People are really loving Tess Holliday's Cosmo cover

Laura Byager
Updated

While some would argue that we've come a long way when it comes to representation and diversity in the media, it is still not every day you see a size 22 woman on the cover of a major publication. 

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That's why the October issue of Cosmopolitan UK is already getting a lot of buzz, despite not having hit the stands yet. 

The cover girl is supermodel Tess Holliday. Dressed in a swimsuit, Holliday poses on the cover blowing a kiss to all the fat-shamers out there. The headline reads "Tess Holliday wants the haters to kiss her ass."

Holliday shared the cover on Twitter with an emotional caption about the lack of representation of plus size women when she was younger.

"If I saw a body like mine on this magazine when I was a young girl, it would have changed my life," Holliday writes.  

A lot of women are echoing this sentiment on social media, wishing that they could show this cover to their younger selves. 

A reader also shared the subscriber version of the issue, which features another gorgeous shot of Holliday:

Holliday also had another thing to say about her Cosmopolitan cover.

All this just goes to show that we are more than ready for diversity in media. No more excuses, guys.

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