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Mac Croft #2
Model, Incorporated
Plucked from obscurity, beautiful Melody Ann Croft is making her way up the industry ladder. But Melody Ann is gone...in her place is "Mac" and with her looks, brains, and drive, she may well be on the brink of becoming America's top model. Suddenly Mac's seeing her name in the tabloids, being wooed by billionaire businessmen...and sharing intimate late-night dinners with movie stars. And she's discovering that the supermodel life isn't all fluff and glamour. It's long hours, hard work, and even harder choices—like choosing to starve or to never work again.
But does Mac have what it takes to be super? Because deep down—behind the perfect body and million-dollar smile—she's still the same hometown Melody Ann she's always been....
But does Mac have what it takes to be super? Because deep down—behind the perfect body and million-dollar smile—she's still the same hometown Melody Ann she's always been....
- GenresYoung Adult
304 pages, Paperback
First published July 28, 2009
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About the author
Carol Alt
9 books9 followersConstantly in search of new frontiers, Carol Alt is the ultimate chameleon. Since her days as the world’s most renowned Supermodel, Carol Alt has gone on to be author, actress and entrepreneur. Having had enormous success in all her endeavors such as being a USA Today Best-Selling Author for her books on Raw food; a multi- award winning actress; the face of her own line of cosmetics; having a number one hit in Europe in the music industry; providing voiceovers for such hits as “King of the Hill”; and as the host of various TV and radio morning shows and newscasts, including Fox’s “Good Day Live”.
Called “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World” by Playboy Magazine and “The Next Million Dollar Face” by Life Magazine, Carol has not disappointed. Gracing the covers of over 700 magazines, several posters, two workout videos and numerous calendars, she is a one-woman conglomerate! She has lost track of the number of advertising campaigns, commercials, interviews, hosting jobs and endorsement contracts that have created this enormously successful and lasting career.
Forever touted as “The model that started the Supermodel trend” by John Casablancas, the owner of Elite Models, Carol tosses off that title as the result of necessity being the mother of invention. The necessity of a fourth Elite division of models who worked every day - who were career professionals - made Carol the first ever “Super Elite Model in the Super Elite Division.” The press therefore dubbed her the first “Supermodel.”
Hitting the highest echelons of the fashion industry did nothing but fuel Carol’s thirst for new projects and new venues, so, making good use of her fame, she self- produced her highly successful series of posters and calendars when Elite rejected the idea. These posters and calendars became the benchmark for any and every rising young supermodel. Carol thereby created a new business for all supermodels to come and in the process, became the object of fantasy for every young boy in America who had her poster plastered on his bedroom wall.
No other model can boast an uninterrupted 27 year career. Having twice graced the cover of the coveted Sports Illustrated Magazine’s Swimsuit Edition, Carol has gone on to star in over 50 movies, series, miniseries and episodic television in America and abroad.
Her highly acclaimed series “Amazon”, written by Peter Benchley, debuted as Variety’s “Number One New Dramatic Syndicated Series”, much to the delight of CBS and Alliance Atlantis, and paved the way for today’s hit “Lost”.
Carol has also had great success for her role in “Howard Sterns Private Parts”. She is the recipient of Three European Telegattos (Emmy awards), one European “Oscar” Moda, The Mont Blanc Award, The Best Award, The Golden Ticket Box-Office Award ( for the most box office sales for a film in one year), The Certificate del Arte from The European Film Commission and The Umbra Award.
Prince Albert still holds a slight grudge that Carol did not come to the Monaco Film Festival to pick up her award for the portrayal of the life story of Rosanna Benzi, a woman with genetic polio living in an iron lung, in the film “Vice for Life.”
Not content to “just act”, she re-wrote the medical aspects, co-produced, and directed the children in a series of 12 films about a female doctor with a practice in an African clinic called “Under the African Sun.”
Her independent films include “Hitters”, which won the Westchester Film Festival, “The Look” which was the talk of The Tribeca Film Festival and “Signs of the Cross” which won The Catskills Film Festival. Her sci-fi hit, “Snakehead Terror”, based on a true story, is still scaring people on the Sci-Fi Channel where it became not only a hit, but now a cult film.
Her recent films include: “Fatal Trust” for Lifetime, “Totally Awesome” for VH1,”Homo Erectus”, an Adam Rifkin comedy
Called “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World” by Playboy Magazine and “The Next Million Dollar Face” by Life Magazine, Carol has not disappointed. Gracing the covers of over 700 magazines, several posters, two workout videos and numerous calendars, she is a one-woman conglomerate! She has lost track of the number of advertising campaigns, commercials, interviews, hosting jobs and endorsement contracts that have created this enormously successful and lasting career.
Forever touted as “The model that started the Supermodel trend” by John Casablancas, the owner of Elite Models, Carol tosses off that title as the result of necessity being the mother of invention. The necessity of a fourth Elite division of models who worked every day - who were career professionals - made Carol the first ever “Super Elite Model in the Super Elite Division.” The press therefore dubbed her the first “Supermodel.”
