Tess Holliday Quotes

It's kind of heartbreaking when I talk about it now, I still get very moved by the lack of opportunities that were available to myself and to the very few others who were Hispanic young actresses.

I go to castings and see several black and Asian girls, then I get to the show and look around there's just me and maybe one other coloured face.

People are making a lot more noise about representation and diversity. But I think modeling is one of the professions where people can be kind of racist.

I did a little modeling in Minnesota, but because I was a heavier 'model,' I didn't pursue it much when I lived there.

It's really maddening out there for dark-skinned actresses in terms of the opportunities we get. There's just so much talent that is being overlooked.

If you walk into any magazine store, I guarantee that nine out of 10 covers will feature white, blonde, blue-eyed, slim women because that's still the ideal of beauty. When a black or Asian figure shows up in a fashion magazine, she's the exception, not the rule.

Nowadays, we have to break the molds to what it means to be a model in 2016.

Where I grew up, we had light-skinned models but not dark. Every time I would talk about being a model with my friends, they would start laughing out loud.

I think all races are represented in America much more than in many other places, but it's also nice to remind people about that ethnic mix. I would like to see more black models and women from different ethnic backgrounds, but I also think that when you are casting, you just choose the most beautiful girl you can find.

In not having an appointment at Harvard, I'm in the company of a great many people whose work I admire tremendously, in particular women of color.

Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up.

As long as ugly people are not on TV, you should only ever have interesting people on TV.

I think the rise of Asian models is an absolutely beautiful thing.

I don't hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the people - and they're helpless with it.

I swear to the Lord I still can't see Why Democracy means Everybody but me.

If you are on the wrong side of society you can’t win.

The trouble with discrimination is not discrimination per se, but rather that the people who are discriminated against think of themselves as second-class.

If you're looking at the people who head the institutions, there are very few African Americans or people of colour. I'm talking about the major theatres that position themselves as serving all audiences. What you find is, by and large, people who are shaping what we see, and the people who are the tastemakers are white.

You can see what happens when people don't feel they have a chance. You can see the ramifications of that.

I think culturally, even if you just talk about it in context, the standard of beauty has not included women of color. Period. Not just black women. If you are not a certain thing, there has not been space for you.

I remember when I started modelling and being the only non-white girl in the fashion show. I was grateful to be there, but at the casting, there had been many beautiful women of different descriptions, and I was wondering why they were not being represented.

Growing up, I remember watching TV, and I didn't see a lot of people who looked like me, especially someone who passed as a glamorous model on a mainstream TV show.

In television and the movie business, the people who are promoted and the people who are mentored always look like the white guys.

I want to see designers capitalize on a beauty that is not only white. I need them to stop acting like beautiful black and brown women do not exist.

Why would I want to walk the runway for a brand to be their token plus-size girl when they're not even making my size?