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I started modeling when I was - not older, but not 12. I have a mom who's a feminist - she's an English professor, an intellectual. She really gave me the equipment to understand that you can celebrate yourself without putting yourself down or needing to apologize for the way you look. I think that attitude is really crucial for a model.Emily Ratajkowski
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Your body is your body it's natural. Learn to love yourself for it.Emily Ratajkowski
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My high school didn't have a football team; we just had like a surf team, because I grew up in Encinitas, California, which is the ultimate place where everyone skated or surfed, so it was a very different culture. It was, like, cool to be the art kid.Emily Ratajkowski
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I met Patti Smith, which is not Hollywood, but that really blew my mind. I love her. We were at a very small party, too, on a boat, and I totally fanned out. I told her that I loved her, and wasn't cool at all.Emily Ratajkowski
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I really like to have a moment alone at the house, either in the morning or when I come home from work, when I can just zone out at my computer, relax, stare out the window, get into a 'Game of Thrones' episode, go up on my roof, whatever, then go out to dinner.Emily Ratajkowski
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I wouldn't say I am the type of girl who craves Doritos, but I definitely love a good cupcake sometimes. Or a croissant in the morning.Emily Ratajkowski
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I have the same skin-care routine morning and night, although I'm not one of those people who always uses the same products. My skin changes with the weather.Emily Ratajkowski
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Hollywood is a boys' club, and that's something I thought was a stereotype - and it's not. That really shocked me. Still shocks me. Everyone's helping their buddies out and pressing their buddies and playing tennis with their buddies and making movies with their buddies, and that grosses me out.Emily Ratajkowski
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It's a weird thing. Rick Springfield wrote 'Jessie's Girl, ' and he probably gets sick of talking about 'Jessie's Girl.' The thing is, I didn't write 'Blurred Lines.' I didn't direct the music video. I'm really happy for the success, but it is kind of a funny thing to follow me around.Emily Ratajkowski
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I absolutely love Ireland. It's one of the most beautiful places on Earth, and I have strong ties here. Both my grandmothers are from Ireland, and I have spent every summer in Bantry since my father, who is an artist, had the romantic idea 20 years ago to buy an old farmhouse on the west coast and renovate it.Emily Ratajkowski
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I have great childhood memories cow-tipping, going off and getting lost in the bog for hours, and coming home covered in dirt.Emily Ratajkowski
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When people are like, 'College! Oh my God! Ultimate freedom! ' I didn't feel that way. My roommates were loving hitting the town, but I wasn't as psyched about going to the frats.Emily Ratajkowski