Hitting the highest echelons of the fashion industry did nothing but fuel Carol’s thirst for new projects and new venues, so, making good use of her fame, she self- produced her highly successful series of posters and calendars when Elite rejected the idea. These posters and calendars became the benchmark for any and every rising young supermodel. Carol thereby created a new business for all supermodels to come and in the process, became the object of fantasy for every young boy in America who had her poster plastered on his bedroom wall.
No other model can boast an uninterrupted 27 year career. Having twice graced the cover of the coveted Sports Illustrated Magazine’s Swimsuit Edition, Carol has gone on to star in over 50 movies, series, miniseries and episodic television in America and abroad.
Her highly acclaimed series “Amazon”, written by Peter Benchley, debuted as Variety’s “Number One New Dramatic Syndicated Series”, much to the delight of CBS and Alliance Atlantis, and paved the way for today’s hit “Lost”.
Carol has also had great success for her role in “Howard Sterns Private Parts”. She is the recipient of Three European Telegattos (Emmy awards), one European “Oscar” Moda, The Mont Blanc Award, The Best Award, The Golden Ticket Box-Office Award ( for the most box office sales for a film in one year), The Certificate del Arte from The European Film Commission and The Umbra Award.
Prince Albert still holds a slight grudge that Carol did not come to the Monaco Film Festival to pick up her award for the portrayal of the life story of Rosanna Benzi, a woman with genetic polio living in an iron lung, in the film “Vice for Life.”
Not content to “just act”, she re-wrote the medical aspects, co-produced, and directed the children in a series of 12 films about a female doctor with a practice in an African clinic called “Under the African Sun.”
Her independent films include “Hitters”, which won the Westchester Film Festival, “The Look” which was the talk of The Tribeca Film Festival and “Signs of the Cross” which won The Catskills Film Festival. Her sci-fi hit, “Snakehead Terror”, based on a true story, is still scaring people on the Sci-Fi Channel where it became not only a hit, but now a cult film.
Her recent films include: “Fatal Trust” for Lifetime, “Totally Awesome” for VH1,”Homo Erectus”, an Adam Rifkin comedy
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March 23, 2016
I tried, I really did, but this book is going back on the library shelf.
I guess I expected more of a kiss-and-tell, fictionally true, model in the big city who gets jerked around and sleeps around. The good girl gone bad, if you will.
Unfortunately, I just don't think "Mac" is believable as a model on the rise. Firstly, she continually claims she's only in the business for the money/security, then gushes on and on about how much she absolutely LOVES her job. One moment she's pining for the college life she should be preparing for, next she's blowing off Penn State without so much as a blink.
Also, the men she's into are absolutely unbelievable. You mean to tell me not one of these men tries to get into her pants and, upon being rebuffed, lashes out at her? And you also mean to tell me she rejects Patrick constantly? This isn't an 18 year old model as we've been led to believe, but a 30-something woman because she obviously reads men as well as a woman my own age.
I was really hoping for something along the lines of "The Devil Wears Prada" from the model point of view. Looks like an easy read if you're into it, but truly it just bored me.
I guess I expected more of a kiss-and-tell, fictionally true, model in the big city who gets jerked around and sleeps around. The good girl gone bad, if you will.
Unfortunately, I just don't think "Mac" is believable as a model on the rise. Firstly, she continually claims she's only in the business for the money/security, then gushes on and on about how much she absolutely LOVES her job. One moment she's pining for the college life she should be preparing for, next she's blowing off Penn State without so much as a blink.
Also, the men she's into are absolutely unbelievable. You mean to tell me not one of these men tries to get into her pants and, upon being rebuffed, lashes out at her? And you also mean to tell me she rejects Patrick constantly? This isn't an 18 year old model as we've been led to believe, but a 30-something woman because she obviously reads men as well as a woman my own age.
I was really hoping for something along the lines of "The Devil Wears Prada" from the model point of view. Looks like an easy read if you're into it, but truly it just bored me.
December 5, 2021
I didn’t enjoy this writing. I read it as more as if this happened and then this as opposed to getting any feelings from the character. For example, Even though the model was so busy all the time, as a reader I didn’t even feel that - I only knew it because she said often she was busy. To me it felt more of what happened this day and then next - like a journal with a few side notes about her personal life.
March 6, 2019
This is a quick read about a young woman who decides she wants to be a model. Luckily for her luck is on her side. Very realistic tale about a woman who gets to see her dreams come true. Well realistic for a model.
October 24, 2018
Not bad!
November 4, 2012
Reviewed by Angela S. for TeensReadToo.com
MAC is back and ready for her close-up.
After nine months full of turmoil, MAC, formerly known as Melody Ann Croft, is ready to be the top model in the industry. She's done fashion week in New York and abroad and has even appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
What's next for the most wanted face in the modeling world?
