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"A riveting read." -- Nigella Lawson
"An eye-opening tale for all women, Hungry explores the difference between the fantasy that society projects and the reality of what makes us happy. Crystal Renn's experience debunks the modern-day Cinderella story of the fat girl who loses weight to get happy. This is a new fairy tale, one in which a young woman embraces the size she's supposed to be and the world opens up for her." -- Lori Gottlieb, author of Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self
"Crystal Renn is a high-spirited, convincing spokesperson for broadening our notions of beauty. Hungry adds a unique twist to a growing women's chorus: even if you are young and beautiful, as Renn is, it's best to give up the addiction to slimness for the sake of personal authenticity, social relations, intimacy, and sexual pleasure." -- Joan Jacobs Brumberg, author of The Body Project and Fasting Girls
"Hungry offers an intelligent and intimate look inside the modeling industry and into Crystal Renn's heart. Renn's epiphany -- that she didn't have to be a size 0 to find success and happiness -- serves as a more powerful portrait of strength and beauty than anything a camera could capture." -- Wendy Shanker, author of The Fat Girl's Guide to Life
"An eye-opening tale for all women, Hungry explores the difference between the fantasy that society projects and the reality of what makes us happy. Crystal Renn's experience debunks the modern-day Cinderella story of the fat girl who loses weight to get happy. This is a new fairy tale, one in which a young woman embraces the size she's supposed to be and the world opens up for her." -- Lori Gottlieb, author of Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self
"Crystal Renn is a high-spirited, convincing spokesperson for broadening our notions of beauty. Hungry adds a unique twist to a growing women's chorus: even if you are young and beautiful, as Renn is, it's best to give up the addiction to slimness for the sake of personal authenticity, social relations, intimacy, and sexual pleasure." -- Joan Jacobs Brumberg, author of The Body Project and Fasting Girls
"Hungry offers an intelligent and intimate look inside the modeling industry and into Crystal Renn's heart. Renn's epiphany -- that she didn't have to be a size 0 to find success and happiness -- serves as a more powerful portrait of strength and beauty than anything a camera could capture." -- Wendy Shanker, author of The Fat Girl's Guide to Life
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AT FOURTEEN, I WAS A REGULAR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI, WHEN A MODELING SCOUT TOLD ME: YOU COULD BE A SUPERMODEL . . . BUT YOU’LL HAVE TO LOSE A LITTLE WEIGHT.
FOR GLAMOUR, FAME, AND ESCAPE, I LOST SEVENTY POUNDS.
This is a photo of me at SIXTEEN, when I signed a big modeling contract, moved to New York City, and started traveling around the world.
It is also when I developed a ferocious case of anorexia and exercise bulimia.
Until I decided enough was enough—I wanted to live.
And so I ate. And ate.
Offering a behind-the-scenes peek into the modeling industry, as well as a trenchant look at our weight-obsessed culture, Hungry is an inspiring and cautionary tale that will resonate with anyone who has battled society’s small-minded definitions of beauty.
This is me NOW, the leading plus-size model in America.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Eating disorder focused,
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This review is from: Hungry: A Young Model's Story of Appetite, Ambition, and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves (Paperback)
I was looking forward to reading more about Renn's modeling experience and the fashion world in general, while touching on eating disorder prevalence in the industry. Instead, I found the book to have a very heavy focus on eating disorders while the modeling/fashion industry storyline was lacking. Overall I got bored about 70% of the way through and I was just expecting a lot more. Still an ok read overall, but I was disappointed.
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Hungry for Acceptance,
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This review is from: Hungry: A Young Model's Story of Appetite, Ambition, and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves (Paperback)
The book details the struggle of a beautiful, young model who battles weight gain and the desire to be stick-thin in order to remain in the modelling industry. When she is advised she could be a plus-size model (at 5'9" and 130 pounds) she is devastated and begins a starvation diet to lose weight. She does on a continual basis but even then many agents and clients in the industry remain critical of various body parts, seeking a perfection that doesn't exist in any woman. It's a disturbing and genuine look into the modelling world by a young woman who learns self-acceptance after paying a price.
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This review is from: Hungry: A Young Model's Story of Appetite, Ambition and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves (Hardcover)
This book was a treat in more ways than one. Intelligent, thought provoking and very well written.
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