No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel by Janice Dickinson

Author:Janice Dickinson [Dickinson, Janice]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: General, Models (Persons) - United States, Artists; Architects; Photographers, Television Personalities - United States, Models (Persons), Entertainment & Performing Arts, United States, Dickinson; Janice, Personal Memoirs, Biography & Autobiography, Biography, Women
ISBN: 9780060009472
Google: HzyvU-f9POYC
Amazon: B006G89S0I
Publisher: It Books
Published: 2002-01-02T08:00:00+00:00

N O L I F E G UA R D O N D U T Y 187

I had a gram of coke in my purse. I kept thinking he was waiting for me to finish my pizza before throwing me against the wall and busting me. He didn’t, of course. He was a very sweet guy. Told me he was a big fan. Told me Charlie was a big fan. It was odd. I almost felt he wanted to see us together, me and Junior, out in Bayside, maybe, dodging rugrats behind a white picket fence.

Meanwhile, the work kept coming. But not at home. I went to Mexico City for Mexican Vogue; the cover. Mexican Vogue, not American Vogue. Big difference. But I wasn’t going to complain. Then I went to Greece, to shoot a cover for Vogue; Greek Vogue. Next, I was on a plane to South Africa, sitting in the first-class section next to a large woman, admiring the pictures Irving Penn had taken of me at Jones Beach, along with Patti Hansen and Shawn Casey.

The large woman was eating peanuts, and she recognized me, and she went to say something . . . but one of the peanuts got lodged in her throat. Her large neck started to blow up like a balloon. And the next thing I know she’s on her back, in the aisle, her skin a deep shade of purplish blue. And I’m watching the stewardess perform an emergency tracheotomy. It was so horrible I had to watch.

The plane made an emergency landing, and the woman

survived. Everyone was so impressed with the heroic stewardess that they applauded. I applauded, too. I was thinking, The next time somebody chokes on my beauty, I’ll know how to save their life.

One afternoon, back in the States, where I remained unfairly underappreciated, I got a call from Calvin. It was strange: I’d misbehaved during the runway show, and I’d made fun of his knee socks, and he still wanted to be my best friend. But suddenly it became crystal clear. He was doing a major show in Japan, for Isotan—the big department store. I was a star in

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