Model Call: Emily Van Raay

More than a pretty face — much, much more. That’s a cliché, but it’s nonetheless true in the case of Emily Van Raay, the 21-year-old model and certified health coach from a small farming town in Southwestern Ontario. Van Raay, who lives in Manhattan’s Financial District and is repped by Women/360 Management, launched an online platform called “Models for Wellness” in November, where she writes, edits and sources content from other fit, positive-minded models in the industry on the subjects of health, wellness and body image. She manages the site in addition to posing full time for beauty campaigns (for Dior, Clarins, Smashbox and L’Oréal) and magazines (like Purple, Elle, Glamour and Marie Claire.) And she realizes just how privileged she is to have those opportunities and such a place within the industry. “I know how incredibly lucky I am to be born looking like an ideal, blonde-haired, blue-eyed, white female who’s thin,” she said. “It’s just luck. I often think, ‘What would I be doing if by chance I had not been born this way?’ This idea of beauty is really confusing…Beauty itself is something that I really want to move forward with dissecting. I never thought about it until I

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