Beauty, Disrupted

Throughout her career, supermodel and actress Carré Otis has been celebrated for her striking physical beauty—but in this brazenly honest memoir she revisits the ugliest parts of her past to reveal the events that ultimately brought her to strive for, and champion, the kind of beauty that can only be found within. In Beauty Disrupted Carré details the triumphs and challenges of her career in modeling, her rise to fame on the covers of Elle, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Marie Claire, her battle against eating disorders and drug addiction, and her infamous marriage to Mickey Rourke. Beauty Disrupted is her inspiring and personal memoir, a story of difficult lessons learned and inner beauty rediscovered, by a woman famous the world over—not only for her face but, now, for her fighter’s spirit.

But what does it take to reclaim your life after being celebrated—and destroyed—by the very industry that made you famous?
Eating Disorder Recovery: The harrowing, behind-the-scenes battle with anorexia and addiction that defined her time as one of the world’s most famous supermodels.Surviving Abuse: A brave account of surviving sexual assault and the infamous, abusive marriage to actor Mickey Rourke that played out in the tabloids.The Modeling Industry: An unfiltered look at the dark side of 90s high fashion, from the pressures on the covers of Vogue and Elle to finding a new voice as a plus-size model.Spiritual Journey: How a path of Tibetan Buddhism and the guidance of spiritual teachers helped her leave Hollywood behind to heal from trauma and rediscover inner beauty.