Birth Place:New York City, New York, United States
Fast Facts
Is a member of the Healthy Media Commission for Positive Images of Women and Girls and an Ambassador for the USGBC Center for Green Schools
As the creative director of EmmeNation, she has served as a women's advocate for positive body image and self esteem
Was named one of the 25 Most Influential Women by Biography magazine, twice named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People magazine, and selected as Woman of the Y ear by Glamour magazine
Was the host of the E! Entertainment Television series "Fashion Emergency․"
Quote: "The time has come for all media to take responsibility in the creative reflection of women and girls․"
Quote: "We live in a society that promotes a desire for thinness at any cost․․․I want women to know their self-esteem is not contingent upon their dress size and good health is attainable by more than just one body type․"
Best known as a plus-size supermodel, author, and television personality who hosted the reality dating series "More to Love․"
Travels the country on the EmmeNation Whole You National Tour, which features events like the Girlfriend Get Away Weekends and the Whole You Cruise
Became the first plus-size model to have a collectable doll sculpted in her likeness thanks to Robert Tonner's EMME doll
Appeared in the off-Broadway play "Love, Loss and What I Wore" in 2011