by Sara McGinnis posted in Celebrities

Like many moms, Tess Holliday has found that being pregnant seems to give strangers the impression they have a free pass to comment on her body. Specifically, this plus-size model is fighting against those that insist both she and her baby-on-the-way are unhealthy.
"Just because we?re plus size doesn?t mean we have to prove that we?re healthy, just as someone who is smaller than us or average size doesn?t have to prove they are healthy," the 30-year-old wrote on Instagram while sharing a photo from her recent maternity photo shoot.
She continued, "We should be able to exist in our bodies. I am technically healthy but my body is no more valid than someone?s who isn?t. Shot by @alexcayleystudio for @telegraph out now... I was 7 months pregnant in these photos & loved every moment...Grab your copy or check it is online...#effyourbeautystandards." Check out the photo Tess shared with this message -- and a nude shot she later posted as well.

Tess Holliday also talked about the comments she's received in April, posting this message to Facebook:
Having another baby has been a beautiful process & at times, frustrating. As I enter my 8th month, my body overall looks the same other than my belly & I'm okay with that. What I've had to be learn to be okay with (WHICH IS NOT COOL) is the fact that people still think it's okay to comment on my body: "you don't look pregnant," "you must be have quadru...