- Paperback: 560 pages
- Publisher: Avon (Mar 13 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0060541636
- ISBN-13: 978-0060541637
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15 x 3.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 590 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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#236,279 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #9 in Books > Arts & Photography > Fashion > Models
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Michael Gross exposes the day-to-day business of beautiful young women, sex and drugs. Through hundreds of in-depth interviews with models, photographers and agents, he develops a flowing narrative history of the modeling industry from its birth to the present day supermodel craze. It's a story of serendipitous careers like that of industry creator Richard Powers, an out-of-work actor who created a niche for himself by providing beautiful people for the newly-developed fields of photography and advertising.
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Gross, a writer for Esquire, attempts to blow the whistle on the orgy of greed and flesh that is the modeling industry.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book for anybody interested in the subject,
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This review is from: Model: The Ugly Business Of Beautiful Women (Paperback)
Heard and enjoyed the taped version of MODEL by Michael Gross . . . its subtitle says it all: The ugly business of beautiful women . . . methinks that this is an excellent book for anybody thinking of entering the profession--or if you know somebody who is . . . although the field may seem glamorous, in reality, it is anything but that. Though the book was non-fiction, it sounded like I was listening The edition I heard was from the mid-1990s . . . I understand
4.0 out of 5 stars
Informative historic review of modeling,
By Anton (Summit, NJ) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Model: The Ugly Business Of Beautiful Women (Paperback)
The strong points of this book become easily evident if even one only looks at the several-page-long bibliography. Mr. Gross has done a commendable job of research and has presented a voluminous material, including multiple interviews, pictures, etc. From a historical standpoint, there is probably no better book written on the modeling business (particularly in the US).( There is actually and afterward to the paperback edition, which brins some current news as of 2002.)The weak points of the book are rooted in its failure to discuss what its title promises -- "business". Yes, there are salary numbers, but that is about where Mr. Gross stops. In describing the business he talks at length about modelling agencies, magazines and the like, only it happens in a somewhat gossipy style (describing personalities, political battles, etc.), while failing to provide any financial (or any other business) information so as to give the reader an idea of, for example, of how big this business is. As a result, after reading the book, one is short of truly understanding how the business really works, including the interaction of its multiple participants, such as publihhers, designers, etc.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very informative book on the world of Supermodels/Modeling,
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This review is from: Model: The Ugly Business Of Beautiful Women (Mass Market Paperback)
This is very good book on the history of the Supermodels (Linda, Naomi, Christy, Cindy, etc). Also very informative on the modeling industry and the men that run it. If your daughter or son in pursuing modeling, read this book first.
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