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Tess Holliday is an American plus size model, blogger, internet personality, and makeup artist. Tess Holliday is famous for appearing in Vogue Italia, H&M advertising, Marie Claire and others.
Early life and childhood
Tess Holliday was born Ryann Maegen Hoven, the July 5, 1985. She is also formally known as Tess Munster. She is originally from Laurel, Mississippi, USA.
From now on, she is 38 years and his zodiac sign is Cancer. His father’s name is Doug Hoven and his mother’s name is Beth Tadlock.
Unfortunately, when he was very young, his mother abandoned his father. Therefore, she claims that her family moved forty times before she turned 10.
Additionally, her mother was paralyzed and disabled because her fiancé shot her twice in the head in June 1995. As a result, her fiancé was charged with attempted murder.
Unfortunately, Tess was bullied since fifth grade for her weight and pale skin, for having a disabled mother, and also because they lived in a trailer behind her grandparents’ house. She therefore left school at the age of 17 and obtained her GED.
Caption: Old photo of Tess Holliday. Source: Instagram
Tess Holliday – Body Measurements
Tess is a beautiful and confident woman. She is 5 feet and 5 inches tall and weighs around 130 kilos. Her body measurements are 52-49-56 inches. Her dress size is 22 or 3x (US) and her shoe size is 8.5 (US). She has a pair of brown eyes and also brown hair.
Tess has many tattoos on her body. Some of her tattoos include a ‘Miss Piggy’ tattoo on the outside of her right forearm, a Marilyn Monroe tattoo on her left bicep, and a Mae West tattoo on the inside of her right forearm.
She also has a “Hello Kitty” tattoo on her right calf, a “plus-size mermaid” tattoo on her upper right thigh, and a “Dolly Parton” tattoo on her right arm.
Social media
Tess is active on different social media platforms. Her Instagram account ‘@tessholliday’ has amassed over 2.1 million followers. She has gained more than 92.3 thousand followers on her Twitter account.
And its official Facebook page has gained more than 2.1 million followers. Her YouTube channel ‘Slumber Party with Tess Holliday’ has amassed over 602 subscribers. The channel was recently launched on February 9, 2021.
This amazing model surely earns a good amount of money through her ha
Career and professional life
At the age of 15, Tess auditioned at a casting for plus models in Atlanta, Georgia. There she was told that she would be lucky if she could publish print ads for catalog jobs because she was too short and big.
Later, she moved to Seattle, where she stayed for two years and worked as a makeup artist, lead makeup artist, stylist, and creative director on fashion shows.
Then, similarly, she returned to Mississippi and when she was 20, she gave birth to her son and then returned to Seattle. She then moved to Los Angeles in 2010.
Meanwhile, she worked as a receptionist at a dental office in Los Angeles. In 2011, she became a professional model. Tess responded to Torrid’s ‘House of Dreams Model Search’ and was accepted.
And, at the same time, ‘A&E’ chose her to be the face of the documentary television series ‘Heavy’ after being discovered on the internet. Likewise, in June 2011, she became the face of the television show. And she appeared in an ad that ran across the country and on billboards across the country.
Additionally, she was also tagged in “fashion” blogs, model accessories and size clothing lines, and was also contacted to audition for Vh1’s ‘The Big Girls Club’. She also appeared on ‘Vogue Italia’ and was featured in ‘Nylon Magazine’.
Caption: Tess Holliday posing for a photo on the Grammys red carpet. Source: Instagram
Further
In 2012, Tess took her first nude photo.
In 2014, a video called ‘#everyBODYisflawless’ was uploaded to Vimeo featuring Tess and other plus-size fashion bloggers and models, Gabi Gregg and Nadia Aboulhosn, lip-syncing and dancing to Beyoncé’s 2013 song, “Flawless.”
Tess has also starred in several television shows such as ‘Ice and Coco’, ‘Entertainment Tonight’ and many more.
Likewise, in 2015, Milk Model Management announced that they had hired Tess Holliday for their plus-size division, Curves. And, in May 2015, she had her first agency photo shoot.
Additionally, Tess appeared on the cover of ‘People’. She appeared in H&M’s sustainable fashion campaign in September 2015. And in the same month, Tess appeared in ‘Addition Elle’s fall 2015 capsule collection campaign.
He also promised that he is in the process of designing his clothing line. In November, she participated in a fashion shoot for the December 2015 issue of ‘Marie Claire UK’.
Canadian plus-size retailer ‘Penningtons’ announced in January 2016 that the brand had partnered with Tess to launch a capsule collection that would carry her name under its flagship label.
She donates the proceeds to a charity she earned by selling T-shirts with the phrase “Eff Your Beauty Standards.”
Personal life
Holliday had her son Rylee when she was 20 years old. And, as of June 2015, she was no longer in contact with Rilee’s father. On July 5, 2014, Tess and Nick Holliday became engaged. Therefore, they met for the first time in 2012 on Tumblr. Nick is an Australian businessman, photographer and artist.
And on July 5, 2014, they secretly married. And in 2016 she became pregnant. In June 2016 they welcomed her son, Bowie Juniper Holliday. But they have since divorced.
Furthermore, talking about his sexuality, he came out as pansexual in 2019. Recently, in 2021, he noted that he was recovering from anorexia.
Caption: Tess Holliday clicking a photo with her kids. Source: Instagram
Tess Holliday – Net worth 2024
This professional and hardworking model has earned significant income throughout her career. Her modeling career could be her main source of income. However, her net worth as of 2024 is $4 million.
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