Women’s Health USA – September 2019

themselves to be “body positive.” “When I was training for something, like a marathon or a sport” was one of the most common answers to “At what point in

TABRIA MAJORS

FIGHTS BACK

AGAINST

MISCONCEPTIONS

AND LAYS OUT

THE TRUTHS SHE

WANTS PEOPLE

TO KNOW

I love to sweat. I’m a

plus-size model. I weigh

230 pounds. But that

doesn’t mean I don’t

work out. It also doesn’t

mean I can eat “what-

ever I want.” People

think because I’m big-

ger, I don’t exercise, but

I’m quite strong. I take a

lot of pride in that.

I love my size right

now. It’s important to

me to broadcast myself

at this size to show oth-

er women it ’s okay to

embrace who you are.

That’s not to say I never

want to lose weight;

my health is important

to me. But whether I

want to gain weight,

lose weight, or stay the

same, I’m going to love

myself at every stage.

I inspire myself. A lot

of people ask me who I

look up to. I used to give

a standard answer. But

honestly, I look up to

myself. I find inspiration

in others, but for the

most part, my confi-

dence came from years

of growing, finding

myself, and being on a

journey to self-love.

I’m ready for change.

Until body inclusivity

is taken seriously and

brands make shifts, I

don’t think we’ll have

progress in the “body-

positivity movement.”

I want to see plus-size

models sweating on

camera. I want to see

plus-size models doing

real workouts. I want

them to be panting just

like the straight-size

ones do in commercials.