The newest cover girl for Cosmopolitan UK is none other than model and body-positive activist Tess Holliday.
Holliday's photo isn't a tight crop on her face and her body isn't drowning in an oversized coat, as other magazines have been criticized for in the past.
Rather, Holliday posed in a green swimsuit with all of her curves in the frame.
"Phew, I’m literally a COSMO GIRL!! Can’t believe I’m saying that!" Holliday tweeted.
Phew, I’m literally a COSMO GIRL!! Can’t believe I’m saying that! 😭😭 Thank you @CosmopolitanUK for this incredible opportunity 🙏🏻 If I saw a body like mine on this magazine when I was a young girl, it would have changed my life 💕 Issue hits stands 8/31! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 https://t.co/sBYWY7nEwZ
"If I saw a body like mine on this magazine when I was a young girl, it would have changed my life."
Holliday was interviewed for the magazine's October issue about mental health, the #MeToo movement, and diversity in modeling.
And people are so excited to see it.
@Tess_Holliday @CosmopolitanUK Trying to figure out how different my life and self-image would be if I had grown up seeing women of all sizes represented like this. https://t.co/rvN13dba74
Many women are saying how important it is to see someone who looks like them front a magazine.
@Tess_Holliday @CosmopolitanUK I love you Tess, thanks so much for fighting this battle so girls like us can FINALLY stop hating ourselves, while looking FUCKING GORGEOUS doing it!! 😍😍😍
Especially since we get to see her actual body.
This is especially great bc most of the times I’ve seen plus size or even just slightly chubby women on a magazine cover, it’s a tight crop on her face. It’s the “you have such a beautiful face” of shots. https://t.co/T8JpV9onwY
More swimsuits, fewer trench coats, please!
Finally, a fat model on the cover of a major magazine who isn't wearing a trenchcoat. @Tess_Holliday looks amazing and this is awesome! https://t.co/doeHIXF9Ib
Imagine if we got to see larger women represented in media all the time?
For some reason I burst into tears when I saw this. Maybe because I used to pore through women's magazines at a teen for HOURS of misery, imagining how much happier I'd be if I looked like them. I just pray this means my daughters won't waste so many formative minutes. https://t.co/pUoSjQaKFF
It's a ~moment~.
Now THIS is a fashion moment!!! https://t.co/ECMkza8ZKB
You can see the effect in Holliday's Instagram comments, too.
