Tess Holliday Quotes

I don't think there's anything wrong with the word 'curvy' or 'plus-size' because there are women who identify as that, and I'm not offended by it whatsoever because I don't feel like being bigger is anything wrong.

At the end of the day, it just means 'curvy.' That's why I think the word 'plus-size' in the industry is very different from people's mind view of what 'plus-size' really should mean.

It is harder to dress a bigger woman no matter what anybody wants to say.

It can be very hard to find clothing for different body shapes. After all, there are only, what, five companies for plus-size women?

The term 'plus size' is so inaccurate. I'm not plus size; I have never bought an article of clothing that was plus size.

The skinnification of America's jeanscape has gone too far.

There's all body types, but there's just one size.

Some women are naturally thin. But there needs to be an appreciation for a variety of types of women because we don't all come in one package. We're not pre-destined to all be a size six. It's very hard for a large group of women to maintain a thinness which is, after all, only natural to a few people.

We're getting to this amazing place where the average size in America is a 14-16, and we're starting to see that represented in the fashion industry, and it's becoming more accepted.

I was really tired of words like 'plus size,' 'round' and 'large.' I thought, 'Come on, we're fat.'

Some women are naturally thin. But there needs to be an appreciation for a variety of types of women because we don't all come in one package. We're not pre-destined to all be a size six.

We've going to bring back thighs. Enough of these size zeros. Thighs, and back fat, and over-the-belt fat, it's all got to come back again, and we're the ones to do it.

I didn't even know I was considered plus-size until I was on the red carpet here in L.A. one day and a lady said, 'How do you feel about being a plus-sized girl in Hollywood?' I was like, 'What's she talking about?'

I'd rather be overweight and curvy than super thin with no curves. I'm proud of my body.

It's so much easier when you're a size two or three to just slip on anything. But a big girl, sometimes you've got to strap some stuff down!

I did not label myself 'plus size.' The fashion industry did.

For so long advertising hasn't been inclusive when it comes to plus sizes which is crazy to me.

I felt the term 'plus size' was inaccurate and kept all these beautiful, stunning women with the widest spectrum of body types I've ever seen - mind you, curvy agencies start at a size 6 and go up to a size 18 - from being seen and resonated with.

There shouldn't be a segregation of women over a size 16, it should just be all women who want to wear beautiful clothes.

Does any woman really just come in and say, 'I'm a plus-size woman?' Maybe as a defense mechanism or maybe as a way to kind of cope with fitting into society but... I just think it's divisive.

Plus-size is a term that's never been used in hate; no one has ever used it in a negative way. The industry has always used it to help us identify where to shop.

Many companies and publications don't understand what it means to be body positive or what it means to be plus-size. They're just trying to capitalize on the term because it's a hot topic.

I'm considered a huge model because I'm a size six. But... I had a standard body size for catalogues.

Why is it controversial to talk about the fact that fat people deserve to take up space and deserve to be sexy?

I have lived my life in a culture that hates fat people.