100 Quotes by Tess Holliday

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 or average size doesn't have to prove they are healthy.

I love layers. And I definitely love boots and hats, I have a ridiculous amount.

Why is it controversial that I chose to talk about my abortion? And the fact that I got an abortion when I was in a marriage and could have financially supported a child, why did I feel so much shame for that?

I am technically healthy but my body is no more valid than someone's who isn't.

I've never taken no for an answer.

I would love to be in the pages of Vogue.

I've been thinking a lot about my relationship to my own queerness, and I think the word pansexual speaks to me more than bi does.

I wanted to become a model out of delusion. It was always something that I wanted to do, I just never thought that I would have the opportunity.

I think it's really important for all young girls to see themselves represented in fashion so they don't feel alone in the world.