Plus-Sized Model Challenges Beauty Standards By Starring In Her First Modelling Shoot
The fashion industry has a reputation for being unwelcoming to plus-sized women and the models who model their clothes, but one lady’s trying to change all of that. Tess Holliday has become the largest model (UK size 26, US size 22) to sign with a top photo agency – MiLK Modeling Agency in the UK.
The tattooed model has already represented a line of plus-sized women’s clothing. “There is no one way to be a woman, or to be beautiful,” she told Dailymail. “We all deserve a place.”
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Share on FacebookShe has a very pretty face, but I think this is actually unhealthy and should not be promoted. Nothing wrong with being self-confident of co
She is a beautiful girl, however, I believe in a healthy lifestyle. She is obese & it is harmful for health!
There are also lots of people who are unhealthy even if they're not fat.
Load More Replies...Too much! OK don't be anorexic, you know that guys prefer girls with curves.. but this is morbid obesity and is dangerous for your health...
I personally couldn't give a hoot what guys or girls like. I would just promote health ...not beauty. It's shallow, commercial b******t!
Load More Replies...The difference is the usual unhealthy model is reinforced by societys ideals where as this is uncommon and goes against the norm.
Load More Replies...Thats right she has a pretty face, however promoting obesity as a new beauty standard scares me...
Scares me too. You don't' have to be anorexic, but don't have o be in a morbid obesity. She has a pretty face but, she is not healthy.
Load More Replies...She's hot! I have cystic fibrosis to technically I'm "unhealthy" too and I'm a size 0. So I shouldn't try to be beautiful? get over it ppl.
Thank you. This thread is all about concerns for health and not embracing how beautiful this person is as they are.
Load More Replies...Finding her beautiful doesn't mean we want to emulate her. Birds are beautiful but I don't want to be one. Beauty can exist in all sizes.
Why is it that people must always go for extremes? It seems it's either anorexia or obesity...
She's very pretty, but she is obese. There is no way she's only a size 22 US. She is VERY big. Too young, to be so unhealthy.
I have always believed beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If she feels beautiful, good on her. Nose ring puts me off but that is my eye!
Equally as bad as the anorexic models, maybe even worse given our nations obesity problem. She is NOT a healthy role model for young women.
And to not let the words of ADULTS ruin their view of themselves as good, loving, deserving people...some of this makes me so sad...
Load More Replies...As a feminist: promoting walking diabetes and stroke as "female values" just because this lady's been blessed by a vagina - hypocritical.
How would you know if she suffers from diabetes? Have you tested her for it? Anyone can have diabetes, it's not limited to fat people.
Load More Replies...And also all she's promoting is loving yourself whether or not you fit the mould. Every girl should be allowed to feel beautiful.
Exactly. People here are focusing on the wrong aspects of whats being shown. Love the state you're in right now.
Load More Replies...Confidence is key... But what do you do, if you treat your body in such an unhealthy way? Obesity is unhealthy! From one extreme to another.
She's just being comfortable with what she has. She isn't trying to be unhealthy. She's not promoting any level of health.
Load More Replies...She a beautiful woman, but this is promoting ill health. It is not natural to be anorexic, but it is also not natural to be obese.
her face is beautiful, but being overweight and heavily obese is absolutely different.it's not pretty, no matter what you see above.
I am sorry, this is not "plus size". This plain right fat/obese and definitely neither healthy nor beautiful
These comments are ridiculous. Nice if us have any clue how health or unhealthy she is don't assume you do based simply on her appearance.
She's very beautiful, but she isn't healthy. Health matters more than beauty. I'm 44 lbs overweight & it causes me health and sleep issues.
Do you believe that this person should never appear in this way just because she's overweight? Why?
Load More Replies...We don't have to be extreme. Skinny models are unhealthy, and so are obese models. This also promotes unhealthiness and its dangerous.
Humans can be all sorts of sizes and be attractive, but this is dangerously unhealthy and promoting it as ok is wrong. Health is beautiful.
No. You can be plus sized and be healthy and this woman is clearly not. The harm she is doing to her joints and heart alone for god sake!
Obesity should not be a beauty standard just as much underweight should not. This is scary unhealthy.
She is very pretty, but I also do not believe in promoting this...it's not healthy.
She may be working on changing the acceptance of overweight bodies but she will not change the perception of body. Beauty is subjective.
I meant the perception of beauty. Plus where do one draw a line when it comes to promoting unhealthiness?
Load More Replies...I am ashamed of all these women who think they are health experts. Mermaids do not lose sleep over the opinions of shrimp. Keep being you.
