Tess Holliday Bio | Wiki
Tess Holliday ( Real name: Ryann Maegen Hoven) is an American plus-size model, blogger, and make-up artist from Los Angeles. She was formerly known as Tess Munster. Tess auditioned at a casting call for plus models in Atlanta, Georgia at the age of 15 while she was a US size 16 (UK 18/20) and 5 feet 3 inches tall. During the modeling, Tess was told she would be lucky to do print advertisements or catalog work since she was too short and big.
Subsequently, Tess moved to Seattle where she worked as a head make-up artist, make-up artist, hair stylist, and creative director at fashion shows for two years. From there, the model moved back to Mississippi and gave birth to her son when she was only 20 years old. Following Hurricane Katrina, Tess returned to Seattle where she had some pictures taken for her then-boyfriend. She posted them on Model Mayhem in October 2009. In 2010, she moved to Los Angeles. Tess gained confidence after moving to Los Angeles.
Tess Holliday Age
She was born on July 5, 1985, in Laurel, Mississippi, United States of America. Tess is 36 years old.
Tess Holliday Height
She is a woman of average stature. Tess stands at a height of 5 ft 5 in ( Approx 1.65 m).
Tess Holliday Family
She was born to her parents in Laurel, Mississippi, United States of America. Her mother left her father when Tess was a young child. Tess has revealed that her family moved 40 times before she turned 10. Her mother was paralyzed and disabled in June 1995, after she was shot twice in the head by her fiancé. Later, the fiance was charged with attempted murder. Tess and her brother moved back to their grandparents’ house in Mississippi when she was only ten years old while their mother recovered.
Tess changed her name from Ryann Hoven to Tess Munster. She choose that surname because she liked the television sitcom The Munsters. Tess changed her name when she started doing alternative modeling. She has also used the name Tess Typhoon as well. Tess adopted and officially started using her fiancé’s surname in January 2015. She came out as pansexual in 2019. In 2021, Tess revealed that she was in recovery from atypical anorexia.
Tess Holliday Husband
She became a mother to her son named Rylee when she was only 20 years old. The Guardian reported in June 2015 that Tess no longer had any contact with her son’s father. She met Nick Holliday, an Australian businessman, photographer, and artist in 2012 on Tumblr. The two talked online for seven months prior to Nick traveling to the U.S. to visit. In April 2015, Nick moved from Melbourne to the U.S. The couple got engaged on July 5, 2014, and secretly wed one year later on July 5, 2015. It was announced in January 2016 that Tess was pregnant and expected to give birth in June. She gave birth to her second son in June 2016. However, the couple has since divorced.
Tess Holliday Education
Tess was bullied from fifth grade for her weight and pale skin. Also, she was bullied for having a disabled mother and living in a trailer behind her grandparents’ house. As a result, she left school at the age of 17 and earned her GED. Tess has alleged verbal abuse about her size by her father. However, she has said that she was supported and encouraged by her mother to become a model. The model has severed contact with her father.
Tess Holliday Model
She became a professional model in 2011 while working as a receptionist at a Los Angeles dental office. Tess responded to ‘House of Dreams Model Search’ by Torrid and was accepted. At the same time, she was chosen by A&E to be the face of the documentary television series titled Heavy after being discovered online. She became the face of the television show in June 2011 and was on an advert that ran nationwide and on billboards across the country.
Tess has been featured on “fashion” blogs, currently, she models accessories and plus-size clothing lines. She was contacted to audition for Vh1’s The Big Girls Club. The model has shot a campaign for Benefit Cosmetics, featured in Vogue Italia, worked with David LaChapelle, and appeared in Nylon magazine. She quit her day job at the dental office in 2014 to pursue her modeling career full-time. A video was uploaded on Vimeo in May 2014 titled #everyBODYisflawless.
It featured Tess and fellow plus-size fashion bloggers and models Gabi Gregg and Nadia Aboulhosn lip-synching and also dancing to Beyoncé’s song titled “Flawless” released in 2013. Tess was interviewed by Jacob Soboroff and Meghan McCain on TakePart Live in September of the same year. London-based modeling agency called Milk Model Management announced in January 2015 that they had signed Tess to their plus-size division, Curves. They declared that Tess had become the largest plus-size model of her size and height to be signed to a mainstream modeling agency, and also the first Curve model above a size 20.
