There’s much more to Tess than her weight and body. here are 10 things your probably didn’t know about latest Cosmo girl, Tess Holliday! (Photo: Instagram)
Tess Holliday has found success as a plus-size model. She is 5’5”, 260 pounds, and wears a size 22—oh, and extremely proud of her curvy body! (Photo: Instagram)
Tess wanted to model since she was a little girl, especially because there was no representation of her body type. “I wanted to do it even more because there was no one in the media—especially modeling clothes—that was petit and bigger than a size 16. I wanted to kind of be that person.” (Photo: Instagram)
At 29-years-old, Tess became the very first model of her size to land a contract with a major modeling agency after MiLk Model Management took her on as a client. (Photo: Instagram)
In 2015, with over 700k followers on Instagram at the time and nearly 1 million on Facebook, Tess created the #EffYourBeautyStandards campaign to encourage body positivity. (Photo: Instagram)
She has beautiful eyes and a lovely smile, but Tess’ favorite part about her body is her butt cheeks! “I really love my butt. It’s pretty darn good if you ask me,” she said in an interview. (Photo: Instagram)
Despite what many might think, Holliday trains with a personal trainer four times a week, as well as hiking and swimming. However, she doesn’t do diets since she doesn’t believe they work. “My bra is usually full of crumbs,” her Insta bio says. (Photo: Instagram)
With inspiring quotes, body positivity messages, and endless selfies embracing her every curve, Tess has built up an impressive Instagram following that currently boasts over 1.6 million fans! (Photo: Instagram)
In 2012, Tess met Australian businessman, photographer and artist Nick Holliday via Tumblr! They talked online for 7 months before actually meeting. In 2015 they got secretly married after being engaged for a year. (Photo: Instagram)
Tess became a mother at age 20 when she gave birth to her first son Rylee Holliday. She gave birth to her second son, and her first with Nick, in June 2016. (Photo: Instagram)
Just three years after signing her first major modeling contract, Tess Holliday now has over $3 million to her name. Guess breaking beauty standards does pay off the bills! (Photo: Instagram)
US plus-size model Tess Holliday is the star of Cosmopolitan UK’s latest issue. The cover has been praised as a win for body positivity, not only because a “visibly fat woman” is on the front of a major fashion magazine, but because it has also given an OG curve-acceptance warrior a bigger platform to share her much-needed message.
“A magazine like that has never put someone like me, and actual fat body, on the cover of a magazine,” Tess said of her issue with Cosmopolitan. “To be on a glossy where you actually see my body, they haven’t altered how I look, makes me really, really proud.”
And though this is probably one of the biggest accomplishments of her career, there’s much more to Tess than her weight and body. And since that’s exactly the message she’s trying to spread, here are 10 things your probably didn’t know about latest Cosmo girl, Tess Holliday!
