About the Book

Award-winning investigative journalist Ian Halperin posed undercover as a model for top agencies in Los Angeles, New York, and South Beach interviewing more than 300 models, designers, agents, and fashion insiders to discover the sleazy side of the glamour industry. In Bad and Beautiful, he tells all, exposing the intense, apocalyptic, and manic lives of young models (many of whom are under the age of eighteen) and the assorted hustlers and modeling agencies that control and exploit them. Also revealed are the grim realities of payola, anorexia, sexual slavery, drug and alcohol addiction, racism, violence, and murder.

What drives the world's most beautiful and sought-after women -- from Elle MacPherson, Naomi Campbell, and Cindy Crawford to Kate Moss and Linda Evangelista -- into a whirlpool of sex and drugs? Behind the carefully stage-managed facade of the fashion industry their fascinating stories reveal lives where beauty is everything and tragedy its only cost.
-- Includes 8 pages of alluring color photos

Product Details

Media: Paperback Book, 288 pages

Language: English

Publisher: Citadel Press

ISBN-10: 0806524561

ISBN-13: 9780806524566

Dimensions: 6.42 x 9.08 x 0.89 inches

Shipping Weight: 0.88 lbs

• Categories: Performing Arts Business General Women's Studies