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Tess Munster is a Los Angeles

100,000 times and growing

based plus size model, make up

daily as a positive, uplifting way

artist, blogger, and body image

for women around the world to

advocate. This year has been

unite together against online

full of amazing professional

bullying and societies unrealistic

accomplishments for her,

fashion and beauty standards,

including being named one of the and freely express their feelings,
world’s “Top Plus Size Models”

fashion and accomplishments.

by Vogue Italia,

This year Tess has

Huffington Post, and

also teamed up with

Refinery 29, posing

Benefit Cosmetics to

for world-renowned

be the first blogger to

photographer, David

create her own “Nice

LaChapelle for one

Package” makeup kit.

of his upcoming

Tess’s plans for

projects, and

2014 include traveling

founding the “Eff Your

throughout the US

Beauty Standards”

and abroad speaking

#effyourbeautystandards

to women and young girls about

body positive movement in

confidence, and spreading the

the form of a hashtag, which

positive body image message for

she created after increased

women of all shapes and sizes.

frustration from cyber bullies and Tess will also be debuting her
general negativity surrounding

own plus size clothing collection

her physical appearance and

as a collaboration with Sealed

fashion choices. Now, only

With A Kiss Designs, available in

9 months after its creation,

early 2014, and she is creating

the #effyourbeautystandards

her own line of “Tess Munster”

hashtag has been used over

merchandise in the coming year.

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