Customer Reviews
An amazing read! - By: LoveToShop, 17 Jan 2008 
I took this book with me on a holiday abroad. It was a magical read - I had to stop myself from reading the whole bookin one go. I wanted to savour it, day after day.
The supermodels, the drugs, the sex, the celebrities, the 70s & the 80s - it's all there.
Well-written, gripping & emotional.
Janice is an amazing woman.
Highly recommended!
Excellent Read - By: Lisa Marsh, 22 Jun 2006 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 her, & I like her. She rocks ...
DO believe the hype... - By: L. Challis, 19 Jun 2005 
...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 & erratic. However, she is also woman enough to admit all of the above & indeed revelin both her flaws & her perfectionsin equal measure.
She has certainly lead a remarkable life, escaping an abusive childhood home to light the wayin the absurdly glamorous & destructive world of high fashionin the 70s & 80s. Inhabiting a precarious world of ridiculous excess, Dickinson threw herself into everything with almost frenzied dedication, resultingin a trail-blazing careerin modelling, numerous high-profile train-wreck relationships & 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, & moments which are cringe-inducing & sometimes unexpectedly touching.
Gloriously Fast Past - By: Ella, 09 Mar 2005 Janice Dickinson's autobiography is a candid look at the bitchy, high-octane world of high fashion. Starting with her blue-collar upbringingin 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 beginningsin the modelling worldin Manhattan, her life was an uphill struggle. Soon catching the wave of change, breaking the mould with her dark-looks & 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 & pace that her career & 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, & Janice recalls each event with glorious detail & candour. Her honesty & 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 & seems to completetly rush throught these years, with major marriages & realtionships over & done within a matter of pages. But hey, who really cares about those years anyway? We all what to read about Janicein her prime,in the 70s & 80s, when cocaine & 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 & humour.
A must read
oh the eighties... - By: laura cross, 01 Mar 2004 janice dickinson...a drunk & drug addict who screwed stallone & played long time drug buddy to the eighties greatest sacrificial lamb gia carangi. but that's not all.
janice is an articulate mother who realises mistakes she has made but openly admits the fun she had making themin this book.
revealing & funny, this is one womans account of her life less ordinary.
