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List Price: $18.95 | | Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Salesrank: 282333
Released: June 27, 2006 |
| Our Price: $10.98 |
| Used Price: $9.99 |
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| Media: Paperback |
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Editorial Review:
Heidi Klum is one of the most famous supermodels in the world, but it took more than beauty to get there. At nineteen, she hopped a plane to the United States, where she tirelessly (and always optimistically) posed, strutted, networked, and laughed her way to the top. Heidi learned a lot on the road to becoming a cultural icon—and fortunately she took notes along the way.
In this funny, dishy, and highly practical book, Heidi shares the secrets behind her success and shows how anyone can achieve their goals in work, love, and life:
1. You Have to Want It, Baby. Pursue success long after any sane person would have given up.
2. Sell It! Convince others you have the chops to get what you want.
3. Put Your Best Face Forward. Make others see you as you want to be seen.
4. Make a Fashion Statement. Find your own unique style.
5. Shape It, Be It. Create a strong, healthy body.
6. Become the Fantasy. Tap into your seductive side.
7. Be a Jet-Setter. Broaden your horizons by traveling the world.
8. Have a Blast While It Lasts. None of the other seven rules means anything if you’re not having fun while you’re following them.
This informative read is full of gorgeous photos from the top professional photographers in the fashion industry, personal pictures from Heidi’s own scrapbooks, behind-the-scenes stories about the modeling world, and tons of helpful hints for achieving success. With her refreshing candor and effervescent style, Heidi offers dead-on advice that will resonate with anyone who has ever wanted more out of life.
Heidi Klum's Body of Knowledge: 8 Rules of Model Behavior (to Help You Take Off on the Runway of Life) Reviews:
Loved It! 
2007-06-17 - I was at a low point in my life and this book helped me gain a lighter perspective on my situation. You can find inspiration in all sorts of things and don't have to be heavy and serious. I loved the book and would definitely recommend it to anyone.
Like a Magazine 
2005-10-11 - This book is easy to read and is very visual much like a magazine, hence the cover art. It is packed with photographs from Heidi's long career. The layout is done in short segments so that it seems like a magazine filled with stories. There are several how-to lists like one that records what members of the opposite sex should know about each other.
This book is a fun, female oriented account from a popular super model. Men will like the book for the many photographs, many of them semi-nude. It includes a bit of a biography telling how Klum got into modeling and information about her family. However, like a magazine, this book is nothing outstanding. The information is grazed over and the many how-to articles do not really add much. The opinions held are often those that can be found in the latest issue of Cosmopolitan.
This is only a book, it's Heidi's photo album..!!
2005-04-17 - ...I personally like Heidi's first book, although it's generally for women reader, but, as Heidi's fans (supporter), I really love this book, which includes many of her favorite pictures and her feeling of life. If you want to understand a Supermodel's Mind, you won't regret with this one..!!
Heidi's guide to life 
2005-03-10 - I bought this book already being a fan of Heidi Klum, which may taint my opinion of it. But, I thought I'd post to give a viable alternative to the other reviews (since most reviews on this whole site are either "This is the greatest ever", "I give it 5 out of 5 even though it has flaws", or "This is a pile of [swear words]").
First, what this book IS NOT:
A step-by-step guide of how to get into modeling.
A kiss-and-tell of all her famous relationships.
A dish-the-dirt on other famous models.
A highly detailed biography chronicling her entire life.
A graduate-level text on important societal issues.
What this book IS:
200 pages, at least half of which is photos.
A collection of stories about the major and/or interesting events of her life, including how she got into modeling.
Her advice on how to be successful in work and play (including love and sex).
Advice from some of the famous people she's met on how to be successful.
Some of my thoughts:
Many of the photos can't be found on the web and some of them are her best ever.
The influence of Alexandra Postman is evident if you compare this with her TV and magazine interviews or her chapter in "Gig: Americans Talk About their Jobs". But, overall, the book is a fair reflection of the kind of person Heidi is.
In talking about how she got into modeling, she didn't emphasize the fact that she stayed in school and kept off of drugs, which I would have liked.
Not all of her advice is valuable to everyone, but a lot of it is. Sometimes, she comes across as not realizing that most people can't live the life she has lived since we don't all have supermodel incomes or connections, but her message comes across loud and clear: be the best person you can be, work hard to accomplish your goals, and go out there and have fun!
This is the type of book you flip through in a bookstore.. 
2005-01-26 - Heidi Klum has so much personality and spunk and none of it found its way to the pages of this book. I was mildly disappointed, I was hoping for the best. Her current job - as host and executive producer of Project Runway on Bravo networks is brilliant, where is any of that in this book?
I was so bored I ended up reading her book in less than thirty minutes. The pictures are fun to see and her lists of what to do in order to be a model may be helpful to those looking for that type of insight. I was looking for a refreshed interpretation of a model's life. On the bright side, it is better than Paris Hilton's book!
