Life of the Stars
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Many celebrities hate paparazzi. And there is a reason for it. These sneaky people with cameras strive to reveal the darkest secrets of the stars: to almost get under their blanket or to spy on some very sad (or scandalous) moment of life. After all, the publication of such photos promises huge fees. The saddest example of what such persecution can lead to is the death of Princess Diana, because restless photographers were chasing her car.
Children in danger
In 2006, the paparazzi managed to capture a shocking moment: Britney Spears, leaving the Ritz Carlton hotel, stumbles and almost drops her eight-month-old son. The bodyguard reacted instantly, and the baby was not injured.
Another photo that made many worry about the child was taken in 2002. It shows Michael Jackson very casually holding his nine-month-old son, dangling him from the balcony. Michael II's face is covered with a towel.
Evidence of betrayal
The seemingly ideal marriage of Madonna and director Guy Ritchie began to crack at the seams after photographs were published, from which it became clear that the pop diva and baseball player Alex Rodriguez were having an affair. A few months later, the star couple divorced.
Elizabeth Taylor became famous not only for her excellent acting, but also for the number of marriages - the star had 8. She claimed that Richard Burton remained the love of her life. This is probably true: in the photo from 1962, the actors are spending a very romantic time on a yacht. Then both of them were not free, but soon they filed for divorce and got married.
Candid footage confirming that Kristen Stewart cheated on Pattinson with Rupert Sanders was taken in 2012. They put an end to the Twilight actors' beautiful romance and Sanders' marriage to Liberty Ross.
But this blurry photo could not cause the breakup of the star couple Burton-Bonham Carter, although it shows the director kissing a stranger. The photo was taken in a cinema in 2013.
No Drugs!
A storm of indignation was caused by unclear footage of the late Heath Ledger before, during and after taking cocaine at a party in January 2006. A lawsuit followed against the Hollywood photo agency, and the paparazzi were almost accused of supplying the actor with drugs.
Another photographer almost caught Justin Bieber smoking weed. The singer miraculously managed to avoid another scandal. The paparazzi are not having much luck with this star: one of them was hit by a car when he was trying to photograph Bieber on New Year's Eve 2013.
They have no time for romance
Paparazzi accidentally photographed Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston during their walk on the beach in Anguilla. It later turned out that this was the last photo of the couple together before the breakup.
Intrusive paparazzi are hunting for celebrities around the clock. The result is scandalous photos of stars snorting cocaine, dropping their own children and cheating on their partners. Star secrets become public knowledge, and photographers receive thousands and even millions of dollars for their “catch.”
We present to you the most expensive and provocative photos of stars taken by the paparazzi.
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That same stellar shot for Quinto, where threatens the paparazzi with a bow and arrow. This is how the star of Federico Fellini’s cult film La Dolce Vita defended her privacy. October 20, 1960.
drops his son. In May 2006, paparazzi captured Britney Spears almost dropping little Sean Preston Federline. And in Spears' other hand alcoholic drink. Because of the photo, the singer was deprived of parental rights to her children.
After that, Britney went into the lead. She tried to go to a clinic for the treatment of alcoholism, but, without spending a day in the hospital, she returned to Los Angeles, went to the Tarzana salon and demanded to cut her head, and after refusing, she took the clippers and shaved herself.
Being depressed, the singer was caught by photographer Danny Boy looking like this. For photographs of the pop princess who attacked his car, he received 250 thousand dollars. Later, he also sold his jeep, scratched by a star, for 40 thousand dollars.
Photo of Princess Diana on the day of the accident. According to the main version, the cause of Diana’s death was precisely the persecution of photographers from whom the driver was trying to get away. In the controversial image, bodyguard Trevor Rhys-Jones, the only survivor of the accident, tries to shield his face from the lens with his hand, while Diana hides in the back seat.
Loneliness of Lady Di. February 11, 1992. The photographer photographed Princess Diana alone at the “temple of love” - the Indian Taj Mahal. Then the princess decided to collaborate with the paparazzi: their pictures could show the world what was going on in her soul. Many deciphered the message as follows: “Look, I’m alone. My husband doesn't love me."
Photographers received $6 million from the media for a series of photographs of Lady Di relaxing on a yacht in Saint-Tropez in the company of her boyfriend, Dodi al-Fayed. They say this happened after her divorce from Prince Charles.
It was these photographs that became the first factual confirmation of the princess’s affair with the Egyptian. In addition, it was with him that Diana was traveling in the car that ill-fated evening.
