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The definitive story of the international modeling business—and its evil twin, legalized flesh peddling—Model is a tale of beautiful women empowered and subjugated; of vast sums of money; of sex and drugs, obsession and tragic death; and of the most unholy combination in commerce: stunning young women and rich, lascivious men.
Investigative journalist Michael Gross takes us into the private studios and hidden villas where models play and are preyed upon, and tears down modeling’s carefully constructed faÇade of glamour to reveal the untold truths of an ugly trade.
Fashion insider Michael Gross strips bare the world's most glamorous industry in this scathingly honest portrait of models, inc. Here, for the first time, is the complete, often sordid story of the international modeling business--the outrageous sums of money, rape of the spirit and the flesh, sex, drugs and occasional deaths. Photos.
Michael Gross is the author of Unreal Estate: Money, Ambition, and the Lust for Land in Los Angeles as well as Rogues’ Gallery, 740 Park, Genuine Authentic, and Model. A contributing editor to Travel + Leisure and columnist for Crain’s New York Business, he has been a columnist for the New York Times, New York, and GQ, and a contributor to Vanity Fair, Esquire, Gawker, The Huffington Post, and other publications around the world.
| Introduction | ||
| Milan, October 1993 | 1 | |
| Cindy Crawford | 9 | |
| Part 1 | In Loco Parentis | |
| $ 5 An Hour | 31 | |
| Hannah Lee Sherman | 43 | |
| $ 15 An Hour | 48 | |
| Francine Counihan | 69 | |
| $ 25 An Hour | 74 | |
| Jean Patchett | 87 | |
| $ 40 An Hour | 92 | |
| Suzy Parker | 114 | |
| $ 60 An Hour | 123 | |
| Part 2 | Bad and Beautiful | |
| Celia Hammond | 153 | |
| [pound] 24 An Hour | 159 | |
| Veruschka | 184 | |
| $ 75 An Hour | 193 | |
| Lauren Hutton | 212 | |
| $ 120 An Hour | 223 | |
| Apollonia Van Ravenstein | ||
| Louise Despointes | ||
| Gunilla Lindblad | ||
| Shelley Smith | 255 | |
| $ 1,500 A Day | 271 | |
| Janice Dickinson | ||
| Mike Reinhardt | ||
| Christie Brinkley | 313 | |
| $ 2,500 A Day | 330 | |
| Bitten Knudsen | ||
| Tara Shannon | 359 | |
| $ 5,000 A Day | 373 | |
| Christine Bolster | 399 | |
| $ 10,000 A Day | 411 | |
| Veronica Webb | 443 | |
| $ 25,000 A Day | 449 | |
| New York, October 1995 | 499 | |
| Epilogue | 507 | |
| Acknowledgments | 513 | |
| Bibliography | 519 | |
| Index | 525 |
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Posted February 12, 2012
Dont buy
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Why cant we buy this. Doesnt loik very good from my pointbof view though. Problably just a lady telling howbhard life is and we have enough of those
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The definitive story of the international modeling business—and its evil twin, legalized flesh peddling—Model is a tale of beautiful women empowered and subjugated; of vast sums of money; of sex and drugs, obsession and tragic death; and of the most unholy combination in commerce: stunning young women and rich, lascivious men.
Investigative journalist Michael Gross takes us into the private studios and hidden villas where models play and are preyed upon, and tears down modeling’s carefully constructed faÇade of glamour to reveal the untold ...