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  • Janice the Original

  • Dating, Mating, and Extricating
  • By: Janice Dickinson
  • Narrated by: Janice Dickinson
  • Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)

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Summary

Janice Dickinson was not only the first of the supermodels, it was she who (literally) invented the term. A raven-haired natural beauty, she endured a nightmarishly traumatic childhood at the hands of a sadistic, sexually and emotionally abusive father, and emerged in the early 1970s as the first lush-lipped, "exotic" brunette to break into a modeling world dominated by sunny California blondes.

But this is more than Janice's tale of triumph. Janice also tells us what's real about beauty and what's not, and how women don't have to be slaves to the pictures they see on the glossy pages of Vogue. She discusses why we need to feel perfect, and how our pasts, our unattainable ideas of beauty, and male expectations all collude to make women feel like they should be working towards the next major makeover before next year's model steps up to the bed.

Funny, gutsy, gossipy, yet ultimately searching and unforgettable, Janice Dickinson's story is an amazing story of hard won success unlike any you've heard before.

©2006 Janice Dickinson (P)2006 HarperCollinsPublishers

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very good

loved it. she was tough, funny and very intelligent. very interesting book which would recommend.

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