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

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

Janice Dickinson
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A rollicking memoir by one of the greatest (and most outrageous) supermodels of the 1970s.

Janice Dickinson was not only the first of the supermodels, 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 modelling world dominated by sunny California blondes.

Janice owned the modelling world in the 1970s. Animated by a fierce desire to be recognised, a fearless spirit, and an insatiable hunger for alcohol, cocaine, sex, and fun, Dickinson appeared on every magazine cover, worked with every major designer and photographer (from Calvin Klein and Gianni Versace to Helmut Newton and Richard Avedon), was married three times, and had passionate affairs or one–night stands with everyone from Warren Beatty to Jack Nicholson to Mick Jagger. Though her career waned in the 1990s, her dramatic life story did not: in recent years she has fought a hotly contested paternity suit with Sylvester Stallone, survived a near–fatal car wreck during a tequila/marijuana blackout in St Bart's, and waged a raging battle with alcohol and drug addiction.

About the Author

Janice Dickinson was one of the highest-paid and most in-demand cover models of the 1970s and 1980s. She appeared on the cover of nearly every major fashion magazine in the U.S. and internationally.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 1044 KB
  • Print Length: 412 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0060566175
  • Publisher: HarperCollins e-books (13 Oct 2009)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B00134XET6
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #104,365 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
...surrounding self-proclaimed "World's First Supermodel" Janice Dickinson.
As all previous evidence suggests, she IS quite the bitch. She is self-absorbed, emotionally unstable, demanding and erratic. However, she is also woman enough to admit all of the above and indeed revel in both her flaws and her perfections in equal measure.

She has certainly lead a remarkable life, escaping an abusive childhood home to light the way in the absurdly glamorous and destructive world of high fashion in the 70s and 80s. Inhabiting a precarious world of ridiculous excess, Dickinson threw herself into everything with almost frenzied dedication, resulting in a trail-blazing career in modelling, numerous high-profile train-wreck relationships and the obligatory coke'n'booze addictions.

She is, as another reviewer observed, irritating at times. But on the whole this autobiography offers a mile-a-minute ride with numerous laughs, and moments which are cringe-inducing and sometimes unexpectedly touching.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
An amazing read! 17 Jan 2008
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I took this book with me on a holiday abroad. It was a magical read - I had to stop myself from reading the whole book in one go. I wanted to savour it, day after day.

The supermodels, the drugs, the sex, the celebrities, the 70s and the 80s - it's all there.

Well-written, gripping and emotional.
Janice is an amazing woman.
Highly recommended!
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
By Ella
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Janice Dickinson's autobiography is a candid look at the bitchy, high-octane world of high fashion. Starting with her blue-collar upbringing in Florida, growing up with an sexually abusive father & a damaged mother, Janice's life story is certainly worthy book-material. From her unhappy childhood to her tedious beginnings in the modelling world in Manhattan, her life was an uphill struggle. Soon catching the wave of change, breaking the mould with her dark-looks and boyish figure, Janice was never going to be your typical All-American girl next door. And her story is definately more exciting than anything the girl next door could tell you anyway.

Dickinson's story moves at lightening speed, from boyfriend to boyfriend, designer to designer. Sometimes it's hard to keep track, which I suppose is perfectly apt - as this writing style mimics the very speed and pace that her career and life travelled at at that time. From the glamourous foreign locations to the heady excess of Studio 54, Janice paints a fantasty world of almost ludicrous proportions. Except that it's not a fantasy world at all - it all happened, and Janice recalls each event with glorious detail and candour. Her honesty and confidence is very refreshing, making such a nice change from the usual sychophantic memiors that fill the shelves.

My only complaint is with the last section of the book, covering the 1990s. Janice is very vague and seems to completetly rush throught these years, with major marriages and realtionships over and done with in a matter of pages. But hey, who really cares about those years anyway? We all what to read about Janice in her prime, in the 70s and 80s, when cocaine and platform shoes were practically a legal requirement.

Some may find Dickinson too much to take (she is a tad irritating at times), but I can forgive her for it, because she makes up for it with her brutal honesty and humour.

A must read

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Full speed from page one!!
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I have just finished this book and loved it. From page one the story starts and doesn't let up until the final page. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr. S. N. Pattison
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Very good book!
Janice was not scared to tell us all the sh.!!! she went through in her interting life.
She went to hell and back several times. Read more
Published 9 months ago by icaro
Great book, delivered VERY fast!
I would like to start of with the book its self - SO FUNNY! It is so funny at some points, but there are extremely sad and emotional times in the book, This book really opens your... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Oliver Chequers
Shockingly honest...
3 failed marriages, two abortions, an abusive father, drug addiction and self loathing. Not in the slightest what I had expected from this book, she is appluadingly honest, witty... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Freya
Honest,Funny,Crazy Life of Janice!
I read this book yesterday !
Okay its hardly a masterpiece on epic proportions but it got me so engrossed straight away that I had to read it all in one day . Read more
Published 22 months ago by zoe jane stanton
I didn't think it was possible to love her more than I already did...
I already had a pretty substantial 'thing' for Janice Dickinson before picking this up (ANTM has never been the same without her); I love her take-no-prisoners attitude and wicked... Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2010 by Lisa Stanton
A real page turner
I could hardly put this book down, it was so good. And I loved the plain, non-pretentious language that Dickenson writes in. Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2010 by Ms. A. M. Christian
Excellent Read
What a life this women has had. An excellent read, hard to put down, read it by the next day.

I always thought she was a bit batty but after reading this I understand... Read more
Published on 22 Jun 2006 by Lisa Marsh
oh the eighties...
janice dickinson...a drunk and drug addict who screwed stallone and played long time drug buddy to the eighties greatest sacrificial lamb gia carangi. but that's not all. Read more
Published on 1 Mar 2004 by laura cross
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