Oh dear. These were the first two words that came to mind, followed by “I wonder if it will be as successful as her pop career?”. But you have to hand it to the woman, she knows how to market herself. From being skinny skinny and high fashion to curvy and sexy, she has consistently been at the top of her game and with the success of the Next Top Model series all over the globe, she is no dumb model. However, a novel named Modelland revealing secrets about unnamed fashion celebrities is about to hit the stands and word on the street is that she has based it all on true life. Now if that wasn’t enough to leave Janice Dickenson and Naomi Campbell quaking in their boots (it may be better to stay on the right side of Tyra Banks in future!), we are all expected to read it!
Tyra says:
The story happens in a make-believe place called Modelland – every girl in the world wants to go there because it’s where “Intoxibellas”are trained. Intoxibellas are drop-dead beautiful, kick-butt fierce and, yeah, maybe they have some powers too. (But I’m confirming NOTHING! Ha. You gotta wait for the book.) The story follows a teen girl and her friends who find themselves magically transported to Modelland, even though they’re really not supposed to be there. (Okay, now, that’s ALL I’m saying!)
Good, is ALL I can say! Actually, I want to be proved wrong on this, I really do, because I love a good fashion novel. The thing is that the last time I read a book of this ilk (i.e. famous person makes novel out of crazy “real” life) was LA Candy by Lauren Conrad and I was severely disappointed. That book was pretty rubbish and only really began to get interesting at the end. I so wanted to love it too, but it just fell so flat. Whether I bother with the next installment is yet to be decided..!
I really am not a fan of the crazy fantasy fairy tales that some seasons of ANTM have taken (anyone remember that space-age one? And don’t get me started on when she thought she was a goddess of FIERCE!) It’s just all a little ridiculous for me. Maybe it’s the British in me, or maybe its the fact that I have always been so much more seduced by reality (whatever that may be!). I have never really been into anything with huge imagination (Willy Wonka, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars etc). I’m just not a fantastical kind of person. But, is that such a bad thing? Either way, I’m hoping that these novels are done with class (maybe a little more author and a little less Top Model?). The irony in all of this is that I’m going to read it anyway, just to find out. That’s the beauty of marketing I suppose.
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I just read on Perez Hilton’s blog that Lauren Conrad gets $75,000 per episode of the reality show, The Hills. That’s a lot of money to have your life filmed!
