She's famous for proudly flaunting her curvaceous figure, bold dress sense and collection of colourful tattoos on social media. But as Tess Holliday poses for a collection of arty black and white images, the 29-year-old is turning her attention away from being an internet phenomena to shaking up our ideas of beauty. Pin-up Tess, who lives in Los Angeles, is passionate about enforcing the notion that there is 'no one way to be a woman or beautiful'.
After years of being turned away from castings, size 26 (US size 22) Tess was snapped up by London-based MiLK modelling agency in January - making her the first fuller-figured supermodel to land such a deal. A far cry from the waif-like frames we have come to see as the norm on runways and in glossy magazine adverts, Tess oozes confidence as showcases her famous curvy body in her debut agency shoot. She hopes the images will challenge the perceived beauty standards.
'I think if someone doesn't look at an image and feel something, you haven't done your job,' she said. 'Whether it's a negative or positive, it should evoke something in them.
'That's what I've always done with my work, I want to challenge society's perception of "beauty" and what's acceptable in our industry and the world. 'There is no one way to be a woman, or to be beautiful. We all deserve a place.'
So she wants us to see unhealthily overweight as beautiful? OK.
Look, I have no problem with the war against size 00 as the only beauty goal but I'm sorry... being straight up fat, where your doctor would be saying to change your lifestyle you should not be viewed as physically beautiful. That doesn't send kids (or anyone) the right message either.
Beat Jules to it.I don't care how much she weighs. The nose ring and tattoos are ugly as hell.
wtf that woman is ONLY 250lbs?
Women can somehow defeat the physics of space and reality. It's like their fat doesn't weigh as much and it's twice as volume as men. Some of them can have the profile of the Death Star and only weigh 200 pounds. Which is only 15 pounds more than me and I look like a rail at 6' tall and 185.
I have no issues with +size/curvy models
but that lady is flat out obese, + tats are disgusting on anyone
She's famous for proudly challenging photoshop artists in the annual "Touch up Challenge". She's challenged makeup artist and designers for covering the various blemishes, stretch marks and other skin issues.
After years of being turned away from castings, due to special requirements of extra prep time for shoots, specially made outfits for photoshoots and generally high costs associated with niche models she has finally found a publicists who knew a person and got her an article.
'I think if someone doesn't look at an image and feel something, you haven't done your job,' she said. 'Whether it's a negative or positive, it should evoke something in them.
'That's what I've always done with my work, I want to challenge society's perception of "beauty" and what's acceptable in our industry and the world. 'There is no one way to be a woman, or to be beautiful. We all deserve a place. My goal is to reinforce the notion that everyone should be called beautiful no matter what they look like or what their personality is like. I want to tear down western societies definition of beauty so all those skinny bitches in high school can feel bad about themselves. I want every fat girl reading this to say 'Hell yeah, I'm taking the escalator. I WILL eat this burger. I will no longer blame some random medical issue as the cause of my fatness (even though I've never had a doctor tell that) .
We as society need to let go of this notion that we should have healthy skin, and be able to walk at a reasonable pace for 5 minutes without sweating. We should stop judging people based on a healthy appearance and instead judge people on what they say. For example
"OMah Gawd, look at Ann Hathaway, she such an ugly bitch!!"
That's why I'm beautiful and you should except me. Because I am able to speak and I'm not one of the women on this list of "I hate these bitches".
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I have no issues with +size/curvy models
but that lady is flat out obese, + tats are disgusting on anyone