AWARDS

• LIM COLLEGE awards Emme Honorary Doctorate and Distinguished Achievement Award, 2021

• Syracuse University’s awards Emme Arent’s Award- the University’s highest Alumni honor, 2018

• Women & Fashion FilmFest (WFF) Inspiration and Visionary Award, 2015

• Syracuse Alumni Rowing Association Hall of Fame, 2013

• Syracuse Alumni 44th Letterwinner of Distinction, 2008

• EMME S.A.R.A. Award, 2006

• EMME AWARD, EDAP (Currently NEDA: National Eating Disorders Association) 1999

• Syracuse University Orange Plus: “Hall of Fame“ 1994

• Girl Scouts of America: “Woman of Distinction – New York”, 1997

TV

• CO-HOST, Beach Body, T25, 2016

• HOST: Fashion Emergency, E! Entertainment Television, 1997-2001

• HOST: More To Love, FOX/Warner Bros, 2009

• HOST: Weight Bias Video Series, Vol 1+2, Yale University, 2007

• CO-HOST, Montel Williams Show, 2007

• ACTRESS: Talk to Me starring Kyra Sedgwick, TV Show Series, Guest Appearance, 2000

• ACTRESS: Nora Ephron’s Love Loss and What I Wore, Westside Theater, NYC, 2011

• REPORTER/PRODUCER, KNAZ-TV NBC Affiliate, Flagstaff, AZ, 1986-1988

FILM

• Self, Documentary, CURVE, Directed by David DeBenedetto, and Constantine Valhouli. With Emme, Kathy Najimy, Simon Doonan, Todd Oldham, Cathrine Schuller, and Katy Hansz, 2002

• Self, Documentary, Straight/Curve: redefining body image, Directed by Jenny McQuaile and Yael Melamede, 2018

PODCAST/RADIO

• HOST: True Beauty with Emme, (Summer 2023)

• HOST: EmmeStyle, Cabana, 2018

• COHOST: Morning Show with Elvis Duran, Z100, 1998

• GUEST HOST: The Lisa Birnbaum Show, Greenstone Media,

• GUEST HOST: Joan Hamburg Show, 77- WABC

BEAUTY

• First full-figured spokesmodel Revlon ColorStay, 1997-1999

• First full-figured spokesmodel Clairol, 2002

APPAREL

First full-figured celebrity to have a sportswear 12-24 collections in major department stores, 2000-2019

• BLOOMINGDALES, EMME Collection, Kellwood

• NORDSTROM, EMME Collection, Kellwood

• LORD & TAYLOR, EMME Collection, Kellwood

• DILLARD’S, EMME Collection, Kellwood

• JC PENNY, True Beauty by EMME, Kellwood

• QVC, Me by EMME, Larsen & Associates,

• ASHLEY STEWART, Me by EMME, KBL Industries,

AUTHOR

• Curvy & Confident (Chicken Soup For The Soul) 2018

• What are You Hungry For? (Harper Collins) 2007

• Morning Has Broken (Putnam) co-author, 2005

• Life’s Little Emergencies (St. Martin’s Press) 2003

• True Beauty (Putnam/Perigee Press) 1997

• “Ask Emme” Columnist, MODE Magazine (life, style and everything in between), 1999-2003

• “Simply Green with Emme” Columnist, iVillage (Mom’s sustainable and eco green perspectiv), 2007-2009

NOTABLE PRESS/MEDIA

• PEOPLE MAGAZINE’S: “50 Most Beautiful People”, 1994, 1999

• LADIES HOME JOURNAL’S: “Most Important Women in America” 1999

• BIOGRAPHY MAGAZINE’S: “25 Most Influential Women”, 1999

• NOTORIOUS MAGAZINE’S: “Women We Love”, 1998

• LADIES HOME JOURNAL’S: “Most Fascinating Women of the Year.” 1997

• GLAMOUR MAGAZINE’S: “Women of the Year”, 1997

• TIMES SQUARE BILLBOARD: First full-figured model on a billboard in Times Square – Elisabeth, 1996

NOTABLE COMMITTEES

• COMMISSION MEMBER: Healthy MEdia: Commission for Positive Images of Women and Girls, The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, Washington DC, 2011

• NY DEPARTMENT OF LABOR MEMBER OF THE CHILD PERFORMER ADVISORY BOARD: Department of Labor to Prevent Eating Disorders: New York State, (Now, Child Performer Coalition), 2009

• SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: First model ever to address the Senate Appropriations Committee on the dangers of eating disorders, arts in America, Healthy Media Imagery, 1995.

TOY

• THE EMME COLLECTIBLE DOLL: “Doll of the Year” NY Post, sold out FAO Schwartz, first high fashion collectible doll sculpted in Emme’s size 16 likeness, Robert Tonner, 2001-2004