Plus-sized Ashley Graham sails into Sports Illustrated swimsuit gig

Model Ashley Graham debuted in Sports Illustrated last year in an ad — this year, the size-16 model landed a spot as a 2016 SI Swimsuit rookie.

Following the inclusion of size-12 model Robyn Lawley in the 2015 SI Swimsuit issue, Graham's gig this year points to a trend in the bodytypes featured in the magazine's infamous annual issue, according to CNN. Plus, as Buzzfeed notes, Graham's inclusion holds importance because though the modeling world deems plus-size to start at a size 8 (thus including Lawley), most plus-size markets for women start at size 14.