America's first top model: more outrageous truths from once-and-forever supermodel Janice Dickinson.Everything About Me Is Fake ... and I'm Perfect! * Janice Dickinson * HarperCollins/Regan * $24.95 "Are all models lesbians?" asks Janice Dickinson rhetorically in her latest tell-all book. "The answer is simple. Absolutely." That she then talks about having wild sex with another female model one night back in the '80s may not prove her sapphic assertion, but it's a perfect example of her deliciously idiosyncratic id·i·o·syn·cra·sy n. pl. id·i·o·syn·cra·sies 1. A structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or group. 2. A physiological or temperamental peculiarity. 3. logic. Everything she knows is true, and if you don't like her truth, you can hit the road. Fake is Dickinson's second collection of rambling stories about life in the fast lane, and the self-proclaimed world's first supermodel wastes no time getting to the good stuff. About her industry: "Those models ... starve themselves for weeks on end, smoke up a storm, scarf down diuretics Diuretics Definition Diuretics are medicines that help reduce the amount of water in the body. Purpose Diuretics are used to treat the buildup of excess fluid in the body that occurs with some medical conditions such as congestive heart , and then, when every one's still unhappy with their photos, someone sits at a computer and points-and-clicks them into Perfect, Unreal Sexiness." She also includes a healthy dis to Mick Jagger, reveals Jack Nicholson's nickname for her ("Big Dick"), and confesses to devouring an entire chocolate cake--washed down with Diet Coke then vomiting it all back up. In spirit and style, Fake is like the late Dimm Vreeland's D.V., where a story about one topic will turn on a whim to a tangential tan·gen·tial also tan·gen·tal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or moving along or in the direction of a tangent. 2. Merely touching or slightly connected. 3. but still very important subject before careening The careening of a sailing vessel is laying her up on a calm beach at high tide in order to expose one side or another of the ship's hull for maintenance below the water line when the tide goes out. around a few other storytelling curves to bring the reader back to the original point, provided there was one to begin with. Dickinson's tale of being recruited by Tyra Banks to judge the maddeningly addictive reality series America's Newt Top Model quickly becomes an insult-hurling throw-down about Eileen Ford and fellow judge Kimora Lee Simmons Kimora Lee Simmons (born Kimora Perkins on May 4, 1975 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a retired model, the head of design for Baby Phat, KLS and an occasional actress. Biography Simmons is of Korean, Japanese and Black heritage. , then it veers off onto the topic of body hair--waxing before coming full circle. In other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently , it's a dizzying, ride--and, like its title, perfect. White writes on film for E! Online. |
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