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Ego Girl
I samma ögonblick som Carolina Gynning steg in i dokusåpan Big Brother föll domen över henne: Här kom en ny bimboblondin med största möjliga silikonbröst och ett enda mål i sikte att bli en av den nya tidens kändisar. Drygt tre månader senare steg hon ut som en superidol. Utanför Big Brother-huset stod tusentals tonårsflickor och skanderade: Lina! Lina! Lina! De dyrkade marken där hon gick och var beredda att försvara henne med näbbar och klor mot alla som sätter likhetstecken mellan blond och dum. Men varför blev Carolina Gynning tonårsflickornas hjältinna? Är det ett uttryck för att dagens unga tjejer bryr sig mer om det yttre än det inre? Eller är det vi andra som är så fast i våra fördomar mot vackra kvinnor att vi dömer ut dem utan att lyssna på dem? I Ego girl berättar Carolina Gynning om sig själv. Om hur hon som 17-åring upptäcktes av en modellscout vid en busshållplats och kastades in i den internationella modellvärlden där hänsynslösa agenter inte skyr några medel för att utnyttja unga flickor. De vet att med knark och pengar kan man få tonåringar att ställa upp på det mesta.Carolina Gynning prövade hon också. Men hennes starka självkänsla och överlevnadsinstinkt höll henne alltid på rätt sida av gränsen.
237 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2006
About the author
Carolina Gynning
4 books1 followerCarolina Gynning Nilsson (born 6 October 1978 in Malmö, Skåne, Sweden) is a Swedish model and television personality. She is best known for winning the tv-show Big brother in Sweden. Gynning is also a painter, singer, author, and one of Sweden's more popular bloggers.
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April 1, 2011
The best fact: it's written as though the author has some grave ADHD issues.
The worst fact: it's written as though the author has some grave ADHD issues.
Carolina Gynning writes of her growing pains, her becoming a model with international partying, her partaking in the Swedish version of TV-show "Big Brother" and her desire to be taken seriously as an artist.
Throughout the book she litters her words of wisdom. She wants to be taken seriously and writes of her snogging Calum Best. She writes of feminism in a great way, then writes about her flaws, her ups and what she likes in life. She rants about being beaten up, about winning "Big Brother", of her men. Of her family.
It's all very wishy-washy, as though Gynning really needed an editor. She had a contributor, but I don't know what that person really did for this book. It's scattered, leaving a quite manic impression.
In its defense, it is entertaining. Gynning's many adventures as a young model are quite funny at times. All in all, reading this book is like watching an episode of "Sex and The City": they may aspire to be something more than entertaining, but quite rarely is - still, there is an oomph behind the surface that lingers. In Gynning's case, this is her unconscious fight for feminism.
The worst fact: it's written as though the author has some grave ADHD issues.
Carolina Gynning writes of her growing pains, her becoming a model with international partying, her partaking in the Swedish version of TV-show "Big Brother" and her desire to be taken seriously as an artist.
Throughout the book she litters her words of wisdom. She wants to be taken seriously and writes of her snogging Calum Best. She writes of feminism in a great way, then writes about her flaws, her ups and what she likes in life. She rants about being beaten up, about winning "Big Brother", of her men. Of her family.
It's all very wishy-washy, as though Gynning really needed an editor. She had a contributor, but I don't know what that person really did for this book. It's scattered, leaving a quite manic impression.
In its defense, it is entertaining. Gynning's many adventures as a young model are quite funny at times. All in all, reading this book is like watching an episode of "Sex and The City": they may aspire to be something more than entertaining, but quite rarely is - still, there is an oomph behind the surface that lingers. In Gynning's case, this is her unconscious fight for feminism.
January 21, 2018
Läste p g a bokprat med elev, trodde ej på denna bok, men den var bra! Intressant
January 8, 2022
Ingen bok i min smak. Ytlig, obetydlig.
November 23, 2024
Underhållande! Jag är ett Carolina fan.
August 19, 2016
It's not all glamour and fame to be a model.
Before Carolina Gynning came into the Big Brother house and got a more serious reputation, she was a model for a company in the states.
Her story with her lovely cockyness personality really shines through in this book and although she has been through tough times, she is so strong and can only see the positive outcome.
I enjoyed reading her book :)
Before Carolina Gynning came into the Big Brother house and got a more serious reputation, she was a model for a company in the states.
Her story with her lovely cockyness personality really shines through in this book and although she has been through tough times, she is so strong and can only see the positive outcome.
I enjoyed reading her book :)
August 22, 2011
Gynning har haft ett annorlunda och intressant liv. Detta delar hon med sig av i sin första biografi skriven tillsammans med journalisten Ingrid Carlqvist... Tycker att boken var rolig och spännande... Men samtidigt tjaa....
November 18, 2014
Bra början men blev hyfsat enformigt.
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