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THE BIG READ | Why model Emily Ratajkowski is tired of Blurred Lines and is taking back control

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Emily Ratajkowski is opening up about the exploitation and abuse she experienced in the modelling industry. (PHOTO: Gallo Images/Getty Images)
Emily Ratajkowski is opening up about the exploitation and abuse she experienced in the modelling industry. (PHOTO: Gallo Images/Getty Images)

At the tender age of 21 Emily Ratajkowski starred in Robin Thicke’s infamous Blurred Lines video wearing just a thong. She said it was empowering. Nearly a decade on, the model and actress is not so sure.

Emily Ratajkowski wants control. She wants control, she says, because there have been too many times in her life when she thought she had lots and claimed she had lots, but really she had very little.

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