How Not to be a Supermodel : A noughties memoir

How Not to be a Supermodel : A noughties memoirAuthor: Crilly, Ruth Autobiography: arts & entertainment Published on 10 July 2025 by Bonnier Books Ltd (BLINK Publishing) in the United Kingdom. Paperback softback 384 pages 197 x 130 x 26 266g AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!*THE MUST READ NOUGHTIES NOSTALGIA MEMOIR*'Hilarious' CAITLIN MORAN'Witty, gossipy, self effacing and deeply nostalgic, this is a joy for all of us who survived the noughties but have forgotten quite how. Much more than the

Author: Crilly, Ruth

Autobiography: arts & entertainment

Published on 10 July 2025 by Bonnier Books Ltd (BLINK Publishing) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 384 pages
197 x 130 x 26 | 266g

AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!*THE MUST-READ NOUGHTIES NOSTALGIA MEMOIR*'Hilarious' CAITLIN MORAN'Witty, gossipy, self-effacing and deeply nostalgic, this is a joy for all of us who survived the noughties but have forgotten quite how. Much more than the memoir of a fashion model, this is the rarely-told insider story of the most glamorous, grotty and downright insane industries' SALI HUGHESJoin Ruth Crilly in this comic memoir as she teeters through the noughties and lifts the lid on her days as an international fashion model. Told with unparalleled wit and remarkable detail, this is a book for anyone who dreams big and aims high but never quite reaches their goal.

At twenty years old, five feet eight and with boobs that were 'inconveniently fulsome', Ruth was not quite young enough, tall enough or waif-like enough to ever hope for a meteoric rise to supermodel status. And yet her sheer optimism and questionable grasp on reality led her to abandon her law degree and begin a career with one of the biggest agencies in the world.

Follow Ruth through a rip-roaring, hilarious decade of not-quite-making-it as a supermodel. Fuelled by little more than cigarettes and the stress of her spiralling debt she criss-crosses the world in pursuit of fame and fortune. But how far is she willing to go for this wildly unrealistic dream?Bridget Jones meets the Devil Wears Prada, How Not to be a Supermodel is a time capsule of a book that dives into one of the world's most fascinating industries. Offering a glimpse into both the high glamour and juddering reality of a by-gone era, this comic memoir tackles the darkest of subjects with the very lightest touch and injects humour and a heart-warming honesty into a story that could have so easily ended a different way.