{"product_id":"blink-publishing-how-not-to-be-a-supermodel","title":"BLINK Publishing How Not to be a Supermodel.","description":"\u003cp\u003eImagine being a model in the heady noughties, travelling all over the globe, your face on billboards everywhere. As Miranda Priestley might say, a million girls would kill for this job: well, Ruth Crilly is here to tell you why that might ... not ... quite be true.England. 2001. Ruth Crilly has embarked on a law degree and is destined for a life of normality and stability. That is, of course, until she sticks a polaroid of herself in a box somewhere in Birmingham and is scouted by one of the biggest agencies in the world.Flung between Redditch and Milan, telesales and Vogue, wizard cloaks and red shearling coats, follow Ruth through a riproaring, hilarious decade of notquitemakingit as a supermodel. Fuelled by little more than cigarettes and a fear of being measured she crisscrosses the world in pursuit of fame and fortune.Bridget Jones meets the Devil Wears Prada as told by a mix of Marina Hyde and Bryony How Not To Be A Supermodel is a time capsule of a book that dives into one of the worlds most fascinating industries. Offering a glimpse into both the high glamour and juddering reality of a bygone era, this is a comic memoir gracefully relayed by a pessimistic, sardonic disastermagnet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blink Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45902241530054,"sku":"DADAX1788709225","price":9.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/71H3PcbJxkL.jpg?v=1780339675","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/blink-publishing-how-not-to-be-a-supermodel","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}