Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Tess Holliday - Page 2

My health is no one's business.

I'm a normal person, but people see me as this person who's not really real, almost like I don't have feelings. They think they can treat me any way they want to.

I mean, if people still want to hire my 34-year-old fat butt for campaigns and let me be myself then I'm all for it.

We need to support our LGBT youth.

I feel sexy when I can be in charge of how I present my body and how I am in this world.

I think that some of the biggest surprises I've had early on, actually to this day, are all the misconceptions about my body and my health. There are so many people who think that being a plus-size model, that there's something wrong with it, or that I must be unhealthy or that I'm promoting an unhealthy lifestyle.

My past is just that, my past. I try to not think about it and only keep moving forward.

I don't understand why it's not okay to be plus-size. I don't know why people hate that phrase. Many models have built their careers as plus-size women and then suddenly don't want to be called that anymore. But you're still cashing checks from plus-size designers.

I've been asked a lot lately if I had a hard time getting pregnant. I've been asked how I conceived. In the same way everyone else does!

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.

Millions of followers doesn't equal millions of dollars.

I have no friends from high school. That was probably the reason I ended up dropping out, and I dealt with that by eating.

Love is, to me, a lot of different things. It's the love you have for yourself and if you have a family and friends. Your love for pizza. I feel like love can be really anything that you want it to be.

The States are more accommodating to fat people - there are more plus-sized clothing labels, and people talk openly about it.

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

I've noticed that a lot of people who criticize me are from the U.K. - both in the press and on social media. Since I've been here, I've gotten a lot of stares on the street, but in the States, people always come up to me and say, 'I love your hair' or 'I love your dress, you're so cute.' Here, people just look at me like I'm a crazy person.

My only challenges for winter are jackets because I have big arms.

I didn't realize how important it was to exfoliate and moisturize the days leading up to getting a spray tan.

I was raised to believe that sex was shameful, that you should only have sex when you're married. I'm so glad that I didn't listen to that advice.

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.

At the end of the day, we all have issues with our bodies.

I don't have to prove that I'm healthy to anybody.

I don't share a lot of my kids on social media for a reason.

I've never taken no for an answer.

It's really hard to find boots for plus-size women because most of us have larger calves - not all of us, but most of us - so it's hard to find boots.

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?

Health is everyone's personal decision. It's their choice and I think that should be respected.

I've been fortunate enough to pick the brands that I collaborate with based on if they feel authentic to me and if it's on-brand with what I am doing.

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.

No one tells you that when you get older sometimes you never escape the bullying. I had no idea people could be as mean as they are when you're an adult.

I just say throw on your bathing suit or the shortest shorts you own regardless of your size and rock it.

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.

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

The majority of my following is not plus size, it's very diverse.

Obviously I probably have internalized fatphobia about myself and what the world has ingrained in us.

Imagine just wanting to share photos of my kid and instead being told I'm unfit to be his mom because of my size.

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

I represent women that you don't see a lot in media and in print.

The plus-size fashion world is definitely built by women of color - 100 percent.

My mom is one of my best friends.