Dark Star: A child's body, a photographer's obsession, a media frenzy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781036950217)

When a shy ballerina's photos were passed to a national newspaper, it promised to feature her in a sensational spread on her next birthday. But the girl had agreed to none of it.

Facing immense pressure, Natalie was expelled from school and her ballet dreams collapsed. Yet the young Londoner was about to become an overnight sensation in the glamour modeling world. Guided by a controlling photographer, she was catapulted to international fame.

Facing relentless media harassment, she fled to LA in the early 1990s, running from her past and reinventing herself. There, under a new name, she starred in pop videos, appeared on Baywatch, and worked closely with O.J. Simpson days before his infamous scandal.

Then, from the office of the richest man in the world, came the most extraordinary invitation of her life. With just a few conditions, Natalie would be able to live in luxury thousands of miles from anyone she ever knew...

Dark Star is one woman's gripping true story of exploitation, resilience, and reinvention in an era when tabloids reigned supreme.