Emily Ratajkowski

I have great childhood memories cow-tipping, going off and getting lost in the bog for hours, and coming home covered in dirt. ”

I was real into theater, and then I tried soccer, acting and ballet. Both my parents didn't want a child-star model, so I didn't get into modeling until I was 14. ”

The truth is that both groups want to be noticed. Yet we view a man's desire for attention as a natural instinct; with a woman, we label her a narcissist. ”

The main criticism that I get is, 'Aren't you just conforming to a patriarchal standard of beauty?' Well, this is just the body I was given. I didn't do anything to it - it's just my body. But even if I had altered it, that would be fine, too. ”

To me, 'sexy' is a kind of beauty, a kind of self-expression, one that is to be celebrated. ”

Honestly, I am not a huge beauty girl, so I'm pretty low-maintenance, California. ”

People have told me to change it over the years, but my dad is always saying, 'Never change your name!' My middle name is O'Hara, so it's a pretty epic name. Emily O'Hara Ratajkowski. ”

Wanting attention is genderless. It's human. ”

I basically stay in jewelry all the time. I have the same couple of necklaces, earrings, and rings, and they usually don't come off my body. ”

I don't know that it needs to be a transition from modeling to acting. I think that they can both exist at the same time. ”