The face, I later found out, was attached to Miss Tess Holliday (formerly Tess Munster), an up-and-coming plus size model from California. Soon enough, I my way to her Facebook page to become a fan. I've been following Tess for a year now, and every day my fandom grows a little more. They declared that Holliday had become the largest plus-size model of her size and height to be signed to a mainstream modeling agency, and the first Curve model above a size 20. In May, she had her first agency shoot. Plus-Size Model Tess Holliday Lands a People Cover: 5 Things to Know About Her Ever since she became the first size-22 model to score a major contract with U.K.-based Milk Management, Tess Holliday nazywa siebie "aktywistką body positive" i z dumą odnosi się do określenia "plus size". Modelka stworzyła nawet ruch #effyourbeautystandards ("zmień swoje standardy piękna") na Instagramie, aby udowodnić, że rozmiar, wiek, kolor skóry czy inne cechy nie mają wpływu na miłość do samych siebie. In the fashion industry, where samples are a size two and runway models are often prized for their thinness, the phrase "plus-size" can sound like a curse word. But not for Tess Holliday . The brand has brought on model Tess Holliday as its size and inclusivity consultant and introduced an expansion of its plus collection. "H&M embraces inclusion as a business imperative. Some plus-size supermodels have launched careers abroad, like Robyn Lawley, the first plus-size model to appear in Vogue Australia or any issue of GQ (see her November 2013 spread in GQ Australia). She became a Ralph Lauren model and made it into this year's Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue. The runway is changing shape too. In case you didn't already know, Tess Holliday, the world's first size 22 supermodel, is a total badass. A few reasons why: She considers Miss Piggy to be a beauty inspiration, wants to Meet Tess Holliday, the Plus-Size Model Who Scored a Major Contract and Created the #EffYourBeautyStandards Movement Formerly known as Tess Munster, the 29-year-old is breaking the mold Tess Holliday: Why I'm Happy To Be Called "Plus Size" By Lauren Milligan 27 January 2016 WHILE many models - including Ashley Graham and Robyn Lawley - have shunned the term "plus size", Tess Holliday disagrees with their rejection of it. mFxQ.