“The real issue that I have is the erasure people are trying to do with my very valid feelings in regard to how plus-size and fat people are treated in fashion. The way that people just kind of overlook us and pretend that, you know, we don't have style, that we aren't trendy or fashionable. It's dehumanizing.”

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.