There is truly a wide range of body shapes in the 'healthy' spectrum. This is morbid obesity, and falls far, far outside of that spectrum.
I actually think this is quite gross, I'm not on the small side by any means but to promote size like this. It's just not nice..
I am sorry, this is not "plus size", but plain right fat/obese. Neither healthy nor beautiful at all
She is too big, morbid big. All that fat covers her organs. She is not a plus size. Journalists be carreful on what you promote
She is big, no doubt. But I'm a size 14-16, and I am more active and healthier than half my thin friends. You can't presume 100%
If a dude with his arm in a sling asks you to help him get a sofa in a van, run in the opposite direction.
Load More Replies...Ok we get it, beauty comes in any shape and size but come on! This should NOT be promoted. What's the message? Eat away ?!
She'd be even more beautiful at a health weight. Morbid obesity should not be embraced.
beautiful in face but this is too much. to live in this body must be actually hard
I used to love Tess. She was a huge roll model for me. Than I saw her true personality and I now can't stand her. She cheated a lot of fans out of money with a Tshirt scam. Her relationship is a crock. She is expecting a child with him meanwhile he hooks up with woman on social media. If you tag her in anything positive or not she will ask you rather rudely to remove it or she will get yur account deactivated. She is just a fake attention seeking cruel human being.
i understand what the photographer was trying to show and appreciate the effort however by no means this is cute or healthy in any kind of way shape or form . This post is supposed to tell people BE OBESE and l I LOOK GOOD and even tho she has a very beautiful face the rest is way over the top and it is not pretty.
She'd be be a lot more beautiful without all those damn piercings and tattoos.
To me it's sad. She is so beautiful, but statistics show obese people do have health problems and do not live as long as someone at a healthy weight. Many of you state she may not be unhealthy. Her bones and heart are doing overtime.
Nothing wrong with being self confident n loving who you are inside and out. But i agree with Isidora Kesic. Health wise, i wouldnt say its
That is beyond plus size. Pretty face but why are we supporting obesity and unhealthy lifestyles?? I find this just as bad as stick figure m
I agree with you also.. she is not just plus size . she is obese, and that isnt healthy.
She is heavily photoshopped, which is ironic for someone who is "challenging beauty standards".
size+ models is one and unhealthy obesity and fat is sth completly else :| It shouldn't be promoted~ she have nice face tho
this is not about beauty anymore, this is about her health... okay, that she is quite pretty, but she has an extreme over-weight problem!
this is not plus size but obese and unhealthy. Everything has its limits.
She is pretty amazing!! She is lovely but like ppl said before me...its not healthy.
totaly agree, pretty face, but just like being anorectic, is also unhealthy to have such overweight.
Great point. Now it's time to start to focus on how to become healthier. It's not yet too late :)
"Accepting your body and be happy with it" mentality is wrong. She is more than morbidly obese and she doesn't look good at all......
She's a lovely looking lass - but she's young - her health will suffer in the long run... weight like this is unhealthy for your joints
I don't want to bash on size but while she is beautiful to be this big is extremely unhealthy!
I am all for not being skin & bone and woman not looking like 12 year old boys, but this is unhealthy, she is such a beautiful woman though
There's plus sized, then there's obese. She has a beautiful face and great expression though.
She can probably out perform half of us in a weight lifting test, and for all we know she may have more stamina than us..#stop judging
Did the choice of words in the header make anyone else cringe? "Person with profession challenges something with her profession" #badheader
You are beautiful confident and feirce. Thank you for showing me that bigger can be beautiful. You are an inspiration.
Very beautiful face. But this woman shouldn't be considered as a plus size, as she is not 'curvy' but just unhealtly... :(
Agreed. Gorgeous face; unhealthy! I struggle w/my weight; even a few extra lbs effects overall well being. Not good; shouldn't be encouraged
I understand the principle and applaud the company, but I sure hope that she (and the underweight models) keep their health in check!
I understand the principle and applaud the company, but I do hope that she, as with underweight models take caution with regards to health!
Who are we to pass judgement on someone else's life. It is their gift. No one elses is more or less important. You go girl :) too beautiful!
You can echo diet, obesity and being unhealthy, but this is NOT about that. The point of this, is ACCEPTANCE. Thank you, Tess! :)
To the people saying its not healthy, what about the size 0 girls that everyone follows? Is that healthy? Watch your tongues!
