A model admits to an eating disorder; call it an unexpected turn.
In 2015, LA-based Tess Holliday announced she’d been signed to a major modeling agency.
At the time, it was big news: the 29-year-old was a plus-size model.
She was hailed in media as a strong woman and defiant of outdated ideas of beauty.
Tess has taken full advantage of her 19,000 followers on Twitter and 375,000 followers on Instagram, by spearheading and regularly celebrating the hashtag #effyourbeautystandards (which also have its own Instagram page). Tess often posts images of herself alongside positive messages focused around body image. Underneath a recent snap of her in lingerie she writes, “I hope this makes you realize that it’s okay to be yourself, even if you happen to exist in a fat body.”