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Reader reviewed by Krista

I recently received the book, Model: A Memoir, from Simon Pulse's Pulse IT program. It was about a girl named Cheryl, who wanted to be a model - and she succeeded. It's a tale of her triumphant rise, and her almost dramatic fall.


Cheryl Diamond was only fourteen years old when she first came to New York City to model. But events such as 911 stopped her from being one until she was sixteen. Cheryl came back to model, and lived all by herself (except for her cat)in the suburbs of New York City. She lived paycheck to paycheck, and learned to ration her money carefully. Though she was living by herself, she learned to be strong and take care of herself. She climbed up through the modeling industry, got more jobs everyday - and even landed a tryout for Victoria's Secret! Cheryl was funny, and almost everyone liked her. She was able to reply with a sarcastic, witty comment almost every time. When something happened with her hair, and she almost lost all that she had in modeling, her parents were there to save her. Today Cheryl is still going strong, because of that very thing - her strength.


This book was a very good read, especially for summer. I enjoyed it very much, partly because of Cheryl's personality. She was hilarious, making the book have it's own personality, different from other books. It wasn't some fake book about the modeling industry - it was real, and it made me appreciate what some people may go through to get their dream.