Proof of Kristen Stewart's Cheating. On the set of Snow White and the Huntsman in 2012, Kristen Stewart began an affair with married director Rupert Sanders. Thanks to the efforts of the paparazzi, everything secret became clear.
Stewart's fiancé, Robert Pattinson, immediately saw the footage. The deceived groom packed his things and called off the engagement, despite Stewart's pleas and remorse.
In September 2012, nude photographs of the Duchess of Cambridge appeared on the cover of the French magazine Closer. In them, Prince William and his wife Kate sunbathe by the pool, and the Duchess is in the sun without a swimsuit top. The pictures caused a stir around the world, even Queen Elizabeth II was embarrassed. The magazine was later fined.
Madonna, Sting and Tupac Shakur at the same table. The photograph is very rare, since, as everyone thought, the gathered stars had very little in common. Meanwhile, it is known that for some time the world-famous Madonna dated the not so famous Shakur.
Steve Jobs before death. Latest photos the founder of Apple, exhausted by illness, shocked fans. He was 56 when he died of cancer. A year after his tumor was discovered, Jobs refused surgery, trying to be treated with veganism, acupuncture, herbs and even hypnosis.
John Lennon gives an autograph to his killer. On December 8, 1980, Lennon was shot to death in the yard of his New York home. The killer was a fan of the musician, Mark Chapman. A few hours earlier, Champion had asked the Beatle for an autograph as Lennon and Yoko Ono left the house to go to the studio.
AIDS patient. Photographers have launched a real hunt for the seriously ill idol of millions of people. For a photo taken during lunch in a London restaurant, the photographer received $230,000.
Kate Moss snorting cocaine. In October 2005, The Daily Mirror purchased a photo of model Kate Moss snorting cocaine for $300,000. After appearing on the cover in this form, Chanel and Burberry immediately broke off cooperation with Kate, who had to apologize and undergo drug addiction treatment.
But even after that, photographers caught the celebrity leaving nightclubs. In one of these photographs, the girl’s trousers are stained with something white: either powder, or a prohibited powder.
Iglesias' naked fiancee Anna Kournikova. For $500,000, a photographer named Frank sold nude photographs of Anna Kournikova to Penthouse magazine. Later it turned out that the pictures showed the daughter of Italian fashion designer Judith Soltis Benetton.
Jacqueline Onassis topless. The famous paparazzi received $1.2 million for a photo of a half-naked Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. That day, under the guise of a gardener, he entered the protected island of the Onassis family. The photo was published in the porn magazine Hustler.
King Farouk of Egypt gets into a fight. A photo of the Egyptian King Farouk, who rushed at Italian photographer Tazio Secchiaroli with his fists, was bought by the media for $1.4 million.
Photo of deceased supermodel Anna Nicole Smith. A photo of the deceased Playboy star in 2007 cost $1.5 million. And the Splash News & Picture Agency bought a video recording of the star undergoing artificial respiration and cardiac massage for a tidy sum.
Hillary Clinton forgave Bill for cheating on Monica Lewinsky. A romantic photo of Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary was taken by the paparazzi some time after the scandal with Monica Lewinsky. The whole world then realized that the president had been forgiven.
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton cheat on their spouses. Richard and Elizabeth's romance began in 1962 on the set of Cleopatra. But Elizabeth was not ready to get a divorce: her then-husband Eddie Fisher left his wife for Taylor. For a while, she and Richard tried to stay away from each other.
But it didn't last long. Soon they secretly fled to a tiny villa in Porto San Stefano, and these were the happiest moments in the woman’s life. The paparazzi caught them kissing on June 25, 1962.
Sean Penn hits annoying photographers. In the photo, Penn punches Vinnie Zuffante in New York. The year was 1986. Sean Penn and his wife Madonna were attacked by paparazzi near their apartment. What is noteworthy is that the photo was taken by another paparazzi - the above-mentioned super popular photographer Ron Galella.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's first photo together. The photo was bought by the publication for 500 thousand dollars. Before evidence emerged, their affair was only an unsubstantiated rumor.
Wet Victoria Beckham. Forever ideal wife football player at a celebration in honor of the first anniversary of the Victoria Beckham boutique did not calculate the amount of alcohol. A representative of the Beckham family had to say that a drink was simply spilled on Victoria.
Paris Hilton Lingerie. The flamboyant millionaire was caught in one of the nightclubs in Saint-Tropez. Hilton then took a lot of it on her chest and started dancing along with tanned strangers. She didn't even notice how her underwear came out.
