Tabria Majors

Tabria Majors is an American plus-size model, podcast host, entrepreneur, and body positivity advocate from Nashville, Tennessee. She built her career by challenging exclusionary beauty standards in the fashion industry and has worked with globally recognized brands including Savage X Fenty, SKIMS, Dolce & Gabbana, and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit.

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Tabria Majors Background

Early Life Story

Tabria Majors grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, in a family that prioritized academic achievement. During her school years, she was a standout student and athlete, serving as captain of both the junior varsity and varsity sports teams at Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School. She was also a member of the school’s Madrigal Singers, a choral group that won first place at a choral festival in Cincinnati.

After graduating high school in 2008, Majors enrolled at Hampton University with aspirations of becoming a cosmetic dentist and orthodontist. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology in 2012 and completed a minor in piano performance to strengthen her dental school application. She also spent time studying music at the University of Memphis, where a highly competitive academic environment first drew her attention to social comparisons around physical appearance. (Linkedin)

Family Background

Majors was raised in Nashville within a household that placed academic and intellectual development at the forefront. Her upbringing in a predominantly mainstream suburban environment introduced her to Eurocentric beauty standards at an early age, which shaped much of her later advocacy work. Her parents supported her educational journey through both science and music, allowing her to develop a diverse set of skills that later informed her career.

Growing up, she experienced the psychological pressures of beauty ideals that did not reflect her own image — a personal struggle she has openly addressed in interviews and through her podcast. This foundation became the driving force behind her commitment to authentic representation in fashion and media.

Some Lesser Known Facts

• Majors graduated the day before relocating to Los Angeles, giving herself a three-year window to explore the music industry before her dental school exam scores expired.
• Her modeling career began entirely by accident in 2014 — a close friend entered her into a nationwide model search for Wet Seal while she was posting yoga photos on Instagram, and she won. (@tabriamajors)
• To fund her early modeling career, she worked as a professional maid and home cleaner while simultaneously attending castings — a detail she shared publicly to challenge classism within the fashion industry.
• She was selected as one of six finalists from over 5,000 applicants in the inaugural Sports Illustrated Swimsuit “Swim Search” competition in 2017, leading to a photoshoot in Belize.
• In 2017, she went viral by recreating Victoria’s Secret holiday campaigns with herself as the model, directly calling out the brand for refusing to cast plus-size women of color.
• Her 2020 self-funded digital project, #BEYLLOWEEN, was a 10-minute choreographed tribute recreating Beyoncé’s career timeline, which earned widespread cultural praise.
• She followed #BEYLLOWEEN with #CILLOWEEN, a high-production tribute to R&B artist Ciara’s discography.
• Her Fashion to Figure swimwear collection was intentionally designed with bold cutouts and structural elements, pushing back against the fashion industry’s habit of giving plus-size consumers only conservative swimwear options.
• Despite no medical complications during her pregnancy, clinical staff labeled her “morbidly obese” and repeatedly prepared her for a C-section based solely on her BMI — she ultimately delivered her daughter via a natural home birth with midwifery support.
• She co-hosts The Thick Podcast with journalist Amanda J. Louis (known as Mindy J.), which covers dating, body image, mental health, and pop culture from the perspective of modern Black women.
• She served as host of Season 2 of Bobbie’s parenting podcast Milk Drunk, focusing on maternal mental health, formula feeding, and Black maternal health disparities.
• Majors adopted a vegan diet and completed a natural hair “big chop” in 2018, transitioning away from heat-damaged hair back to her natural curl pattern.
• She has publicly shifted her personal philosophy from “body positivity” to “body neutrality,” arguing that corporate interests have co-opted the body positivity movement at the expense of fat Black women who originally built it.
• Majors has criticized brands that claim “inclusivity” by hiring mid-size models (sizes 6–10) while continuing to exclude plus-size individuals in sizes 16 and above.
• She partnered with Pinterest in 2021 to support their decision to become the first major platform to prohibit all weight-loss advertising and imagery.
• In 2025, she became a brand partner and mentor for Torrid’s nationwide model casting call, which was open to all ages and sizes.
• She advocates for pelvic floor physical therapy as a postpartum necessity, noting that full physiological recovery from childbirth can take up to two years — far beyond the standard six-week clinical clearance window.
• She grows her own greens, tomatoes, and cucumbers at home using a Gardyn Indoor Tower as part of her family’s food philosophy.
• Majors uses Cécred hair drops for edge restoration and Caudalie Vinoperfect Serum as part of her skincare routine — both documented openly as part of her “unapologetic beauty budget.”
• Her partner, actor Tre Hale, joined her on Milk Drunk to discuss co-parenting, home delivery, and the pressures placed on mothers during the postpartum period.

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