Emmy Savitzky

Inspired By A Model

When you’re a kid staring aimlessly at the TV set after school, you wonder about all of the amazing things you can be when you grow-up. Your eyes are full of wonder and your imagination runs wild with possibilities. My parents told me I could be anything if I tried hard enough. I watched America’s Next Top Model (ANTM) for hours on end. I wanted to be a model. I thought that I could be just like self-made fashion icon Tyra Banks. It never occurred to me that I was too plus size for the fashion industry until I actually got there. I had always had low-self esteem, but I thought that if I could break the mold on plus-size modeling, I would be a fashion icon before I turned thirty.