- I feel like the only way I can justify a selfie,
is either if there's someone else in it,
or if I'm making a really dumb face, kind of like a.
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- I don't really like selfies and
I might silently judge anyone who takes them.
- I actually take a lot of selfies.
- It's just another form of self-expression.
- I would like to take a selfie and be like,
"OK, I actually feel good about that".
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- I'm going to attempt to take a lying down Selfie,
whilst still looking, okay, oop, oop, human.
This is not a flattering way to live.
This is terrible.
(laughter) I love it.
- I'm gonna try to take a mirror Selfie.
I just wanna make it look like, "Hey guys, I walked by,
"and, oooh, feeling this, click, keep on going".
Right now I don't even know where to place my camera.
- Feelin' yourself Selfies, usually people are like,
"mmm ... oh I'm naturally very seductive".
That looked fake.
- I don't really take food Selfies.
I'm gonna give this a try.
There's no way to be cute like this.
Oh my God.
- So I'm doing my undies pic.
I've never sent many of these.
I think I would just stand here, honestly.
This is something I would send to my parents.
- So, I'm gonna try to take an outdoor Selfie.
I've never been good at it.
Ooo, that's squinty, but if I go the other way,
oh, I turned it off.
I'm getting some good palm trees from down here but
then I get a lot of chin.
OK, I think we're good. (laughing)
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- Hi, I'm Tess Holliday.
I'm a plus-size model and a Body Positive Ambassador.
Today I'm gonna be helping people take
their best selfies and have fun.
- This is a selfie I took of myself lying down.
- I love the volume in your hair.
You look like you're scared to death of the chip.
The common thing in all of the photos has been the light.
When I'm definitely feelin' myself, I don't use overhead
lighting like this, I'll try and find natural lighting.
You have the same problem I do,
when you lay down, your girls go this way,
so if you have a pillow, that helps
kind of keep them here. - [Girl in red] Keep it up.
- Your wrist was like this.
It needs to be like flicked,
and then your finger is the ah.
But you just wanna make sure that the
sun is behind you. - [Girl in Blue] Behind me?
- Yeah, 'cause you're gonna glow like a little baby angel.
When I do Mirror Selfies, I'll put my hand
on my waist usually, and then bend my legs.
- I automatically go into some prom thing.
- Sometimes I'll put it, like this.
Or sometimes I'll bring my hand up like this,
so that you can see the shape of your waist.
You're totally on the road to perfection.
- Cool, alright, let's try it.
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- So we've put the pillow underneath the blanket.
- Your hair is already laying magically.
You can put your hand on your chest, if you want,
just to make it actually really natural,
so it's just what you do when you're laying in a park.
But then tilt your chin down.
Cute!
You're smiling, you don't need my help.
- This is what I would normally do, I would just do
something like this, I'd be like--
No, put that hand on your waist.
Little bit higher, bring this up.
And then you can do the pose like
I showed you, where you bring your feet more together.
- It feels very unnatural to get a natural photo!
- [Tess] And then give a little smile.
Maybe turn so that your head's to the side.
Yeah, there you go.
And tilt it back.
- My head or the phone?
Oh, oh god.
- [Tess] Look at the difference though.
You could do a hand, do a hand, like bring a hand.
- Like what, like here?
- But do like this.
- Like this? - [Tess] Yeah, cute.
- Put it in your mouth, put it in your mouth,
and before I was like--
- You don't have to put it in your mouth.
- Oh, okay should I do a few when I eat it?
- [Tess] No, I just meant, if you wanna just eat it.
- (giggles) I'm feeling this right now.
- [Tess] Look how cute you look.
- Light behind me? - [Tess] Light behind you?
- So does that mean right behind my head?
Oh, OK, I see!
- Did your life just change right now?
- (laughter) My life did just change.
It's all about how you hold the phone.
- You're like Precious Moments.
(laughing)
Those little angels.
I think you nailed it.
Okay excuse you.
- Do you like how I got in my underwear for moral support?
- Please.
- Now I would turn like that,
and then bring your leg a little bit higher.
- Ooo, ooo, OK. - [Tess] Yep, there you go.
And then, bring your hand, there you go.
- Mmm, OK, I see it.
- And then pop your butt.
- Oh I have no problem with that.
- But take the photo now.
- Oh now, now is when this happens.
- You were too busy feelin' yourself.
- [Underwear selfie taker] This is an art.
- You did great.
- Thank you, I love it.
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- The fact that I know how to hold my phone properly
will mean that the whole process is much more enjoyable.
- Maybe I wasn't liking selfies
because I wasn't taking good selfies.
- I'm going to take the whole,
put my hand down, and really work my curves.
- Just being able to take that mirror Selfie,
it made me feel a little more confident.
- I don't think it's bad to be proud
of if you're feeling your look one day.
- I think selfies are a lot of fun.
I think that we should stop giving people a hard time
for feeling good about themselves.
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