Ashley Graham Told To 'Put That Snickers Bar Down' By Modelling Agent

She may be this year's Sports Illustrated Swim Issue cover star, but plus-size model Ashley Graham has revealed the shocking treatment she's endured in the fashion industry throughout her career.

The 28-year-old supermodel and self-proclaimed body activist was once told to "put that Snickers bar down" by a modeling agent, who also waved money in her face as an incentive for the stunner to lose weight.

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“I had an agent actually wave money in my face and say, ‘If you lose some weight, you can get a lot more of these. Put that Snickers bar down, honey.’” Graham told Yahoo Style about her past.

She also revealed that she has felt pressure in the past to conform to the ideal body weight in the fashion industry.

“I tried not to eat for a few days, but that didn’t work,” she said.

“I have never actually stuck my finger down my throat. But I thought about it.”

When it comes to the term 'plus-size', Graham thinks it's "totally outdated"and calls herself “curvy, sexalicious” instead.

Just last week, fellow plus-size model Robyn Lawley told Yahoo7 Lifestyle of her joy when Graham made the cover of the 2016 Sports Illustrated Swim Issue.

"Ashley is super curvy, so it’s changing and this is going to be the biggest game-changer ever in terms of getting that notion that girls of different sizes can be just as fashion-forward, just as cool," she said.

"I think having girls like Ashley - strong girls who don’t want to change and are happy in their bodies - the more women will realise they can think like that and be happy with their bodies."

Lawley also voiced her opinion on the term 'plus'size', claiming it segregates not only the models, but also the designers.

"I don’t understand why we can’t just be called models and when a client calls to book a model they can’t just ask for a size," she said.

"The problem is that we’re being segregated into modeling just for plus-size fashion and up. Plus-size starts at size 14 and works up so when we’re modeling for size 20, that’s not representative of their market and that segregates them."