Nah, she's just obese and her tats make her look skanky
Load More Replies...How about this...she's beautiful, she's confident and she's happy. She's not "promoting obesity" ...she's modeling and feeling great about herself!! Good for her. Also... people of all sizes need clothing,etc. So...its nice to see bigger models too! So sick of all this negative c**p people have to spew! (Especially comments that begin with "she has a pretty face, but....." Just stop with all that. Be happy for her and move on. Lol
Plus-sized? More like morbidly obese. While she has the potential to be beautiful(her face has nice features) she is anything but at the moment. It's absurd promoting being a land whale (especially by choice) as a standard of beauty.
maybe it challenges society's perceptions but it doesn't challenge mine.
Ms. Holiday's weight, modeling career or lifestyle are not my concern.The woman is an adult and it's her body to do with as she pleases.
Do ANY of us really care if Ms Holiday is obese or not? I don't--I just looked at the pix of a gorgeous(obese)woman & moved on with my life.
You shouldn't feel confident about downgrading your own health because you can't control yourself. This promotes exactly that.
While its great that she feels good about herself, promoting this idea that fat acceptance is good is basically enabling people to feel
Load More Replies...Anyone else was thinking that her head could totally fit on a normal sized body? I mean if you only see a picture of her shoulders up.
It's a very serious medical condition - this level of morbid obesity deserves immediate intervention - NOT promotion!
This is not "challenging beauty standards" - this is "promoting morbid obesity. Next to her the Michelin Man looks like an anorectic!
What the hell,your obese, and what's with the tattoo,s. You look redicules. I am so sorry you have no true friends.
You are beautiful and feirce and inspiring! Don't let the haters ruin your debut... I thank you for this.
How comes that it's easier to point out the flaws in curved people than skinny? She's just in the other scale of models who don't eat.
You have a totally gorgeous face. You would be an amazing beauty if you lost all that unattractive fat.
People don't throw a fit every time a pic is posted in which someone has a drink in their hand, and that is unhealthy too. She is beautiful!
Obviously if her obesity doesn't kill her, the words of ADULTS could. What are we teaching our children? To shame those who are different...
She is SO beautiful! Her life is no more or less precious than anyone elses so who are we to make her ashamed of the life she was given. <3
Obviously she is doing something right - she is a lovely model. Half of us are probably working our 9-5s and hating life.
we all know that there's word for too fat or too skinny. Healthy size is good & I hope no one is promoting lets get fat coz its not healthy
she has a pretty face but I believe exercise is good for her, she could loose little lah.
this body is torture for herself... she is pretending like she is happy, but i m sure she is not.
She is very happy when she's digging into a bucket of KFC
Load More Replies...I have a feeling such "role-models" are promoted by fast food industry :(((
oh god you are so negative!! come on,she reached the goal of her life no matter what!! she is different and you cant stand it!
Here we go, another 1 who's gonna claim that we r just jealous & this lady is "different". Kim Kardashian is also very different!!
Load More Replies...I love her and she's promoting self confidence no matter how you look and in which stage you are in on perfecting your health.
isidora, how do you know she is unhealthy? being overweight does not necessairally mean shes not healthy. (proven). and shes beautiful from head to toe.
I think most of humanity can think for themselves..anyone who has their own mind can make their own decisons based on their own power to do so.not by any delusional rules people around us try to make up. If anyone doesnt support plus size models thats your choice..but dont try to set rules for someone elses life based on you thinking its going to hurt people as in bad role modeling..what are you telling your children? would you tell your child whether male or female that they couldnt be a model if they dreamed it so bad cuz of how they looked if they were fat? Why tell a full grown adult that she shouldnt be doing what she is doing? Like I said..we learn to think for ourselves..that includes youth and it makes us better in the end to do so instead of being told what to think.
If you make your eating choices based on what a model looks like, then you are not exactly stable.
It's none of my concern what Tess does or eats, just as it is not my concern what Kate Moss does with her life.
Tess being a larger model is a rarity in the modeling world. She is modeling clothes, not life choices or promoting being fat
All women are different. All women are beautiful inside and out. I commend her for her self confidence. Its something all women lack now day
Its unhealthy to be so obsessed with physical "health" and what other people should or should not do. She is a beautiful woman. no "buts"
A lot of people are missing the point here. She's promoting clothes, not obesity. Everyone deserves to express themselves through fashion
Why must always judge others ?? It's your life and if you feel comfortable and satisfied, it is totally ok! So please no prejudices!
Why must always judge others ?? It's your life and if you feel comfortable and satisfied, it is totally ok! So many people live unhealthy an
People can't always help their weight. They try to be healthy but sometimes it is medical or an uncontrollable cause.
Obesity isn't healthy but neither is underweight. Not all obese people simply over eat. #NoBodyShame
Not all people that are obese in your eyes overeat, in fact they may not even be fat. I have a lymphatic disorder & people assume I am fat.
