Tess Holliday Fights Snow White Poster That Claims Short, Curvy Princess Is ‘Less Beautiful’
Size 22 model Tess Holliday didn’t back down after she called out a Snow White poster that essentially claimed being short and curvy wasn’t as beautiful as tall and thin. Holliday shared an image of the poster and hit back at Twitter users who didn’t agree with her.
One critic wrote: “Really think people are being overly judgmental. Bad ad doesn't mean bad movie. The people working on the film know the script. We don't.”
Holliday, 31, responded: “So? you still shouldn't be using marketing to show a fat women as undesirable. Get new material-It's lazy & not true/damaging to girls.”
READ: Tess Holliday Slams Chloë Grace Moretz Movie For Telling Kids 'Fat' Is 'Ugly'
Another naysayer wrote being overweight wasn’t healthy: “Because being fat is unhealthy. We should teach children to be healthy, not fat, not skinny. HEALTHY.”
But the model wasn’t swayed. She wrote back: “Says who? Did you get your medical degree on twitter? Also I'm healthy AND overweight. Your brain just exploded didn't it?”
Earlier Wednesday, Holliday shared a picture from the new version of the Snow White animated movie, called “Red Shoes & 7 Dwarfs. It stars Chloë Grace Moretz. The tagline says, “What if Snow White was no longer beautiful and the 7 dwarfs not so short?”
The model, who is a mother-of-two, was disturbed that the posted was approved. “How did this get approved by an entire marketing team? Why is it okay to tell young kids being fat = ugly?” she tweeted.
Even though Holliday tagged Moretz in the original post, the actress didn’t respond.
The Internet Movie Database has a much different description for the movie, writing: “Princes who have turned into Dwarfs seek the red shoes of a lady in order to break the curse, although it won't be easy. A parody with a twist.”
The production company, Locus Creative Studios, did not respond to Holliday.
As for Holliday’s naysayers, it’s not the first time she’s been accused of being unhealthy because of her weight. She vowed to stop using Uber after her driver asked about her cholesterol. She posted the video to Snapchat and Instagram, which garnered hundreds of thousands of views. She repeatedly told the driver she was healthy at her size.
“Hey @uber I don't pay more to use your ‘black car’ service to be told that there's no way I could possibly be healthy because I'm fat & then questioning it,” Holliday wrote in the viral Instagram post last month. “No one should have to tolerate this at any level of the services you offer.”
She also called trolls who made fun of her size by posting a picture of herself next to a whale mural. “Reunited with my family,” she wrote last week on Instagram, adding that whales are “majestic as f---.”
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