Learning to love yourself is not going to happen overnight - the first step is trying to be kinder and more patient… — 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 Copy Share Image
I think in the past, I was motivated by seeing what I could do with my own career as far as success.… — Tess Holliday Copy Share Image
I think that people think that since I literally wrote the book on how to love yourself that I love myself all… — Tess Holliday Copy Share Image
I take antidepressants, which I was embarrassed about for a long time, but it keeps me going. — Tess Holliday Copy Share Image
My past is just that, my past. I try to not think about it and only keep moving forward. — Tess Holliday Copy Share Image
If I have the opportunity, a massage or facial is a great way to take a little 'me time.' — Tess Holliday Copy Share Image
I've been asked a lot lately if I had a hard time getting pregnant. I've been asked how I conceived. In the… — Tess Holliday Copy Share Image
Designers still won't dress me, and if they do, they will send a dress that doesn't fit me because it's the only… — Tess Holliday Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that a big part of the obsession with women's thinness comes from the same place as male power fantasies. — Tess Holliday 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
For so long advertising hasn't been inclusive when it comes to plus sizes which is crazy to me. — Tess Holliday Copy Share Image
Being able to love who I was, while also understanding that I deserved to be treated with kindness, helped me create a more positive… — Tess Holliday Copy Share Image
I love layers. And I definitely love boots and hats, I have a ridiculous amount. — 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 by eating. — Tess Holliday 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 making you… — Tess Holliday 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 for it. — Tess Holliday Copy Share Image
Why is it controversial to talk about the fact that fat people deserve to take up space and deserve to be sexy? — Tess Holliday Copy Share Image
I don't understand why it's not okay to be plus-size. I don't know why people hate that phrase. Many models have built their careers… — Tess Holliday Copy Share Image
I think it frustrates me that so many people have bought into the idea of what we should look like instead of actually giving… — Tess Holliday Copy Share Image