Question her health? Even though it's 100 percent possible for a smaller woman to have high blood pressure bad bones poor. Nutrition.
Do any of you actually know the state of this womans health? I doubt it. And if this were a picture of a size 7 or 9 woman would you
Challenging what's beautiful by showing a bodyweight that's a precursor to numerous illness that cripples the NHS a bit self defeating.
I wonder where people are reading the part where she says everyone should be fat, because I seem to be missing that.
I think it's dosgusting. That people assume shes unhealthy and promoting obesity, it's freaking horibble. Are you her doctor? No? Gtfo
So many doctors in here, huh? Yes she's obese, but "morbid obesity"? Who are you to tell? LOVED the make up, tattoos and attitude!
These comments are ridiculous. Nice if you have any idea what the state of her health is whether it's good or bad.
As if anorexic models are healthy looking. Less judgement and more acceptance
To all of you who are commenting that she is unhealthy... Are you her doctor? Do you know anything else about her besides what you see?
I find skinny and curvy women equally beautiful, and this woman indeed very beautiful, but this is more than regular big size
In my country people who are looked at as obese are not even near her size, she would be in the 0,001% of people.
lol 90% of the people calling her unhealty probably smokes or drinks alcohol or both. or does drugs. mind your own f*****g business.
Most "obese" girls in my country is not even near her size, she would be in the 0,01% Promoting that size is kind of disgusting
All of you who say she is unhealty with this weight: yes, i agree, she is. But fyi: the skinny models are as well!
Health, healthy,healty..... do you know how many people considered "normal" live unhealthy?!
She is stunning. Being heavy, even this heavy doesn't mean you are unhealthy.
P.S I think with her poses & skanky face expressions the only thing she is "promoting" is over-weight sex fetish!
This is what is wrong with a lot of people nowadays: if you find anyone overweight beautiful or sexy = it's a fetish! Not true.
Load More Replies...The world is full of diversity...... Some are tall, some are short. Some are thin, some are fat (fat is a sexy word to me). Some are white, some are black, yellow n brown. Of course there will be debates about who is healthy n who is not. Of course there will be stereotyping. Yes we all know what it takes to be healthy... but the interpretation of a healthy lifestyle differs from one person to another. Each n everyone of us have the right to be what we all.wanted to be. Be it skinny or thick..... everyone has the right to be beautiful and to dress beautiful. And they all need their own representative in fashion. After all. ... this article is about fashion..... n not about health.
I think every human being can think for themselves...if there was anything wrong with the world it is humanity and their judgements and telling people what they can and cannot do with their lives depending on what is on the outside..if you wouldnt tell your child she or he couldnt be a model cuz of how they look..why tell a full growth adult? Face it there is demand for it..there is more to modelling than what is seen on the outside but what is within..and if you are a photographer you will understand this..and if you have your own mind you can make your own decisions in life based on your own power to do so..not what others think.
Health, beauty & kindness should come from within a person, NOT what they look like on the outside-again, this will never be.We all judge.
and I am ok with that! Tess Holiday will be the curiosity of the moment &then will be forgotten. Sad, but true
Obesity has rooted in the USA.only ourselves to blame. I'm fat,but i am,for the most part, healthy. I'm 45 & have been told that i look 25,
In the end, it's always the choices we make for ourselves. It's her life/career so just relax people. Doubt that she alone will "make us fat
i try to eat better & get a handle on the depression & thyroid problems people consider me"pretty"- beauty is only skin deep.
I'm overweight, due to a combo of MY OWN eating choices, a serious thyroid condition & severe depression--anyone in this thread care? nope.
i think she is beautiful. personally do not like the anorexic/crack head/heroin junky look.
I I have only seen the skinny gals, not queen size! So I will get used to seeing her gorgeous self starting now, I love it!
Why can't anyone ever celebrate another human being? There's nothing more unhealhty than a p**s-poor attitude.
Screw everyone saying this is "unhealthy." I'm a bigger girl and super duper healthy! Just be positive for a change people. S**t.
This broad is twice your size and its a miracle her heart hasn't exploded like the Death Star
Load More Replies...It's good most ppl recognize her beauty & are also concerned for her health. But I can't post my moral police report. Free will. She knows.
Gorgeous. Thx for posting. I glanced at her site, a myriad lovely pictures. Love that pinup style most of all.
This woman has a pretty face and awesome tattoos. I don't need to look at her body to think she's beautiful.
She looks fantastic!! Shes also the most healthiest looking of all the super models out there!! & the least stressed about it!!
such a beautiful face ...good for her! There is nothing more wonderful then self confidence! You go girl!
