 Her stage name is occasionally confused with that of radio presenter Emma Boughton, who is also known as "Emma B".A native of the East Sussex town of Hastings, Emma Blocksage was spotted at about the time of her 15th birthday in April 1994 by Hastings model agent Martin Robinson in Bexhill's De La Warr Pavilion when she entered a modelling contest co-sponsored by his agency, Martin Enterprises—Studio 17.Before the event had started, Martin Robinson saw her walking through the foyer and stated, "One day she will be a supermodel".