Tess Holliday Claps Back at 'Cosmo' Cover Haters Mississippi native Tess Holliday is a plus-size model who's pushing boundaries. Holliday was most recently featured on the October
2018 issue of Cosmopolitan UK. In her cover interview, Holliday revealed that she had recently been in "the worst mental health state of
her life." Tess Holliday, to 'Cosmopolitan UK' All of that has since turned around
for Holliday. She told the magazine, "I'm at the heaviest I've ever been in my life now and it took me being the heaviest to finally love myself." However, Holliday's cover
wasn't well received by all. Piers Morgan called the cover
"dangerous and misguided,"
citing the promotion of obesity. Holliday quickly clapped back. Tess Holliday, via Twitter