Emily Ratajkowski

Early Life
Ratajkowski was born in London, England and raised in Encinitas, California. Her parents are both artists—her father a painter of Polish descent and her mother an English professor and writer. Her parents' artist sensibilities led Emily to live and travel to many parts of Europe at a young age. She spent much of her childhood in Bantry, Ireland and Mallorca, Spain..
Ratajkowski was signed at age 14 by Ford Models, but continued to attend high school in San Diego as she modeled and acted in Los Angeles. She attended UCLA for one year, majoring in Fine Art, until she decided to pursue her career in modeling full-time.