“I’m literally a Cosmo Girl!! I can’t believe it!” Plus-size model Tess Holliday shared the news with her 1.6 million followers on his Instagram account and its almost 80,000 subscribers on Twitter. The 33-year-old will be on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine’s UK edition for the month of October.
For her, it’s “an incredible opportunity” and a way to encourage young women, to prove to them that beauty is not a question of size. “If I had seen a body like mine in this magazine when I was younger it would have changed my life. I hope some of you will,” the model captioned her photo. .
“You don’t have to worry about my fat ass”
In the comments section, lots of encouragement. Lots of reviews too. Some see it as a message of hope, self-acceptance, celebration of beauty, thanking Tess Holliday for campaigning for all body types to be represented. Others are much less enthusiastic.
Among the detractors of this coverage, the British journalist and animator, Piers Morgan. “As England grapple with an ever-worsening obesity crisis, this is the new cover of Cosmopolitan. Apparently this should be seen as ‘a big step forward for the positive image of the body’. This is bullshit. This front page is as dangerous and misguided as highlighting size zero models,” the man posted. on Instagram.
Far from being defeated, Tess Holliday responded to the attacks with a incisive tweet. “To anyone saying I’m a burden on the UK healthcare system, I’m American so you don’t have to worry about my fat ass. Worry about being horrible people instead, whining about the fact that my appearance on the cover of a magazine has an impact on your petty lives”. That is what is said.
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