Hungry : A Young Model's Story of Appetite, Ambition, and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves

from Meggo

This is the story of Crystal Renn, the girl who was discovered by a model scout and became a high fashion model, and on the way became an anorexic and bulimic who obsessively exercised in an attempt to lose weight. Only after realizing that the standard of beauty demanded of straight size models ...

from littlebones

I knew next to nothing about Crystal Renn before reading this book, aside from her being a total babe. This was an interesting read, which certainly inspired me to be a little more interested by the fashion industry as a whole, and not just in its unjust treatment of not-stick-thin women. Crystal...

from LibraryCin

When Crystal was 14-years old, a modelling scout saw her and told her she needed to lose a lot of weight (she was 5'9'' and 165 lbs), but if she did, she could make it in the modelling world. Crystal decided this was what she wanted to do, and went down to 95 lbs before heading to New York City t...

from akmargie

An interesting look at the modeling world. I like Crystal's message about accepting your body.

from BraveNewBks

Crystal Renn is one of my favorite models to begin with, but reading about her struggle to become a model (hint: anorexia figures prominently) and her eventual success as a full-figured model was extraordinarily inspirational. Fun fact: she loves Bikram (hot) yoga.