Pretty lady. If we can promote deathly skinny girls that messes with our children's heads, then I see no problem here.
I like it. There's nothing wrong with it. We have different body shapes. Im even jealous. She has her own photo shoot and she's a model
Everyone want to be accepted by society. This kind of demonstration is addressed to those who can pay for promote the way how they look like
She has a very pretty face, but I think this is actually unhealthy and should not be promoted. Nothing wrong with being self-confident of co
She is a beautiful girl, however, I believe in a healthy lifestyle. She is obese & it is harmful for health!
There are also lots of people who are unhealthy even if they're not fat.
Load More Replies...Too much! OK don't be anorexic, you know that guys prefer girls with curves.. but this is morbid obesity and is dangerous for your health...
I personally couldn't give a hoot what guys or girls like. I would just promote health ...not beauty. It's shallow, commercial b******t!
Load More Replies...The difference is the usual unhealthy model is reinforced by societys ideals where as this is uncommon and goes against the norm.
Load More Replies...Thats right she has a pretty face, however promoting obesity as a new beauty standard scares me...
Scares me too. You don't' have to be anorexic, but don't have o be in a morbid obesity. She has a pretty face but, she is not healthy.
Load More Replies...She's hot! I have cystic fibrosis to technically I'm "unhealthy" too and I'm a size 0. So I shouldn't try to be beautiful? get over it ppl.
Thank you. This thread is all about concerns for health and not embracing how beautiful this person is as they are.
Load More Replies...Finding her beautiful doesn't mean we want to emulate her. Birds are beautiful but I don't want to be one. Beauty can exist in all sizes.
Why is it that people must always go for extremes? It seems it's either anorexia or obesity...
She's very pretty, but she is obese. There is no way she's only a size 22 US. She is VERY big. Too young, to be so unhealthy.
I have always believed beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If she feels beautiful, good on her. Nose ring puts me off but that is my eye!
Equally as bad as the anorexic models, maybe even worse given our nations obesity problem. She is NOT a healthy role model for young women.
And to not let the words of ADULTS ruin their view of themselves as good, loving, deserving people...some of this makes me so sad...
Load More Replies...As a feminist: promoting walking diabetes and stroke as "female values" just because this lady's been blessed by a vagina - hypocritical.
How would you know if she suffers from diabetes? Have you tested her for it? Anyone can have diabetes, it's not limited to fat people.
Load More Replies...And also all she's promoting is loving yourself whether or not you fit the mould. Every girl should be allowed to feel beautiful.
Exactly. People here are focusing on the wrong aspects of whats being shown. Love the state you're in right now.
Load More Replies...Confidence is key... But what do you do, if you treat your body in such an unhealthy way? Obesity is unhealthy! From one extreme to another.
She's just being comfortable with what she has. She isn't trying to be unhealthy. She's not promoting any level of health.
Load More Replies...She a beautiful woman, but this is promoting ill health. It is not natural to be anorexic, but it is also not natural to be obese.
her face is beautiful, but being overweight and heavily obese is absolutely different.it's not pretty, no matter what you see above.
I am sorry, this is not "plus size". This plain right fat/obese and definitely neither healthy nor beautiful
These comments are ridiculous. Nice if us have any clue how health or unhealthy she is don't assume you do based simply on her appearance.
She's very beautiful, but she isn't healthy. Health matters more than beauty. I'm 44 lbs overweight & it causes me health and sleep issues.
Do you believe that this person should never appear in this way just because she's overweight? Why?
Load More Replies...We don't have to be extreme. Skinny models are unhealthy, and so are obese models. This also promotes unhealthiness and its dangerous.
Humans can be all sorts of sizes and be attractive, but this is dangerously unhealthy and promoting it as ok is wrong. Health is beautiful.
No. You can be plus sized and be healthy and this woman is clearly not. The harm she is doing to her joints and heart alone for god sake!
Obesity should not be a beauty standard just as much underweight should not. This is scary unhealthy.
She is very pretty, but I also do not believe in promoting this...it's not healthy.
She may be working on changing the acceptance of overweight bodies but she will not change the perception of body. Beauty is subjective.
I meant the perception of beauty. Plus where do one draw a line when it comes to promoting unhealthiness?
Load More Replies...I am ashamed of all these women who think they are health experts. Mermaids do not lose sleep over the opinions of shrimp. Keep being you.
There is truly a wide range of body shapes in the 'healthy' spectrum. This is morbid obesity, and falls far, far outside of that spectrum.
I actually think this is quite gross, I'm not on the small side by any means but to promote size like this. It's just not nice..