Of course, that would be the coveted partnership with Cover Girl. MAC has already been starving herself to keep her bookers happy and she's starting to feel the results with dizzy spells and hunger pains. But the model life is so great. Especially meeting all of her admirers.
A chance meeting with older Hollywood heartthrob Patrick Carroll leads to a short-lived relationship, but it's not until MAC meets Jim, an insanely rich real estate mogul, that MAC thinks she has found the guy for her. But what does he really want from her? She's tired of being his arm candy and tired of his controlling ways.
All MAC really wants is to be the next face of Cover Girl, and she is willing to do anything to get the lucrative contract.
MAC's rise in the modeling world is too fast-paced and her affairs with older men are too numerous for just one book, but overall MAC is likeable and you can see traces of her in all of the models out there today, trying so hard to please everyone and succeed that they forget to care for themselves in the process.
MAC is back and ready for her close-up.
After nine months full of turmoil, MAC, formerly known as Melody Ann Croft, is ready to be the top model in the industry. She's done fashion week in New York and abroad and has even appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
What's next for the most wanted face in the modeling world?
Of course, that would be the coveted partnership with Cover Girl. MAC has already been starving herself to keep her bookers happy and she's starting to feel the results with dizzy spells and hunger pains. But the model life is so great. Especially meeting all of her admirers.
A chance meeting with older Hollywood heartthrob Patrick Carroll leads to a short-lived relationship, but it's not until MAC meets Jim, an insanely rich real estate mogul, that MAC thinks she has found the guy for her. But what does he really want from her? She's tired of being his arm candy and tired of his controlling ways.
All MAC really wants is to be the next face of Cover Girl, and she is willing to do anything to get the lucrative contract.
MAC's rise in the modeling world is too fast-paced and her affairs with older men are too numerous for just one book, but overall MAC is likeable and you can see traces of her in all of the models out there today, trying so hard to please everyone and succeed that they forget to care for themselves in the process.
June 1, 2014
This one is going to be short and sweet today, fellows!
This is definitely not my regular type of book. I got this one on the cheap and may have been a bit confused as to what it was about, but I don’t regret the purchase!
This is a quick and entertaining read that provides an interesting insight to the model world while also being a story about relationships and what a struggle it can be to form them. Also, this is apparently a sequel but I never read the first book and really don’t feel like I was missing anything.
One of things I found out this time around is that Carol Alt is a famous model in her own right. Obviously I know absolutely nothing about modeling, but I’m assuming her time in the business allowed for a true behind the scenes story.
I didn’t really find a favorite sentence or passage because in my opinion, this just isn’t that kind of story. I don’t think it’s frivolous or anything, but it really is just a nice diverting book.
Would I recommend it? Sure! It’s a fun look at the type of like us regular people have no access to, and isn’t a bad story either! Win win, right?
Will I read it again? I need to stop asking this question. I’m not positive there will be many times I’ll say no.
shelbyanneleeblogs.com
This is definitely not my regular type of book. I got this one on the cheap and may have been a bit confused as to what it was about, but I don’t regret the purchase!
This is a quick and entertaining read that provides an interesting insight to the model world while also being a story about relationships and what a struggle it can be to form them. Also, this is apparently a sequel but I never read the first book and really don’t feel like I was missing anything.
One of things I found out this time around is that Carol Alt is a famous model in her own right. Obviously I know absolutely nothing about modeling, but I’m assuming her time in the business allowed for a true behind the scenes story.
I didn’t really find a favorite sentence or passage because in my opinion, this just isn’t that kind of story. I don’t think it’s frivolous or anything, but it really is just a nice diverting book.
Would I recommend it? Sure! It’s a fun look at the type of like us regular people have no access to, and isn’t a bad story either! Win win, right?
Will I read it again? I need to stop asking this question. I’m not positive there will be many times I’ll say no.
shelbyanneleeblogs.com
April 6, 2010
A great follow up book. As with the first book the plot wasn't all the complex, but it was very entertaining. I very much enjoyed the journey the author took me on. I hope their is a third book so I can find out more about Mac Croft's life!
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July 25, 2011In an effort to be "authentic" I will admit to reading this book. No offense to the author, but it was not the best fiction I've read. It was the only light reading I had while I was away and it was on the $2 table at the bookstore. My defense: it's summer.
November 4, 2012
I'm currently reading this book. I found it at The Dollar Tree & thought it would be a cute quick summer read. It is!!! Easy to read, no foul language, no harsh sex scenes. Something light & refreshing!
August 10, 2011
Not terribly well-written, but it was perfect as an easy, fluffy summer novel. It was worth the $2 the bookstore was charging for it.
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January 8, 2015A very good sequel to This Year's Model about the further life of model Mac Croft as her career takes off. Would love another book about her
September 15, 2023
Can’t believe I used to read books about models lmaooo. Insane
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