How Tall Is Emily Ratajkowski?

Emily Ratajkowski first burst onto the scene in Pharrell and Robin Thicke's controversial "Blurred Lines" music video in 2013, and her career has only skyrocketed from there. Since dancing topless next to Thicke, she has become one of our generation's most famous faces, gracing the covers of top magazines like Glamour, Vogue, Marie Claire, and Harper's Bazaar. In addition to modeling, the entrepreneur has tried her hand at fashion design. Her successful swim line, Inamorata, has been spotted on everyone from Hailey Bieber to Sofia Richie — not to mention, Ratajkowski herself has also worn the odd piece or two to a concert. Casual!

Outside of modeling, Ratajkowski has dabbled in a bevy of big-ticket projects, including "Gone Girl," according to IMDb. She's a best-selling author too, having published a collection of essays titled "My Body" in 2021. Some models stick strictly to the runway, but EmRata's experience proves that she's a smart and savvy businesswoman in addition to a pretty face. On Instagram in 2020, she wrote, "I do still feel like I've been empowered through my body and my sexuality via modeling and platforms like Instagram. Luckily I have discovered the parts of me that are so much more important than 'sexiness.'"

Still, modeling is what kick-started her career. And because there's a certain body type that goes along with being a model, fans are curious as to whether or not EmRata fits this mold. For example, is she as statuesque as other successful models?

It's universally believed that in order to be a model, you've got to be tall. According to Vogue Australia, most Victoria's Secret models fall around the 5-foot-10-inch mark, like supermodels Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner. 5 feet, 9 inches is generally held up as the industry standard, yet Emily Ratajkowski defies this mode of thinking. The model clocks in at just 5 feet, 7 inches per DNA Models, though her endlessly long legs make her appear taller than she really is. Unlike the Heidi Klums and Gisele Bündchens of the world, Ratajkowski belongs to a different generation of models, similarly to Lily-Rose Depp, Hailey Bieber, and Sofia Richie. These ladies have forged careers for themselves on Instagram and the catwalk, proving that they really can do it all.

However, Ratajkowski didn't set out to become a runway model. In her candid collection of essays, entitled "My Body," she discusses signing with a modeling agent out of financial necessity (via The New Yorker). "I considered my life and work as a model as a temporary situation," she wrote. "Money meant freedom and control." The book also hones in on the body as a tool of empowerment, and this is reflected in the way Ratajkowski frequently bares it all on her social channels. On September 20, she took to Instagram to share a carousel of nude images that highlighted her tan lines. "Tan lines by @inamoratawoman," she wrote. With self-confidence like that, who would choose to focus on her height?

Kate Moss is perhaps the foremost example of a "short" model with a hugely successful career, but she still made it big by following the industry rules. Another short model, Emily Ratajkowski is determined to do things her own way — and that means having control over her image. Enter Instagram. "When I first started modeling, Instagram wasn't even a thing. It wasn't something the industry was considering as a tool," the author and entrepreneur told Elle Australia. "And I really loved using Instagram because it felt like the only time I could curate and dictate how I was being perceived and seen in the world." These days, the model has built such a following that she's known almost exclusively by her Instagram handle alone.

When she first started modeling, the mother-of-one recalled in an interview with Grazia that she was "intimidated" by fashion. "But as I grew up and became more comfortable with myself, more of a woman, I was like, 'This can be fun,'" Ratajkowski continued. "Breaking the rules intentionally, understanding the history of fashion in the way I hadn't before. Pulling from that." From her short stature to her social media success, it seems like she was born to break the rules of the modeling industry. Since Ratajkowski's split from her ex, Sebastian Bear-McClard, she's defied the traditional post-breakup chop in favor of longer locks and even gotten into back-to-school fashion in a pleated miniskirt. You keep doing you, EmRata.