Tess Halliday Once Bullied For Being A Size 22 Is Now Landing Magazine Covers

 

When she was at school, Tess Halliday was bullied constantly about her size. People said she'd never be a model. Well, in their faces, because Tess is now a regular cover girl and has modeled for several well-known brands. The 29 year old is the first size 22 model signed by a major modeling agency. Which shows that, slowly at least, times are a changing in the fashion world. Unwilling to listen to those who told her only stick-thin waifs could make it as models, Halliday started a campaign, called, "Eff Your Beauty Standards". For more of her inspiring story, read on…

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Tess Halliday is a successful model, as well as a feminist and founder of the "Eff Your Beauty Standards" campaign.

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Tess has said she was bullied when she was younger and people told her she could never be a model, just because of her size.

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She's certainly showed the haters. Tess has become the face of many a high profile modeling campaign. Here she is modeling for Yours Clothing.

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She's also landing mag covers, such as LA Weekly.

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Tess is proud of her size 22 body. But that doesn't mean she doesn't work out to stay healthy.

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Agencies originally told Tess she would never make it due to her size. Determined, she forged her own path using social media.

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Here she is modeling for Monif C Plus Sizes' swimsuit campaign.

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Tess wants the world to know that plus sized models can be sexy, too.

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She was recently named as the face of Torrid's new denim fit guide.

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Here she is rocking her tatts and vintage look on the cover of Nylon.

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Tess says she will continue to challenge the world's beauty standards.

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"It's something I always dreamed of but never thought would happen when I was growing up in that small town in Mississippi" she said in a blog post for People.

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