In a recently posted TikTok, model Tess Holliday commented to the user who trolled her: I have lost more than 150 pounds so far. “
She lay down, looked into the camera lens, and started: Many of the larger bodies and individuals you follow lead a happy and fulfilling life, despite being fat, but they are just so.
“They just exist,” she added.
Needless to say, make-up artist Holiday, a plus-sized model, is a fundamentally body-positive internet persona who has won the same corps of fans and enemies over the last decade, and she played to win. increase.
“I’m used to people who use me as previous photos and inspo … but the only thing I keep through all of this is my joy,” she continued. “And I’m fatter now than I was a while ago, but I’m happy too.
“Recently, many have commented that I can see my joy being radiated, and that’s the way others see me,” she said with a smile.
“If you’re out to the world that you’re grossing out yourself, that’s probably the way you’re perceived,” she calmly laid out and added her reasoning.
“So I’m happy to be able to use us fat people as an inspiration for you who aren’t fat,” she continued. “But I really check your journey to lean because I can guarantee that it doesn’t bring the happiness you’re looking for.”
With a sly smile, she concluded. What would you do then? “
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