Straight Walk - Patricia Velasquez Memoir Supermodel Erfolg

 
Stuffle durch die Seiten dieses Buches und entdecke die ungeschminkte Wahrheit hinter dem Glamour des Laufstegs. Lerne, wie man aus einem armen Viertel in Venezuela auf die Titelseiten der Modezeitschriften kommt. Finde heraus, wie man mit persönlichen Geheimnissen jongliert, während man sich in der Öffentlichkeit eine makellose Fassade bewahrt. Tauche ein in die Welt der High Fashion, wo die Lichter hell und die Schatten dunkel sind. Erlebe die Höhen und Tiefen des Modellebens, von atemberaubenden Laufstegen bis hin zu den stillen Momenten der Selbstreflexion. Lache über die absurden Momente hinter den Kulissen und weine mit den Kämpfen, die überwunden werden müssen. Dieses Buch ist eine Achterbahnfahrt der Gefühle, ein Triumph des menschlichen Geistes und ein Beweis dafür, dass wahre Schönheit von innen kommt.

 
In this intimate, inspiring, empowering and heartfelt memoir, the “world’s first Latina supermodel” Patricia Velasquez reveals the naked truth about her riveting story of a Latina actress and supermodel and her rise from a poor neighborhood in Venezuela to the fashion runways of Milan, Paris, New York, and London. Patricia Velasquez worked tirelessly to help lift her family out of poverty, but she spent years feeling isolated, living a lie, and hiding her true self from those she loved a child, Patricia Velasquez watched her mother struggle to make ends meet and put food on the table for their large family. In her unprivileged community in Venezuela, food and water were scarce. It pained her to see her mother work so hard, often denying herself food or clothing for the sake of her six children, and Patricia was determined to escape this impoverished life. Straight Walk is the story of how this courageous young girl found a way to earn money for her family—and ultimately became a supermodel and Hollywood Patricia was in her late teens, a friend groomed her to enter the Miss Venezuela pageant, which opened the door to the modeling world. From there, her story weaves its way onto the runways of Milan, Paris, London and New York working for designers like Isaac Mizrahi, Karl Lagerfeld, and Carolina Herrera. By some people’s estimation, she was the first Latina Supermodel, living life in the Glamazon era. Patricia landed on the cover of most every major fashion magazine in the world and posed for the Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Edition and Victoria’s many years, Patricia used her professional success to compensate for a secret she hid from her family. She convinced herself that her family’s happiness was more important than her own, and she spent years feeling achingly alone. Worse, she didn’t know the price she’d pay for keeping a secret and living a lie, preventing not only herself from walking her journey, but those she loved most. Now she shares her story to empower others to live authentic lives and find their truth.

 
Warum ist dieses Buch besonders? Es bietet einen seltenen Einblick in das Leben eines Supermodels abseits der Glitzerwelt.