I am sorry, this is not "plus size", but plain right fat/obese. Neither healthy nor beautiful at all
She is too big, morbid big. All that fat covers her organs. She is not a plus size. Journalists be carreful on what you promote
She is big, no doubt. But I'm a size 14-16, and I am more active and healthier than half my thin friends. You can't presume 100%
If a dude with his arm in a sling asks you to help him get a sofa in a van, run in the opposite direction.
Load More Replies...Ok we get it, beauty comes in any shape and size but come on! This should NOT be promoted. What's the message? Eat away ?!
She'd be even more beautiful at a health weight. Morbid obesity should not be embraced.
beautiful in face but this is too much. to live in this body must be actually hard
I used to love Tess. She was a huge roll model for me. Than I saw her true personality and I now can't stand her. She cheated a lot of fans out of money with a Tshirt scam. Her relationship is a crock. She is expecting a child with him meanwhile he hooks up with woman on social media. If you tag her in anything positive or not she will ask you rather rudely to remove it or she will get yur account deactivated. She is just a fake attention seeking cruel human being.
i understand what the photographer was trying to show and appreciate the effort however by no means this is cute or healthy in any kind of way shape or form . This post is supposed to tell people BE OBESE and l I LOOK GOOD and even tho she has a very beautiful face the rest is way over the top and it is not pretty.
She'd be be a lot more beautiful without all those damn piercings and tattoos.
To me it's sad. She is so beautiful, but statistics show obese people do have health problems and do not live as long as someone at a healthy weight. Many of you state she may not be unhealthy. Her bones and heart are doing overtime.
Nothing wrong with being self confident n loving who you are inside and out. But i agree with Isidora Kesic. Health wise, i wouldnt say its
That is beyond plus size. Pretty face but why are we supporting obesity and unhealthy lifestyles?? I find this just as bad as stick figure m
I agree with you also.. she is not just plus size . she is obese, and that isnt healthy.
She is heavily photoshopped, which is ironic for someone who is "challenging beauty standards".
size+ models is one and unhealthy obesity and fat is sth completly else :| It shouldn't be promoted~ she have nice face tho
this is not about beauty anymore, this is about her health... okay, that she is quite pretty, but she has an extreme over-weight problem!
this is not plus size but obese and unhealthy. Everything has its limits.
She is pretty amazing!! She is lovely but like ppl said before me...its not healthy.
totaly agree, pretty face, but just like being anorectic, is also unhealthy to have such overweight.
Great point. Now it's time to start to focus on how to become healthier. It's not yet too late :)
"Accepting your body and be happy with it" mentality is wrong. She is more than morbidly obese and she doesn't look good at all......
She's a lovely looking lass - but she's young - her health will suffer in the long run... weight like this is unhealthy for your joints
I don't want to bash on size but while she is beautiful to be this big is extremely unhealthy!
I am all for not being skin & bone and woman not looking like 12 year old boys, but this is unhealthy, she is such a beautiful woman though
There's plus sized, then there's obese. She has a beautiful face and great expression though.
She can probably out perform half of us in a weight lifting test, and for all we know she may have more stamina than us..#stop judging
Did the choice of words in the header make anyone else cringe? "Person with profession challenges something with her profession" #badheader
You are beautiful confident and feirce. Thank you for showing me that bigger can be beautiful. You are an inspiration.
Very beautiful face. But this woman shouldn't be considered as a plus size, as she is not 'curvy' but just unhealtly... :(
Agreed. Gorgeous face; unhealthy! I struggle w/my weight; even a few extra lbs effects overall well being. Not good; shouldn't be encouraged
I understand the principle and applaud the company, but I sure hope that she (and the underweight models) keep their health in check!
I understand the principle and applaud the company, but I do hope that she, as with underweight models take caution with regards to health!
Who are we to pass judgement on someone else's life. It is their gift. No one elses is more or less important. You go girl :) too beautiful!
You can echo diet, obesity and being unhealthy, but this is NOT about that. The point of this, is ACCEPTANCE. Thank you, Tess! :)
To the people saying its not healthy, what about the size 0 girls that everyone follows? Is that healthy? Watch your tongues!
Nah, she's just obese and her tats make her look skanky
Load More Replies...How about this...she's beautiful, she's confident and she's happy. She's not "promoting obesity" ...she's modeling and feeling great about herself!! Good for her. Also... people of all sizes need clothing,etc. So...its nice to see bigger models too! So sick of all this negative c**p people have to spew! (Especially comments that begin with "she has a pretty face, but....." Just stop with all that. Be happy for her and move on. Lol
Plus-sized? More like morbidly obese. While she has the potential to be beautiful(her face has nice features) she is anything but at the moment. It's absurd promoting being a land whale (especially by choice) as a standard of beauty.
maybe it challenges society's perceptions but it doesn't challenge mine.
