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In February 2014, Holliday appeared on ''[[Channel 4 News]]''.<ref name="channel4">{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/news/tess-holliday-the-plus-size-model-redefining-beauty |title=Tess Holliday - the plus size model redefining beauty? |publisher=[[Channel 4 News]] |date=February 4, 2015 |access-date=May 1, 2015}}</ref> In April 2015, she was interviewed by [[Meredith Vieira]] on ''[[The Meredith Vieira Show]]''.<ref name="meredithvieirashow">{{cite web |url=http://www.meredithvieirashow.com/tag/tess-holliday-interview/ |title=tess holliday interview |publisher=The Meredith Vieira Show |access-date=May 1, 2015}}</ref> In the same month, she appeared on ''Plus Sized Wars'', a [[Channel 4]] documentary about changing beauty standards<ref name="independent1">{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Ellen E |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/plus-sized-wars-channel-4--tv-review-dropdead-gorgeous-size-24model-tess-shows-that-big-really-is-beautiful-10193615.html |title=Plus Sized Wars, Channel 4 - TV review: Drop-dead gorgeous size 24-model Tess shows that big really is beautiful |work=[[The Independent]] |date=April 21, 2015 |access-date=May 1, 2015}}</ref> and explores the fast-growing plus-size fashion industry.<ref name="bestdaily">{{cite news |last=Savva |first=Jayne |url=http://www.bestdaily.co.uk/your-life/news/a643120/is-this-the-most-dangerous-fashion-trend-ever.html |title=Is this the most dangerous fashion trend ever? |publisher=Best Daily |date=April 21, 2015 |access-date=May 1, 2015}}</ref>
 
In August 2015, Holliday demanded a boycott of [[Facebook]], Instagram and [[Tumblr]] accounts under the name 'Project Harpoon', which [[Photo manipulation|photoshopped]] her image and images of other women including [[Rebel Wilson]] and [[Melissa McCarthy]] to make them appear slimmer without authorization.<ref name="independent2">{{cite news |last=Saul |first=Heather |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/project-harpoon-plus-size-model-tess-holliday-demands-users-boycott-facebook-and-instagram-accounts-fatshaming-women-10465290.html |title=Project Harpoon: Plus size model Tess Holliday demands users boycott Facebook and Instagram accounts fat-shaming women |work=[[The Independent]] |date=August 21, 2015 |access-date=September 1, 2015}}</ref> In September 2015, she criticized [[Victoria's Secret]] for their limited amount of plus-size clothing options.<ref name="mtv">{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2243662/tess-holliday-victorias-secret/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911093600/http://www.mtv.com/news/2243662/tess-holliday-victorias-secret/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 11, 2015 |title=Tess Holliday Explains Why Victoria's Secret Needs To Get In On The Billion Dollar Plus Size Industry |publisher=[[MTV News]] |date=September 10, 2015 |access-date=October 1, 2015}}</ref><ref name="inquisitr1">{{cite news |last=Silven |first=Kirsten |url=http://www.inquisitr.com/2414378/does-victorias-secret-exclude-plus-size-women-tess-holliday-thinks-so/ |title=Does Victoria's Secret Exclude Plus-Size Women? Tess Holliday Thinks So |newspaper=[[The Inquisitr News]] |date=September 12, 2015 |access-date=October 1, 2015}}</ref><ref name="inquisitr2">{{cite news |last=Nicholas |first=Noelle |url=http://www.inquisitr.com/2419052/victorias-secret-continues-to-ignore-plus-size-consumers/ |title=Victoria's Secret Continues To Ignore Plus Size Consumers |newspaper=The Inquisitr News |date=September 14, 2015 |access-date=October 1, 2015}}</ref>
 
In a January 2016 interview with ''[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]'',<ref name="papermag">{{cite news |last=Song |first=Sandra |url=http://www.papermag.com/tess-holliday-plus-size-model-1571214668.html |title=Tess Holliday Dispels Industry Myths And Looks Damn Good Doing It |work=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]] |date=January 25, 2016 |access-date=March 1, 2016}}</ref> Holliday stated that she embraces the term "plus-size" and disagrees with other people's rejection of it.<ref name="vogue">{{cite news |last=Milligan |first=Lauren |url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2016/01/27/tess-holliday-plus-size-model-on-curvy-vs-plus-size-label |title=Tess Holliday: Why I'm Happy To Be Called "Plus Size" |work=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] |date=January 27, 2016 |access-date=March 1, 2016}}</ref><ref name="usmagazine2">{{cite news |last=Torgerson |first=Rachel |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-style/news/tess-holliday-takes-a-stand-in-the-plus-size-debate-w162661 |title=Tess Holliday Takes a Stand in the Plus-Size Versus Curvy Debate |work=[[Us Weekly]] |date=January 27, 2016 |access-date=February 1, 2016}}</ref> She discussed how she does see how the term as negative<ref name="huffingtonpost11">{{cite news |last=Markovinovic |first=Monika |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/01/27/tess-holliday-plus-size_n_9089448.html |title=Tess Holliday Continues To Advocate The Term 'Plus-Size' |newspaper=The Huffington Post |date=January 27, 2016 |access-date=March 1, 2016}}</ref> or derogatory and thought the term is 'very important' for larger women to have their own labels.<ref name="sundayworld1">{{cite news |url=http://www.sundayworld.com/style/fashion/tess-holliday-fine-with-plus-size-label |title=Tess Holliday is pregnant |location=Dublin |work=[[Sunday World]] |date=January 26, 2016 |access-date=March 1, 2016}}</ref>