Tess Holliday: 250 lb model

[Jeff7]

This, x-Eleventy.

"Plus size", means a girl is a bit overweight. Maybe 25 lbs or so. Not 100 lbs. That's "morbidly obese".

And yes, it's just as bad as the models who are skeletons.....although I'd wager the skeletons have lower cholesterol and aren't diabetic risks.

Sad to see society coming to this: Making excuses and claiming "I'm comfortable with my body type" as an excuse for eating terribly and being fat as a result, instead of working to get in better shape and lose that weight.

There's going to be a terrible price paid by these people when they get older, if they stay this much overweight. They still have the same joints in their body that were designed to support much less weight. They'll be in their 50's and walking around feeling 80.


Oh, and yeah...tats are hideous, esp the ones like this whale has. I could deal with a couple of smaller, discreetly-placed tats, but not exposed and huge ones like this.
A tattoo has never, ever made anyone look better.

As a species, we're very good at doing that. If you're in a bad situation, it's easier to rationalize it than do something about it.

Rationalizing can take a few minutes. Fixing a serious problem could take decades, depending on the problem; depending also on when you start, the simple limitation of a tiny human lifespan might mean that you'll never be able to see the solution.

 

[tynopik]

I was thinking a 250lb model might be 7ft tall.

Nope.

 

[SunnyD]

I came in thinking of someone else.

I left thinking hell no.

Some people just make the wrong role models.

 

[BoberFett]

Yuck, pointy elbows.

 

[TechBoyJK]

I honestly think natural selection and basic human biology will prevent this from ever becoming a thing.

People will try, but it will always fail. People may believe everything is good in their little bubble, but the majority will still realize their delusional.

Being fat will never be viewed as healthy from an objective standpoint.

 

[Anubis]

I honestly think natural selection and basic human biology will prevent this from ever becoming a thing.

People will try, but it will always fail. People may believe everything is good in their little bubble, but the majority will still realize their delusional.

Being fat will never be viewed as healthy from an objective standpoint.

nope modern medicine has fed over natural selection

 

[soulcougher73]

Does she just eat her competition?

 

[madoka]

She is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 250 pounds. That is a BMI of 41.6. Obese starts at a BMI of 30, and normal range is 18-25.

She is actually 5'4" so I would assume that her BMI has worse than that.

 

[Platypus]

well I guess it has been about a week without a fat shaming dog pile thread...

 

[William Gaatjes]

wtf that woman is ONLY 250lbs?

I had the same thought.
Probably not very tall.

There are people who like this, but i do not find it appealing. Kind of losing my mojo...

 

[TechBoyJK]

well I guess it has been about a week without a fat shaming dog pile thread...

Question.

Is 'not' patting this girl on the back, saying everything is ok, and telling her being obese is perfectly healthy the same as fat shaming?

 

[PingviN]

I had the same thought.
Probably not very tall.

There are people who like this, but i do not find it appealing. Kind of losing my mojo...

She's like 5'5". That's a lot of blubber on not so much bone.

 

[crownjules]

Yuck, pointy elbows.

You can see her elbows?

 

[CoPhotoGuy]

wtf that woman is ONLY 250lbs?

She must be like 4 feet tall.

 

[pauldun170]

You can see her elbows?

lol

 

[edro]

It's fine with me.
Who says models have to look perfect?

Any business can do what they want.
If there is a market for fat models, so be it.

Skinny women aren't going to buy the clothes she is modeling, but there is a huge market for plus sized clothing. (just go to the midwest and look around)

I don't see anyone arguing she is healthy, so why is everyone arguing against her for that point?
Why do models have to be healthy? It's a free country...

 

[KeithP]

I have always found it amusing that women of this size are said to have "curves." To me, visually, you see a lot more curves on a thin woman with a big chest, small waist, and large hips. To each their own.

-KeithP

 

[Smoblikat]

I will still think of beauty in the exact same way I did before I saw her, she really wont be able to change instincts.

Beautiful = Not fat.

 

[MtnMan]

If she is only 250, she must be only 4 feet tall.

 

[darkewaffle]

I like chubby girls but that is definitely too much imo.

 

[pete6032]

Have you guys seen the #imnoangel billboards that advertise plus-sized beauty? They are put out by Lane Bryant and they usually only show the top half of the woman and the models all have huge boobs and nice faces.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Apparently some men are into big women and she had a following.

Because we like to fantasize about women we actually have a chance with.

 

[Newell Steamer]

Obese != curvy.

And, there isn't anything beautiful about obesity.

 

[pauldun170]

It's fine with me.
Who says models have to look perfect?

Any business can do what they want.
If there is a market for fat models, so be it.

Skinny women aren't going to buy the clothes she is modeling, but there is a huge market for plus sized clothing. (just go to the midwest and look around)

I don't see anyone arguing she is healthy, so why is everyone arguing against her for that point?
Why do models have to be healthy? It's a free country...

Its not about whether she should model or the niche for clothing models that accurately represent the market the clothing is target to.
If you are marketing products to obese people then it makes sense to have an obese model model the clothes.

Its about this

I want to challenge society's perception of "beauty" and what's acceptable in our industry and the world.

This comment opens her up to criticism and debate.

 

[clamum]

So she wants us to see unhealthily overweight as beautiful? OK.

Look, I have no problem with the war against size 00 as the only beauty goal but I'm sorry... being straight up fat, where your doctor would be saying to change your lifestyle you should not be viewed as physically beautiful. That doesn't send kids (or anyone) the right message either.

I agree with ya.

Tess, who lives in Los Angeles, is passionate about enforcing the notion that there is 'no one way to be a woman or beautiful'.

And she's right, there isn't "one way to be a woman or beautiful." And I find lots of women beautiful, from skinny to overweight. But she's obese, and I'd rather fuck a goat, sorry.