“I was bullied from fifth grade on. They started making fun of me because my mom was in a wheelchair, then they started making fun of me because I was poor and then it evolved to my size.”

American plus-size model, blogger, and make-up artist

Tess Holliday, born Ryann Maegen Hoven, is an American plus-size model, blogger, and make-up artist based in Los Angeles. She is known professionally as Tess Holliday and was formerly known as Tess Munster. She built a public profile through modelling and online writing, and she is also credited as a make-up artist. Her work is associated with body positivity and the visibility of plus-size fashion, although the available facts here are limited to her professional roles and name changes.