Many companies and publications don't understand what it means to be body positive or what it means to be plus-size. They're just… — Tess Holliday Body Copy Share Image
I think people think how I got work came easy. People assume that I was an overnight sensation, because they're just now… — Tess Holliday Copy Share Image
I was bullied from fifth grade on. They started making fun of me because my mom was in a wheelchair, then they… — Tess Holliday Copy Share Image
Learning to love yourself is not going to happen overnight - the first step is trying to be kinder and more patient… — Tess Holliday First step Copy Share Image
I mean, if people still want to hire my 34-year-old fat butt for campaigns and let me be myself then I'm all… — Tess Holliday Copy Share Image
It's hard enough to break into my industry when you're my height and my size but adding the tattoos on top of… — Tess Holliday Copy Share Image
No one tells you that when you get older sometimes you never escape the bullying. I had no idea people could be… — Tess Holliday Bullying Copy Share Image
Just because we're plus size, doesn't mean we have to prove that we're healthy, just as someone who is smaller than us… — Tess Holliday Copy Share Image
I feel like it's important to talk about my health, which is fine, and my size because there are young girls who… — Tess Holliday Existence Copy Share Image
Being fat doesn't necessarily make me feel stronger. What makes me feel strong is knowing that I can live my life and… — Tess Holliday Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel like a million dollars and sometimes I feel terrible. But I've always been open about the fact that it's… — Tess Holliday Copy Share Image
Ultimately, I don't really want to see the media portraying curvier and fatter bodies being the norm, I want to see a… — Tess Holliday Colors Copy Share Image
One thing I think constantly is if brands like Gucci can make plus-size menswear, then why can't we see it for women? — Tess Holliday Copy Share Image
I wanted to become a model out of delusion. It was always something that I wanted to do, I just never thought… — Tess Holliday Copy Share Image
I've been thinking a lot about my relationship to my own queerness, and I think the word pansexual speaks to me more… — Tess Holliday Homosexuality Copy Share Image
The States are more accommodating to fat people - there are more plus-sized clothing labels, and people talk openly about it. — Tess Holliday Copy Share Image
I have no friends from high school. That was probably the reason I ended up dropping out, and I dealt with that… — Tess Holliday Eating Copy Share Image
When you become an adult and you have a choice of who to have in your life, if someone's hurting you and… — Tess Holliday Copy Share Image
When I describe myself as fat to people, whether it's a driver, anywhere around the world, or a friend, and I'm like,… — Tess Holliday Around the world Copy Share Image
Plus-size is a term that's never been used in hate; no one has ever used it in a negative way. The industry… — Tess Holliday Hate Copy Share Image
