Emily Sears is an Australian model and social media celebrity based in Los Angeles, USA. Sears has appeared on the covers of several fashion and adult magazines, including GQ, FHM and Maxim. She is popular for bikini modelling and is regarded also as a fashion icon and social media influencer by her fans.
Sears has been a popular source of internet attention due to the sheer amount of social media following she has. She is also popular for her strong views on a wide range of social issues, including online bullying, sexual harassment, male chauvinism, gender discrimination, modelling and body shaming. Sears has self-identified herself as a feminist.
Sears is also an investor and has invested in Sugartaco, a plant-based Mexican food chain.
Early Life & Education
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| Born | Emily Sears 1 Jan 1985 Melbourne, Australia |
| Education | High school |
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| Residence(s) | Los Angeles, USA |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Ethnicity | Caucasian |
| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
| Sexual orientation | Straight |
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| Religion | Christian |
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(In this 2019 video Emily Sears talks with Kyle Langan about her modelling career, feminism, and why she considers herself an activist.) | |
Career
Sears started her modelling career in Melbourne, Australia. Initially, she worked with Harlem Productions Australia. Her first photo shoot was sold on two bikini magazine covers. Sears subsequently moved to the United States at the age of 26. Once in the USA, she looked for commercial modelling opportunities. As of 2018, she is based in Los Angeles, USA.
When she moved to the USA, her career gradually started to take off. Her regular and robust social media presence, too, helped her to a great extent.
As of 2018, Sears has appeared on the covers of more than 15 popular fashion and adult magazines, including GQ, FHM, Zoo Weekly, Maxim, M! and Ralph. For the first time, she also brought an Emily Sears Calendar to market in 2017.
Apart from modelling and photoshoot, she also appears in events and represents popular brands. In the past, she has represented brands such as Esquire Magazine, Ciroc, Two in the Shirt, Monster Energy and Maneater Swimwear in different events. She was also seen as a spokesmodel in events organised by brands such as Kuhmo Tires, Comfort Revolution and Naven.
In addition, Sears has worked with the music industry’s popular names and has appeared in several music videos. For instance, she can be seen on Kanye West’s I Won, rapper G-Eazy’s You Got Me and Wiz Khalifa’s Part Girls music videos. Â
Controversies
In 2016, Emily Sears created a media sensation when she started forwarding explicit photos sent to her by her (mainly male) followers to their mothers, wives, partners or girlfriends. Several media outlets across the world ran stories about her action. The New York Magazine ran a story about her activities with the title: This Model Deals With Unwanted D**k Pics by Contacting the D**ks’ Girlfriends.
In the same year, Sears told BuzzFeed News that she received at least one or two d**k pics per day.
“We send the photos as a reminder for them to have respect for women,” Sears said to BuzzFeed. “I think it provides an accountability that people seem to lose online; being behind a screen gives people a false sense of anonymity.”
“I get messages from men who say we’re ‘sluts who are asking for it’, which can get pretty overwhelming,” she further added. “But I truly believe it’s a huge social problem reflecting the attitude many men have towards women and I want to keep trying to fight against it.”
Personal Life
As of 2018, Emily Sears lives in Los Angeles and frequently travels worldwide. She has told in media interviews that she loves volunteering and helping people in need.
In 2017, some tabloids and news outlets, including The Sun and The Daily Mail, reported that Emily Sears had been dating former  Australian cricketer Shane Warne. The two were first spotted at a restaurant in Los Angeles, where they had dinner together for three hours.
Reportedly, the couple also went to Christ Martin’s fortieth birthday party in March 2017, where Shane was seen kissing Sears.
As of 2018, no further information about Sears’ relationship with Warne has been disclosed. Â Even though some tabloids reported that the couple intended to get married, others reported that the couple had already been separated by mid-2017.
In March 2022, Warne died of a heart attack while holidaying in Thailand. In the wake of his death, Sears paid tribute to him and denied any romantic relationship with him. She said that the relationship she shared with Warne was purely platonic. Sears told Maxim Australia:Â
“It’s ridiculous how they spin a couple of photos into a story. Our relationship wasn’t romantic. We were just mates!… Our friendship was pretty typical — just two Aussies getting together in LA with some mutual friends whenever we had the chance.”
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Views, quotes & media Interviews
In an interview given to Maxim magazine, Sears said that the craziest place she ever had sex was in the car. In the same interview, she said that she found men with excellent shoulders and a nice smile physically attractive, but how a man carries himself also played an important role. When asked what brought sex to the next level, she suggested that an emotional connection was very important. She also revealed in the interview that the best thing that she could get in bed was an orgasm.
In another interview given to Hard Wood & Bollywood, she raised a number of issues surrounding online bullying and the use of social media.
When asked about the difficulties in the modelling profession, Sears replied that it was quite emotionally scarring to have one’s body picked apart and ridiculed. “People have a hard time separating an image from the reality of who a person is,” she added.Â
Revealing the extent of online abuse she received, she said that she got countless derogatory messages from strangers or at least a minimum of 100 slurs per week. That, she asserted, affected her inner wellbeing at some level.Â
When asked whether social media was responsible for widespread online abuse, harassment and bullying, she responded emphatically with the following answer:
“I think this speaks to a bigger issue of disconnect in society. It’s indicative of the state of our culture. People love to blame social media and reality TV, but there is a disconnect in homes, there is a lack of resources for youth, and there is a lack of consideration and empathy towards people suffering from prescription addictions, homelessness, PTSD, and domestic violence, from systematic racism. These things are all entangled and interweaved. If you find disturbing things expressed on social media, I think it’s unfair to blame social media…This is what’s going on. Black lives matter, bullying and harassment are real, and eating disorders are real. Shaming, victim-blaming and rape culture are real.”Â
Emily Sears as a social media celebrity
Emily Sears has introduced herself as a social media influencer on many occasions. Her media portrayal has been on the same line. With millions of followers on different social networking and social media platforms, she is one of the most-followed bikini models on social media.
Sears has nearly five million followers on Instagram and nearly half a million people follow her verified Twitter account where she describes herself as a “feminist in underpants”. Nearly a million people follow her on Facebook.
Notable quotes
- If you’re reading this- cheers to you.
I hope you get closer to your goals today.
I hope you release that shame you internalized.
I hope you spend time with people who get you.
I hope your family and friends are safe and happy.
I hope you know how loved you are.
I hope you have a really good day.
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