Confessions of a Video Vixen

Confessions of a Video Vixen
by Karrine Steffans

Confessions of a Video Vixen
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Author: Karrine Steffans
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-10-17
ISBN: 006089248X
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Amistad

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Summary: 5 Stars

This is one of the best books I ever read. That hiphop and hollywood world have been going on for yrs, so for this courageous woman to come out with a book makes it even more rewarding. I don't think Karrine learned her lesson and I feel like she wrote the book to find a way to get paid bigger bucks. Eventhough in the next book she talked about the public reactions, however she continued to discuss more on her sexual encounters with other celebrities, except she tried doing it in a adequate manner. She seemed stronger and wiser in the second book, except she was wiser in a sense of "everyone that has some type of encounter with me will be in the next book, so i could get paid again". Which isn't a bad thing b/c everyone wants a chance to be successful in some type of way. But the way she was addressing everything was in a "I want to be famous, I want to be rich, and I want to be heard", aka "I want some attention" as the negative ppl would say. Her books are not really life learned lessons b/c girls will either think "oh i can do like karrine, but won't make the mistakes she made", or "that is my ticket to become famous". B/c at the end enough fame and money can overpower ones decisions. Life lessons are not only learned through others, but sometimes it takes that someone to actually follow through with someone else same mistake to actually learn that life lesson. Everyone is out for money in some type of way, but some just take the wrong money path. And Karrine took that wrong path, but at the end she was happy; which really counts the most. Ppl negativity isn't putting less money in her pocket or making her mad bc she is content and happy. So I think negative ppl shld just leave her alone and be happy for her. Personally, I am....

Summary of Confessions of a Video Vixen

Part tell-all, part cautionary tale, this emotionally charged memoir from a former video vixen nicknamed 'Superhead' goes beyond the glamour of celebrity to reveal the inner workings of the hip-hop dancer industry?from the physical and emotional abuse that's rampant in the industry, and which marked her own life?to the excessive use of drugs, sex and bling.

Once the sought-after video girl, this sexy siren has helped multi-platinum artists, such as Jay-Z, R. Kelly and LL Cool J, sell millions of albums with her sensual dancing. In a word, Karrine was H-O-T. So hot that she made as much as $2500 a day in videos and was selected by well-known film director F. Gary Gray to co-star in his film, A Man Apart, starring Vin Diesel. But the film and music video sets, swanky Hollywood and New York restaurants and trysts with the celebrities featured in the pages of People and In Touch magazines only touches the surface of Karrine Steffans' life.

Her journey is filled with physical abuse, rape, drug and alcohol abuse, homelessness and single motherhood?all by the age of 26. By sharing her story, Steffans hopes to shed light on an otherwise romanticised industry and help young women avoid the same pitfalls she encountered. If they're already in danger, she hopes to inspire them to find a way to dig themselves out of what she knows first-hand
to be a cycle of hopelessness and despair.

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