Secrets of the Model Dorm by Amanda Kerlin
The model dorm was where the Agency stuck the new girls, fresh off the boat from the rough streets of Rio, Midwestern cow towns, and unpronounceable Eastern European countries. For $2000 a month, these six-foot tall, vain, cutthroat beauties had the privilege of sharing bunk beds in a ten-by-twelve bedroom in downtown Manhattan while they learned how to walk properly and survive on two calories a day. Secrets of the Model Dorm is the story of Heather Johnston, called up to the big city from the farm leagues of Miami and just eighteen years old when she arrives at the dorm. There she meets Kylie, an Australian who maintains both her figure and her buzz with a strict diet of Metamucil martinis, and the Ukrainian Svetlana, whose delicate nose often haemorrhages from too much cocaine. From shuttling between measurement sessions at the Agency and casting by day, to trawling Manhattan's hottest clubs at night, pursued by drooling investment bankers (and a handsome, thirty-something French nightclub mogul named Robert Du Croix), Heather grows up quickly - and ultimately decides if modelling is the fairytale ending she had always imagined.
"Kerlin and Oh treat readers to plenty of sex, drugs, and stilettos in their splashy debut...Juicy fun."
-- Kirkus Reviews
"A breezy, beach-ready read that reveals what it's really like to be piss poor, underworked, and gorgeous."
-- The Village Voice
"Riotously entertaining."
-- Nylon magazine
-- Kirkus Reviews
"A breezy, beach-ready read that reveals what it's really like to be piss poor, underworked, and gorgeous."
-- The Village Voice
"Riotously entertaining."
-- Nylon magazine
Amanda Kerlin first signed to a top international modeling agency at the age of fourteen, and spent most of her teenage years in Paris, Milan, Cape Town, and New York. She has appeared in magazines such as Elle, Glamour, Teen Vogue, and Marie Claire; been featured in advertisements for Abercrombie & Fitch and Naturalizer Shoes; and modeled for John Galliano and DKNY. She is now an art history major and lives with non-model roommates in Manhattan.
Phil Oh graduated from New York University with a degree in history. He now runs a global street fashion website called Street Peeper, occasionally DJs, and spends his time traveling to far-off lands. He met Amanda when he was a guest in the model dorm and now resides in Brooklyn.
Phil Oh graduated from New York University with a degree in history. He now runs a global street fashion website called Street Peeper, occasionally DJs, and spends his time traveling to far-off lands. He met Amanda when he was a guest in the model dorm and now resides in Brooklyn.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780743298278 |
| ISBN 10 | 0743298276 |
| Title | Secrets of the Model Dorm |
| Author | Amanda Kerlin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Atria Books |
| Year published | 2007-10-15 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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