Tess Holliday criticizes life insurance denial as fatphobic

Model Tess Holliday revealed in a TikTok video that she was denied life insurance coverage due to her weight, despite being a healthy, non-smoking, and non-drinking 40-year-old. Holliday, who weighs over 300 pounds and works out daily, criticized the medical system as “fatphobic” and described her experience as a lesson in the brokenness of the industry. She also shared her ongoing advocacy for body positivity, including reviving her “#effyourbeautystandards” movement.

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