These four hopefuls are plucked from their homes and families and thrust into an adult world with little guidance. They are sent to various international markets to establish themselves, where they are expected to navigate strange cities completely on their own. Agencies make it painstakingly clear the girls must take full responsibility for their potential success. Balanced with interviews with established models such as Lauren Hutton, Elle MacPherson, and Claudi Schiffer, BEAUTOPIA contrasts the sobering reality of the business of beauty with its false promises, competition and rejection to the fairy tales images in the young models' heads.

Otto examines the modeling world from the inside, gaining entry to the most private situations: from agents discussing models traits on a go-see to a fitting for a Paris runway show. The glamour the public sees on the printed page is a far cry from life behind the scenes. Otto has crafted a suspenseful journey of lost innocence, filled with hope and anguish. Where Unzipped led us behind the curtain of the fashion industry, BEAUTOPIA gets beneath the perfect skin of the modeling world.

"More than any other designer, Calvin Klein has relied on advertising to create his company's image. Author Lisa Marsh recognizes the mechanics behind the magic while telling Klein's rags-to-riches story with style from beginning to end. It's a compelling read and one you'll learn from."
-Donny Deutsch, Chairman and CEO, Deutsch, Inc.

"Calvin Klein is not just a brilliant, creative designer and groundbreaking marketer . . . Calvin Klein is a company that has grown from wheeling a rack of coats from Seventh Avenue to Fifth Avenue to being the most recognized name in fashion around the world. Lisa Marsh takes you on that fascinating business trip."
-Fern Mallis, Executive Director, 7th on Sixth, Vice President, IMG

"Calvin Klein found an opening in men's underwear and never looked back. Crack fashion scribe Lisa Marsh gets right there in the closet with him."
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"From Mosholu Parkway to the high fashion salons of Paris and Milan, Lisa Marsh takes us on a Mach-1 ride through the world of Calvin Klein. A well-told tale of a boy from the Bronx who revolutionized fashion and made himself rich, yet somehow failed to make himself happy. The essential, and eternal, morality play of business."
-Christopher Byron, author, Martha Inc.

"This is more than the rags-to-riches story of a creative genius peddling perfume and denim. Marsh brilliantly traces how our culture evolved in the last part of the twentieth century, as Calvin Klein pushed us toward his minimalist aesthetic and challenged our puritanism with his sexy advertising."
-Richard Johnson, Editor, New York Post's Page Six

"Lisa Marsh gives us an informed and never-before-revealed look at the inner business workings of one of fashion's most compelling brands . . . Her blending of business with a backdrop of fashion, tells a fascinating story of an iconic American brand's struggles and successes, culminating with what seems to be the beginning of a `new chapter.' Even as an industry insider, I found the book to be fresh with a new point of view on one of the most talked about and written about designers in the business."
-Reed Krakoff, President/Executive Creative Director, Coach, Inc.

"More than any other designer, Calvin Klein has relied on advertising to create his company's image. Author Lisa Marsh recognizes the mechanics behind the magic while telling Klein's rags-to-riches story with style from beginning to end. It's a compelling read and one you'll learn from."
-Donny Deutsch, Chairman and CEO, Deutsch, Inc.

"Calvin Klein is not just a brilliant, creative designer and groundbreaking marketer . . . Calvin Klein is a company that has grown from wheeling a rack of coats from Seventh Avenue to Fifth Avenue to being the most recognized name in fashion around the world. Lisa Marsh takes you on that fascinating business trip."
-Fern Mallis, Executive Director, 7th on Sixth, Vice President, IMG

"Calvin Klein found an opening in men's underwear and never looked back. Crack fashion scribe Lisa Marsh gets right there in the closet with him."
-Ben Widdicombe, columnist, "Chic Happens"