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Facebook banned the photo of the world's fattest model Tess Holliday. The company explained its decision by saying that the photo violates the policy of the social network on aesthetic standards of posted photos, reports The Sun.

The photo of 155 kg American model was posted to promote a part of an add campaign of an Australian feminist company  Cherchez la Femme. Facebook did not delete the photo of Holliday, but it did not allow Cherchez la Femme to spread the advertisement on the social network by means of Facebook Ads. Facebook suggested to activist women to change the photo.

The moderators explained to Cherchez la Femme that  it is not allowed to distribute close-up fat , cellulite images, or other obvious physical defects (for example anorexia ) in the Facebook .Cherchez la Femme activists complaint to Facebook subscribers about the    decision. Many users have expressed their frustration with the censorship on Holliday’s photo.

Tessa Holliday is the fattest model in the fashion world. In January 2015 she signed a contract with Milk Model Management model agency . Now the model is pregnant and expecting her second child. 

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