In the beginning I used to say, 'I'm healthy, my cholesterol's fine, I don't have high blood pressure, I don't have diabetes.'… — Tess Holliday Abuse Copy Share Image
If you want to eat pizza, have the pizza. If you want to run 5 miles up a hill, cool, go run.… — Tess Holliday Body Copy Share Image
All I want is to feel good and really own my body, and that's what I tried to create. — Tess Holliday Body 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 do admit that black men love me. I always forget that, and then I come to a black neighborhood and I… — Tess Holliday Always 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
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
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 Feelings 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 represent women that you don't see a lot in media and in print. — Tess Holliday Lot 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
The majority of my following is not plus size, it's very diverse. — Tess Holliday Diverse 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
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
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
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
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
I love taking baths with Lush bath bombs, or just sitting in a dark room and watching Netflix to turn my brain… — Tess Holliday Brain 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
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 was really self conscious as a kid, I felt terrible - like a prisoner in my own body. — Tess Holliday Body Copy Share Image
I didn't realize how important it was to exfoliate and moisturize the days leading up to getting a spray tan. — Tess Holliday Days Copy Share Image
