'This is for the big girls': Lizzo gives emotional speech on representation after Emmy win

'When I was a little girl all I wanted to see was me in the media, someone who was fat like me, black like me, beautiful like me.'

Lizzo gives emotional speech on representation following Emmy win (Mark Terrill/AP)

Lizzo delivered an emotional speech on representation at the Emmys in which she said that all she had ever wanted as a child was to “see me in the media”.

The About Damn Time singer said she had wanted to see “someone who was fat like me, black like me, beautiful like me” as she accepted the award for best competition series at the annual awards.