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Tess Holliday, size 22 model and all-around stunner, just landed her first major magazine cover. She’ll appear on the June 1 issue of People; look for her on a newsstand near you.
Her real name is Ryann Hoven: According to Buzzfeed, Holliday was born Ryann Hoven and has also been known as Tess Munster and Tess Typhoon. The mother of one to son Riley, nine, has been using her fiancé Nick Holliday’s last name professionally since January.
Holliday’s big break came from an unlikely source: Though she wasn’t a cast member, Holliday was the face of the A&E TV show Heavy. She appeared in nationwide print and billboard ads for the show. Since then she’s gone on to model for brands such as Domino Dollhouse and Jessica Louise Clothing. She’s also been featured in Vogue Italia.
She almost didn’t make it in the industry: After being turned away from an audition in Atlanta at 15 for being “too short and too big,” Holliday posted photos of herself on Model Mayhem. It was only then that her career started to take off.
Holliday is the founder of viral body-positive moment Eff Your Beauty Standards: She started it on Instagram two years ago, “as a way of giving the metaphorical middle finger to society in regards to what we’re told we can’t wear and what we should like when you’re plus size,” says the model. The account currently has more than 100,000 followers, while the hashtag has been used over 700,000 times.
Agencies/Canadajournal
