Size Zero, Victoire Dauxerre
Size Zero, Victoire Dauxerre
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Size Zero

Author: Victoire Dauxerre

Narrator: Emily Lucienne

Unabridged: 6 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/09/2017


Synopsis

Scouted in the street when she was 17, Victoire Dauxerre’s story started like a teenager’s fantasy: within months she was strutting down the catwalks of New York’s major fashion shows. But when fashion executives and photographers forced her to become ever thinner, Victoire’s dream became a nightmare. In Victoire unflinchingly exposes the ugly face of fashion and details her personal battle with anorexia nervosa and bulimia with painful honesty. A shocking indictment of the pressures our society puts on young women, her story will give strength to anyone trying to overcome or understand the increasingly prevalent problem of eating disorders. ‘Unique and persuasive … bravely, Dauxerre names names – even the big ones’ ‘It is rare for someone to blow the whistle so spectacularly as Dauxerre. Hopefully her book will be a force for good’ Written with Valérie Péronnet.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alison on April 15, 2017

I like to read books of this (depressing) nature every once in awhile to help remind me that my hard fought body confidence (that sometimes still falters) is way more satisfying than the obsessive life lived with disordered eating. It is a well told story of a glamorous industry that is not really t......more

Goodreads review by valentina on August 16, 2019

This book was advertised to me as something entirely about the fashion and modeling industry and how shitty it is - unfortunately, it's maybe just 10% of that? The rest is basically a personal diary about anorexia (not saying that's a bad thing), written poorly (maybe it's just the translation?) and......more

Goodreads review by J.H. on November 22, 2020

Such a shame. I was really looking forward to this book--I love these kinds of exposès, and I'd seen Victoire interviewed and she seemed so nice and down to earth. I'm hoping something got lost in translation because, to put it lightly, in this memoir she comes across as an unbearable brat. Most every......more

Goodreads review by Anaïs on June 30, 2022

A travers ce livre l'autrice nous livre un véritable témoignage sur le monde de la mode et du mannequinat. Nous suivons sa vie de mannequin du début à la fin de sa carrière. De plus, il nous montre les habitudes alimentaires que sont obligée de prendre les jeunes filles pour réussir dans ce milieu i......more


Quotes

‘What makes Size Zero unique and persuasive is that it is a highly intelligent girl’s dark snapshot of the reality of this modern fairy-tale. What is unusual is how, bravely, Dauxerre names names – even the big ones’ Sunday Times ‘It is rare for someone to blow the whistle so spectacularly as Dauxerre. Hers is a salutary tale of abuse in plain sight. Hopefully her book will be a force for good’ Evening Standard ‘A poignant book’ Elle ‘This book has an important purpose’ Times