After getting discovered at 13 at a mall in her hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska, Graham says she was eager to land those first few gigs, even if they weren’t very glamorous. “It’s crazy to think I was actually the first plus-size girl to model for Jennifer’s line,” says Graham, who shares an image from the shoot (above) in her collection of essays. “It was a huge deal for me because it was the early 2000s and I pretty much only listened to J.Lo music back then. Read more at instyle.com.