Celebrity Sportlight
EMILY Ratajkowski By Christie Holland
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orn Emily O’Hara Ratajkowski on June 7, 1991 in Westminster, United Kingdom. Emily was born to American parents, Kathleen, a professor and John David Ratajkowski, a painter. Her parents relocated to California when Emily was five and she was raised in Encinitas, California, near San Diego. Her mother was a professor at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo and her father taught art at San Dieguito Academy in Encinitas where Emily attended. A keen actor from a young age, Emily started her career as a child theatre actress before being signed as a model for Kohl’s and Nordstrom at the age of 14. Although only 5 foot 7, (short in the modelling world), her modelling career flourished. This led to some appearances on Nickelodean’s iCarly at just 15 where she played the role of Gibby’s girlfriend, Tasha. But it was the 2013 Robin Thicke music video, Blurred Lines that catapulted her into superstardom. It was her modelling she had to thank for this as Thicke had spotted her on the cover of Treats, an artistic erotica magazine which led to her being hired for Blurred Lines. It is believed that Emily’s openness to everything, including nudity and her uninhibited attitude stems from her numerous visits to nude beaches in Europe as a child that left a profound impact on her young mind.
In the same year as Blurred Lines she starred in Maroon 5’s Love Somebody, Esquire Magazine named her ‘Woman of the Year’ and Rolling Stone magazine listed her among its twenty hottest sex symbols. Emily was initially uninterested
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Nudity isn't something people should take offense to