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Published on Wednesday, 07 October 2009 19:00 | | 
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Crystal Renn, American plus-size model, happily makes a great living as a size 14. But only after travelling the well-trodden path of self-starvation and eating disorders rampant within the profession.
As so many young Western women aspire to this rarified existence of so-called glamour, fame and fortune, Renn's memoir is timely. Her short but intense journey — she is only 23 — and ultimate rejection of the standard model body, will open many a young eye to the realities of this hard-bitten and deceptively misogynous industry.