Ms. Holiday's weight, modeling career or lifestyle are not my concern.The woman is an adult and it's her body to do with as she pleases.
Do ANY of us really care if Ms Holiday is obese or not? I don't--I just looked at the pix of a gorgeous(obese)woman & moved on with my life.
You shouldn't feel confident about downgrading your own health because you can't control yourself. This promotes exactly that.
While its great that she feels good about herself, promoting this idea that fat acceptance is good is basically enabling people to feel
Load More Replies...Anyone else was thinking that her head could totally fit on a normal sized body? I mean if you only see a picture of her shoulders up.
It's a very serious medical condition - this level of morbid obesity deserves immediate intervention - NOT promotion!
This is not "challenging beauty standards" - this is "promoting morbid obesity. Next to her the Michelin Man looks like an anorectic!
What the hell,your obese, and what's with the tattoo,s. You look redicules. I am so sorry you have no true friends.
You are beautiful and feirce and inspiring! Don't let the haters ruin your debut... I thank you for this.
How comes that it's easier to point out the flaws in curved people than skinny? She's just in the other scale of models who don't eat.
You have a totally gorgeous face. You would be an amazing beauty if you lost all that unattractive fat.
People don't throw a fit every time a pic is posted in which someone has a drink in their hand, and that is unhealthy too. She is beautiful!
Obviously if her obesity doesn't kill her, the words of ADULTS could. What are we teaching our children? To shame those who are different...
She is SO beautiful! Her life is no more or less precious than anyone elses so who are we to make her ashamed of the life she was given. <3
Obviously she is doing something right - she is a lovely model. Half of us are probably working our 9-5s and hating life.
we all know that there's word for too fat or too skinny. Healthy size is good & I hope no one is promoting lets get fat coz its not healthy
she has a pretty face but I believe exercise is good for her, she could loose little lah.
this body is torture for herself... she is pretending like she is happy, but i m sure she is not.
She is very happy when she's digging into a bucket of KFC
Load More Replies...I have a feeling such "role-models" are promoted by fast food industry :(((
oh god you are so negative!! come on,she reached the goal of her life no matter what!! she is different and you cant stand it!
Here we go, another 1 who's gonna claim that we r just jealous & this lady is "different". Kim Kardashian is also very different!!
Load More Replies...I love her and she's promoting self confidence no matter how you look and in which stage you are in on perfecting your health.
isidora, how do you know she is unhealthy? being overweight does not necessairally mean shes not healthy. (proven). and shes beautiful from head to toe.
I think most of humanity can think for themselves..anyone who has their own mind can make their own decisons based on their own power to do so.not by any delusional rules people around us try to make up. If anyone doesnt support plus size models thats your choice..but dont try to set rules for someone elses life based on you thinking its going to hurt people as in bad role modeling..what are you telling your children? would you tell your child whether male or female that they couldnt be a model if they dreamed it so bad cuz of how they looked if they were fat? Why tell a full grown adult that she shouldnt be doing what she is doing? Like I said..we learn to think for ourselves..that includes youth and it makes us better in the end to do so instead of being told what to think.
If you make your eating choices based on what a model looks like, then you are not exactly stable.
It's none of my concern what Tess does or eats, just as it is not my concern what Kate Moss does with her life.
Tess being a larger model is a rarity in the modeling world. She is modeling clothes, not life choices or promoting being fat
All women are different. All women are beautiful inside and out. I commend her for her self confidence. Its something all women lack now day
Its unhealthy to be so obsessed with physical "health" and what other people should or should not do. She is a beautiful woman. no "buts"
A lot of people are missing the point here. She's promoting clothes, not obesity. Everyone deserves to express themselves through fashion
Why must always judge others ?? It's your life and if you feel comfortable and satisfied, it is totally ok! So please no prejudices!
Why must always judge others ?? It's your life and if you feel comfortable and satisfied, it is totally ok! So many people live unhealthy an
People can't always help their weight. They try to be healthy but sometimes it is medical or an uncontrollable cause.
Obesity isn't healthy but neither is underweight. Not all obese people simply over eat. #NoBodyShame
Not all people that are obese in your eyes overeat, in fact they may not even be fat. I have a lymphatic disorder & people assume I am fat.
Question her health? Even though it's 100 percent possible for a smaller woman to have high blood pressure bad bones poor. Nutrition.
Do any of you actually know the state of this womans health? I doubt it. And if this were a picture of a size 7 or 9 woman would you
Challenging what's beautiful by showing a bodyweight that's a precursor to numerous illness that cripples the NHS a bit self defeating.
