Model : a memoir

Format:

Book

Title:

Model : a memoir

Author:

Diamond, Cheryl.

ISBN:

9781416959045

Edition:

1st Simon Pulse ed.

Publication Information:

New York : Simon Pulse, 2008.

Physical Description:

357 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm

Summary:

Presents the true story of one teen's attempt to break into New York's modeling industry at the age of fourteen, where a career-altering event changed her life and nearly ruined her shot at her dream.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.3 14.0 123977.

Reading Counts RC High School 6.7 22 Quiz: 44620.

Accelerated Reader Grades 9-12 5.3 14 Quiz 123977 English non-fiction.

Personal Subject:

Diamond, Cheryl.

Diamond, Cheryl. (OCoLC)fst01991069

Subject(s):

Models (Persons) -- United States -- Biography.

Models (Persons)

Geographic Term:

United States.

Genre:

Young adult literature.

Biographies.

Holds:

Available:*

Library	Call Number	Status
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Summary

Every year, hundreds of the most beautiful people in the world come to New York to become models. At age fourteen, Cheryl Diamond was one of them. Living on her own in a run-down apartment, Cheryl spent her days on go-sees, runways, and shoots, surviving hand-to-mouth, while taking in everything she could about the tough and sleazy modeling industry. She watched other girls make mistakes, and swore she wouldn't be a victim...until a career-altering event changed her life and nearly ruined her shot at her dream. This is the riveting, true account of Cheryl's triumphant rise, disastrous fall, and phoenix-like comeback in one of the hottest and most demanding industries in the world.

Author Notes

Cheryl Diamond is a high-fashion model in New York. She has walked in NYC Fashion Week and has modeled for L'Oréal, Clairol, and Armani. Find out more at www.cheryldiamondmodel.com.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Imagine Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl writing a memoir--it would approximate Diamond's voice. Diamond, a blonde who began a modeling career in New York City at age 14, comes off as catty and haughty as she tells what she bills as a harrowing story of her modeling rise, fall and subsequent comeback--"like a phoenix from the ashes." Given the popularity of shows like America's Next Top Model, her memoir is likely to have a built-in audience, but her writing can be crass (for example, she repeatedly mocks people's foreign accents) and her endless sarcasm grows annoying. The author presumes that such things as putting her tongue in a drink and then feeling "smug with the knowledge" that the woman who drains it has her "cooties" is funny. Readers primed to expect tragedy may find the "career-altering event" that "nearly ruins" Diamond almost laughable: unscrupulous stylists dye her long hair and give her a terrible cut, too. Ages 14-up. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Booklist Review

Twenty-year-old author Diamond describes the trials and triumphs of breaking into the New York modeling market, which she entered at 14. The North Carolina native quickly gains a shaky foothold in the cynical business by treating her lecherous boss and nasty booking agents with kindness and always standing up for herself. The teen's positive outlook never flags: after one harrowing experience that includes a night spent in a personal storage unit, she perkily proclaims, On the bright side, I was alive . . . and I was still cute. By the memoir's end, not even losing her signature blond locks in a hair-show fiasco can keep Diamond down. After a short stay with her parents, she returns to New York, even more determined to realize her dream. Even though Diamond's prose can be self-conscious and her constant cheer occasionally strains credibility, the insider details she reveals about photo shoots, runway shows, and agencies' sometimes shady business practices are fascinating and will quickly hook teen fans of modeling reality shows. A perfect summer beach read.--Hubert, Jennifer Copyright 2008 Booklist