it's planted into my head,
and like now I feel like I can go anywhere.