Emily Ratajkowski

Emily O’Hara Ratajkowski was born in London, England, to American parents, academic Kathleen (Balgley) and painter John David Ratajkowski. She has ancestors from the British Isles, Germany, Poland, and Israel. Emily grew up in Encinitas, California, not far from San Diego.

She traveled extensively and spent part of her youth in Ireland and Mallorca. She began modeling at the age of fourteen and was signed by “Ford Models.” She continued to go to school, but after a year at UCLA, where she majored in Fine Art, she chose to focus on being a model.