Hi guys! Amanda here. I was a model in New York, and just finished writing a novel about my years as a young model in NYC, living in a NYC model dorm. It certainly wasn't as glamorous as you'd think. I hope you like it!!
**** (4 STARS)
"This book has all the drama you would expect from an apartment full of models. Kerlin and Oh use their real-life experiences to bring you their real-life experiences to bring you in the salacious world of the models." - OK! MAGAZINE
"Kerlin and Oh treat readers to plenty of sex, drugs, and stilettos in their splashy debut... Juicy fun." - KIRKUS REVIEWS
"I must say that I just freaking loved this book! I didn't put it down until I was done with it, it was that awesome! If asked to describe Secrets of the Model Dorm, one word immediately comes to mind: DRAMA!" - SHANDI SULLIVAN, America's Next Top Model
"SECRETS OF THE MODEL DORM" Synopsis
Welcome to the model dorm, where you're not mad that your roommate, Christiane, is hooking up with a Brazilian male model on your bunk, but that she's wearing your Dior heels while doing it; where the alcoholic Kylie leaves stains from her Metamucil martinis on the carpet; and where you help Svetlana, the Ukrainian cokehead, clean up after her very public nosebleed. You're all beautiful girls, dropped in the middle of the most exciting city in the world, crammed together in a ten-by-twelve bedroom, and you've made the dorm your home -- for better or for worse.
Eighteen-year-old Heather Johnston knows she has been given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity when she is signed by a premiere New York modeling agency. She leaves her small Virginia hometown dreaming of Vogue spreads and a luxurious loft with a glorious view. Arriving in Manhattan, she is instead given the key to a one-bedroom apartment furnished with bunk beds and IKEA floor samples. Her roommates are girls who are new to modeling, new to the country, or who just aren't making enough money to pay rent anywhere else. Despite their humble quarters, they form an unlikely family. By day they shuttle between castings and shoots. At night they really come to life in the VIP rooms of New York's hottest clubs.
While this world is fast-paced and fun, Heather questions whether modeling is the fairy-tale she imagined it to be. When she gets a part-time job at a prestigious gallery and discovers a passion for art, she starts to reconsider her future. Is she ready to say good-bye to her dreams of wealth and celebrity and follow a different path?
Fun, campy, and ultimately full of heart, Secrets of the Model Dorm takes you behind the scenes of the world's most glamorous industry and exposes all its dirty little secrets: backseat blow jobs, nasty drug habits, thousand-dollar bottles of champagne, wealthy club managers from France, backstabbing roommates, haute couture, and all.
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AMANDA KERLIN is a 21 year-old model turned art history student, living in Manhattan. Signed by top modeling agency IMG, at the age of 14, she has appeared in such magazines as Elle, Glamour, Marie Claire, Cosmo, and Teen Vogue. Amanda has also appeared in campaigns for Abercrombie & Fitch, and shot with legendary photographers Robert Erdman (Of Sports Illustrated fame)and Bruce Weber. Her runway and couture experience includes John Galliano, Chloe, Bottega Veneta, Jeremy Scott, and DKNY.
PHIL OH graduated from NYU with a history degree, and now runs a global street fashion website called Street Peeper , occasionally DJs, and spends his time traveling to far-off lands.
