No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel (icon!t)

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Illustrated
2009
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Before her star turns on The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency and America's Next Top Model, the stunning, exotic brunette Janice Dickinson broke the long chain of All-American blondes to become the world's first supermodel, gracing the covers of Vogue , Cosmopolitan , and many other major magazines. In this unadulterated memoir, she tells her incredible story, filled with dizzying highs and lows - from the cruelty and abuse of her childhood to the money, power, and fame of her stardom; from her glory days with Gia Carangi and Christie Brinkley to nights with Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, and Sylvester Stallone; from a dizzying drug and alcohol habit to three failed marriages; from cavorting around the globe to struggling to make it in Los Angeles as a working mum. Following her precarious ascent to stardom, her notorious fall from grace, and her triumphant journey to recovery, this captivating and cautionary tale reveals the smart, passionate woman beneath the glossy photos-and strips bare the business that made her a legend.

Synopsis

Before her star turns on The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency and America's Next Top Model, the stunning, exotic brunette Janice Dickinson broke the long chain of All-American blondes to become the world's first supermodel, gracing the covers of "Vogue", "Cosmopolitan", and many other major magazines. In this unadulterated memoir, she tells her incredible story, filled with dizzying highs and lows - from the cruelty and abuse of her childhood to the money, power, and fame of her stardom; from her glory days with Gia Carangi and Christie Brinkley to nights with Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, and Sylvester Stallone; from a dizzying drug and alcohol habit to three failed marriages; from cavorting around the globe to struggling to make it in Los Angeles as a working mum. Following her precarious ascent to stardom, her notorious fall from grace, and her triumphant journey to recovery, this captivating and cautionary tale reveals the smart, passionate woman beneath the glossy photos-and strips bare the business that made her a legend.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 320
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: ItBooks
Published: 01 Nov 2009
ISBN 10: 0060009470
ISBN 13: 9780060009472

Media Reviews

Gisele, Naomi, Kate-none of you would be where you are now without Janice Dickinson. . . the pioneering princess of high fashion. -- New York Post
Wild . . . surely raising eyebrows-and blood pressure-from Milano to Mullholland Drive. . . . her deft recollections ring tellingly true. -- Elle
Dickinson gossips like a pro . . . but her tough-girl-survives-against-the-odds attitude manages to make the dirt she dishes shamefully savory. -- Entertainment Weekly
Janice . . . speaks with the candor of Cher, the bite of Joan Rivers and the sexual bonhomie of Mae West. -- Liz Smith, New York Post
Dickinson...set off a revolution. She was the first of modeling's bad girls, and she did nothing to hide it. -- Michael Gross, author of Model
She's a brilliant model, the best ever, I think. She will be talked about for as long as modeling exists. -- Tara Shannon, Model
Engaging . . . vivid . . . illuminating. . . . [Janice] survives it all--cushioned by her beauty, her rage, and most of all her sense of humor. -- -W Magazine
I started this book at midnight and finished at 6 A.M. (she ruined my day!). But she's High Speed Janice, spirit triumphant. -- Lauren Hutton
The ultimate insider's look at the big business of beauty. . . . Janice's story is unvarnished and raw, with all the energy and humor that has been her lifelong trademark. -- Cheryl Tiegs
I love Janice. She is crazy, unbearable, flamboyant, excessive--but she is true. There must be a reason she's been able to survive all her excesses: some kind of guardian angel who was moved by her difficult trials, her profound generosity, her truthful speech, and her lack of arrogance. -- Jean-Jacques Naudet
A roller-coaster ride through the world of modeling. . . . Dickinson comes across as a triumphant survivor. . . . Her willingness to recognize her own flaws makes it easy to relate to her positive message and should inspire readers. -- Publishers Weekly
No other catwalker has had such a yeasty life, nor been willing to speak of it so jovially and graphically. Janice . . . speaks with the candor of Cher, the bite of Joan Rivers and the sexual bonhomie of Mae West. -- Liz Smith, New York Post
Dickinson has managed to take what life has offered and work it . . . what keeps the book from becoming too tawdry is Dickinson's sense of humor. -- Women's Wear Daily
One rollercoaster of a read...Dickinson gossips like a pro...but her tough-girl-survives-against-the-odds attitude manages to make the dirt she dishes shamefully savory. B+ -- Entertainment Weekly
Janice Dickinson is a funny and fluid narrator . . . what makes [her book] interesting is her scathing inventory of everyone's desperate behavior, including her own. . . . She's like all forces of nature--you take them on their own terms. -- New York Observer
Entirely real . . it is the honesty with which it is written that may drive you from beginning to end in a single sitting. -- The Independent

Author Bio

Janice Dickinson is the world's first supermodel. She has appeared on the cover of every fashion magazine in the world and is the author of No Lifeguard on Duty and Everything About Me Is Fake . . . and I'm Perfect. A former judge on CW's smash hit America's Next Top Model, she lives in Beverly Hills, California, with her two children.