Ashley Graham has been open about her body hair in past Instagram posts and interviews. In the cover story for Elle's August 2020 issue, she shared that she stopped shaving when she was pregnant. "I haven't shaved my legs, my bikini line, or my armpits since my third trimester, and I don't care," Graham said at the time.
In November, she also shared a naked selfie to her Instagram Story where her underarm hair was visible, then a few months later in March, she followed up with a photo of herself in a minidress showing off her body hair again.