Tess Holliday Weight And Height
She stands at an average height of 5 ft 5 in ( Approx 1.65 m). Also, her current body weight is 308 pounds ( Approx 138 kg).
Tess Holliday Before
She became a professional model in 2011 while working as a receptionist at a Los Angeles dental office. Before that, Tess worked in Seattle as a head make-up artist, make-up artist, hair stylist, and creative director at fashion shows for two years. From there, the model moved back to Mississippi and gave birth to her son when she was only 20 years old. Following Hurricane Katrina, Tess returned to Seattle where she had some pictures taken for her then-boyfriend. She posted them on Model Mayhem in October 2009. In 2010, she moved to Los Angeles. Tess gained confidence after moving to Los Angeles.
Tess Holliday Strawberry Dress
The “Strawberry Dress” became a viral sensation in 2020 thanks to TikTok. However, Tess wore the dress to the Grammy Awards seven months ago. She called out the trend as a perfect example of a problematic double standard in fashion. On August 17, 2020, Tess wrote on her Instagram “I like how this dress had me on worst dressed lists when I wore it in January to the Grammys, but now bc a bunch of skinny ppl wore it on TikTok everyone cares.”
She added “To sum it up: Our society hates fat people, especially when we are winning. Thank you @lirika.matoshi & @meaghanpoconnor for making me feel like a princess 7 months ago.” Later, the model-activist-designer clarified her statement in a new interview with People, she said “It’s because I’m fat. It’s a double standard.”
Tess Holliday Tattoos
The model states that she is 5 feet 5 inches (165 cm). Also, she has revealed that she wears a US dress size 22 or 3x. Tess is heavily tattooed. She has a Miss Piggy tattoo on her right outer forearm, a Marilyn Monroe tattoo on her left bicep, a Mae West tattoo on her right inner forearm, a plus-size mermaid tattoo on her right upper thigh, a Dolly Parton tattoo on her right arm, and also a Hello Kitty tattoo on her right calf. In addition to that, Tess has a septum piercing.
Tess Holliday Measurements
She standa at an aveage height of 5 ft 5 in ( Approx 1.65 m), weighs 138 kg/ 304 pounds, Bust size: 52″ / 132 cm, Waist size: 49″ / 124 cm, Hip size: 59″ / 149 cm, Shoe: 8, and Bra size: 52B
Tess Holliday Magazine Cover | Cover
In May 2015, Tess had her first agency shoot. Tess became the first model over size 18 to model Monif Clarke’s clothing line in March 2014 after she was hired by Monif C as the face of the latest campaign for her swimwear line Sea.
Monif C is a line that is specifically designed for women sizes 14–24. Tess modeled for Torrid in the same month. Also, she collaborated with the plus-size clothing retailer called Your Clothing for the second time after she was officially announced as the face of their high summer campaign. Tess was featured on the cover of People in May 2015. She starred in H&M’s sustainable fashion campaign in September 2015, alongside singer Iggy Pop, sex blogger Karley Sciortino, artist Daniel Lismore, and blogger Pardeep Singh Bahra.
Tess starred in Addition Elle’s fall 2015 capsule collection campaign in the same month. Also, it was confirmed that she was in the process of designing her own clothing line. Tess was involved in a fashion shoot for Marie Claire UK’s December 2015 issue in November of the same year. Canadian plus-size retailer Penningtons announced in January 2016, that the brand has partnered with Tess to release a capsule collection bearing her name under their emblem label.
Tess Holliday Net Worth
She is an American plus-size model, blogger, and make-up artist. Tess has accumulated an estimated net worth of $2,683,671.
Who Is Tess Holliday
Tess is an American plus-size model, blogger, and make-up artist from Los Angeles. She was formerly known as Tess Munster. Tess auditioned at a casting call for plus models in Atlanta, Georgia at the age of 15 while she was a US size 16 (UK 18/20) and 5 feet 3 inches tall. During the modeling, Tess was told she would be lucky to do print advertisements or catalog work since she was too short and big.
How Much Does Tess Holliday Weigh
Her current body weight is 308 pounds (Approx 138 kg).
How Old Is Tess Holliday
Tess is 36 years old. She was born on July 5, 1985, in Laurel, Mississippi, United States of America.