I wonder where people are reading the part where she says everyone should be fat, because I seem to be missing that.
I think it's dosgusting. That people assume shes unhealthy and promoting obesity, it's freaking horibble. Are you her doctor? No? Gtfo
So many doctors in here, huh? Yes she's obese, but "morbid obesity"? Who are you to tell? LOVED the make up, tattoos and attitude!
These comments are ridiculous. Nice if you have any idea what the state of her health is whether it's good or bad.
As if anorexic models are healthy looking. Less judgement and more acceptance
To all of you who are commenting that she is unhealthy... Are you her doctor? Do you know anything else about her besides what you see?
I find skinny and curvy women equally beautiful, and this woman indeed very beautiful, but this is more than regular big size
In my country people who are looked at as obese are not even near her size, she would be in the 0,001% of people.
lol 90% of the people calling her unhealty probably smokes or drinks alcohol or both. or does drugs. mind your own f*****g business.
Most "obese" girls in my country is not even near her size, she would be in the 0,01% Promoting that size is kind of disgusting
All of you who say she is unhealty with this weight: yes, i agree, she is. But fyi: the skinny models are as well!
Health, healthy,healty..... do you know how many people considered "normal" live unhealthy?!
She is stunning. Being heavy, even this heavy doesn't mean you are unhealthy.
P.S I think with her poses & skanky face expressions the only thing she is "promoting" is over-weight sex fetish!
This is what is wrong with a lot of people nowadays: if you find anyone overweight beautiful or sexy = it's a fetish! Not true.
Load More Replies...The world is full of diversity...... Some are tall, some are short. Some are thin, some are fat (fat is a sexy word to me). Some are white, some are black, yellow n brown. Of course there will be debates about who is healthy n who is not. Of course there will be stereotyping. Yes we all know what it takes to be healthy... but the interpretation of a healthy lifestyle differs from one person to another. Each n everyone of us have the right to be what we all.wanted to be. Be it skinny or thick..... everyone has the right to be beautiful and to dress beautiful. And they all need their own representative in fashion. After all. ... this article is about fashion..... n not about health.
I think every human being can think for themselves...if there was anything wrong with the world it is humanity and their judgements and telling people what they can and cannot do with their lives depending on what is on the outside..if you wouldnt tell your child she or he couldnt be a model cuz of how they look..why tell a full growth adult? Face it there is demand for it..there is more to modelling than what is seen on the outside but what is within..and if you are a photographer you will understand this..and if you have your own mind you can make your own decisions in life based on your own power to do so..not what others think.
Health, beauty & kindness should come from within a person, NOT what they look like on the outside-again, this will never be.We all judge.
and I am ok with that! Tess Holiday will be the curiosity of the moment &then will be forgotten. Sad, but true
Obesity has rooted in the USA.only ourselves to blame. I'm fat,but i am,for the most part, healthy. I'm 45 & have been told that i look 25,
In the end, it's always the choices we make for ourselves. It's her life/career so just relax people. Doubt that she alone will "make us fat
i try to eat better & get a handle on the depression & thyroid problems people consider me"pretty"- beauty is only skin deep.
I'm overweight, due to a combo of MY OWN eating choices, a serious thyroid condition & severe depression--anyone in this thread care? nope.
i think she is beautiful. personally do not like the anorexic/crack head/heroin junky look.
I I have only seen the skinny gals, not queen size! So I will get used to seeing her gorgeous self starting now, I love it!
Why can't anyone ever celebrate another human being? There's nothing more unhealhty than a p**s-poor attitude.
Screw everyone saying this is "unhealthy." I'm a bigger girl and super duper healthy! Just be positive for a change people. S**t.
This broad is twice your size and its a miracle her heart hasn't exploded like the Death Star
Load More Replies...It's good most ppl recognize her beauty & are also concerned for her health. But I can't post my moral police report. Free will. She knows.
Gorgeous. Thx for posting. I glanced at her site, a myriad lovely pictures. Love that pinup style most of all.
This woman has a pretty face and awesome tattoos. I don't need to look at her body to think she's beautiful.
She looks fantastic!! Shes also the most healthiest looking of all the super models out there!! & the least stressed about it!!
such a beautiful face ...good for her! There is nothing more wonderful then self confidence! You go girl!
Pretty lady. If we can promote deathly skinny girls that messes with our children's heads, then I see no problem here.
I like it. There's nothing wrong with it. We have different body shapes. Im even jealous. She has her own photo shoot and she's a model
Everyone want to be accepted by society. This kind of demonstration is addressed to those who can pay for promote the way how they look like
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