Designers are either not interested in making larger sizes or they don't feel that it's important. — Tess Holliday Designers Copy Share Image
I've been called fat my whole life. I am fat, so it's kind of silly to get mad about it. — Tess Holliday Fat Copy Share Image
I would really love to work with major photographers who haven't featured plus-size models before. — Tess Holliday Before Copy Share Image
I just say throw on your bathing suit or the shortest shorts you own regardless of your size and rock it. — Tess Holliday Bathing suit Copy Share Image
It's refreshing and weird when your kids get older and they're able to tell you how they feel and what they want. — Tess Holliday Children 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
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 Average 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
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 Enough 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 Butt 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
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 Fat 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 Feel 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 Career Copy Share Image
I'm a normal person, but people see me as this person who's not really real, almost like I don't have feelings. They… — Tess Holliday Feelings Copy Share Image
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
Why is it controversial that I chose to talk about my abortion? And the fact that I got an abortion when I… — Tess Holliday Abortion Copy Share Image
I'll wear a crop top if I'm not loving my stomach because it kind of forces me to pay attention to it… — Tess Holliday Attention Copy Share Image
I was raised to believe that sex was shameful, that you should only have sex when you're married. I'm so glad that… — Tess Holliday Advice Copy Share Image
Miss Piggy's a big girl, and glamorous, and people think it's silly when I say she's a role model to me, but… — Tess Holliday Girl 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… — Tess Holliday Around 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 Book Copy Share Image
People laugh in my face sometimes if they don't know who I am. When they find out that I model they're like,… — Tess Holliday Face Copy Share Image
Obviously there aren't many opportunities for someone who looks like me to walk in fashion shows. It's incredibly frustrating. — Tess Holliday Fashion Copy Share Image
It's really hard to find boots for plus-size women because most of us have larger calves - not all of us, but… — Tess Holliday Boots 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 Believe 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… — Tess Holliday Create Copy Share Image
I think it's really important for all young girls to see themselves represented in fashion so they don't feel alone in the… — Tess Holliday Alone Copy Share Image
I don't share a lot of my kids on social media for a reason. — Tess Holliday Children Copy Share Image
I'd like to be the person who changes things, or at least open doors for others. — Tess Holliday Doors Copy Share Image
I'm not like recruiting people and starting a cult and telling people to be fat. — Tess Holliday Cult Copy Share Image
I take antidepressants, which I was embarrassed about for a long time, but it keeps me going. — Tess Holliday About Copy Share Image
I don't have any styling rules - for me, it's all about wearing what makes you feel good. — Tess Holliday About Copy Share Image
Imagine just wanting to share photos of my kid and instead being told I'm unfit to be his mom because of my… — Tess Holliday Being Copy Share Image