Drunk Pamela Anderson. The paparazzi caught the drunk actress as she left the Guys & Dolls club in Hollywood.
Drug-taking Heath Ledger. Fuzzy footage of the late Heath Ledger drinking coke at a party in January 2006 has outraged his agents. They filed a lawsuit against the Hollywood photo agency, claiming that they deliberately gave the powder to the actor.
Tupac Shakur on the evening of the shooting. Rapper Tupac Shakur in this photo has only a short time to live. That evening, September 13, 1996 (the date is also visible in the picture), the musician sitting in a black car was shot by unknown assailants near a hotel in the suburbs of Las Vegas.
By the way, the BMW in which the rapper died, along with bullet holes, was put up for auction in 2017 for $1.5 million. To this day no one has bought it, but the owners do not intend to reduce the price. But they bought a Hummer car that Tupac bought a month before his death. For $206,531.
Michael Jackson dangling daughter over balcony railing. Michael showed his baby out the window, throwing her over the railing and draping a towel over her head. The public found this strange and even cruel.
Jessica Simpson cheated on her groom on the eve of the wedding. The singer was caught leaving a hotel in Los Angeles. Everything would be fine, but she was wearing the shirt of Adam Levine, with whom she spent the night. The wedding was canceled after the photo was published.
Ashton Kutcher cheating on Demi Moore. In 2011, the popular actor and exemplary family man was caught cheating with Sarah Leal. After such a scandal, the star was not offered serious roles for two years.
A priest leaving a nightclub. The famous shot of the priest Don Gussoni leaving a nightclub was taken in Rome in 1959. Gussoni's futile attempts to snatch the camera from the hands of photographer Giacomo Alexis were captured by the eminent paparazzi Geppetti and forever destroyed the reputation of the church minister.
Marilyn Monroe undressed in front of John Kennedy. In fact, this is a staged photo with doubles. In reality none intimate photos Monroe and Kennedy did not exist.
But there was a photo of Kennedy and Monroe at the window. But it is also staged.
The only photograph of Marilyn Monroe and John Kennedy together was taken literally minutes after Monroe performed her famous "Happy Birthday Mr. President" on the occasion of Kennedy's 45th birthday in May 1962.
Amanda Bynes's wig has come off. It was probably not easy for the young star to gain the fame she received in adolescence. The consequences were numerous trials, arrests and other troubles. The photograph with her wig falling down became a kind of symbol of this chapter in the actress’s life.
Orlando Bloom Nude Photos. The 39-year-old actor went on vacation to Italy, where he went completely naked. Moreover, it was not on a nudist beach, but simply off the coast of Sardinia. Moreover, having noticed the paparazzi on the shore, Bloom turned to them and showed himself in all his glory.
French President Francois Hollande rides a motorcycle with his mistress. January, 2014. The French magazine Closer is published with a “bomb” on the cover: President Francois Hollande has love affair with actress Julie Gayet. His common-law wife, Valerie Trierweiler, was then hospitalized with a nervous breakdown.
Julia Roberts goes to dinner with her lover. August, 1991. Actor Jason Patric and Julia Roberts head to Nick and Eddie's restaurant. The stars tried to shield themselves from the paparazzi, but Ron Galella managed to take a photo of the couple - already in the car. It turned out to be a very funny angle.
Another time, Julia Roberts was caught by a photographer at a very unfortunate moment - when she forgot to shave her armpits. However, one can only hope that she really forgot to do this, and does not walk like this all the time.
George Bush is trying to solve a Rubik's cube. One of the most famous photographs Alison Jackson, who loves to play with celebrity looks. In fact, this is a photo of the president's double.
Marlene Dietrich spanked the photographer. He tried to photograph the star at the airport in Paris, but he had to devote all his strength to protecting himself from an angry woman. But another paparazzi was luckier.
0 July 24, 2008, 7:15 pmIt just seems that the life of celebrities consists of only advantages. In fact, they also have enough costs. Take the paparazzi, for example. What is the main indicator of interest in you? That's right, a crowd of people with cameras following you around day and night.
Celebrities and paparazzi understand that they can’t live without each other, but sometimes the celebrity’s nerves can’t stand it and a fight begins. Some prefer hand-to-hand combat, while others defend the right to privacy exclusively through legal methods.
Brad Pitt called for the help of lawyers to protect himself from paparazzi intrusion. It must be said that the laws regarding such interference in France are quite strict.
Brad Pitt's patience was overflowing with the publication of photographs taken from a helicopter using very powerful optics. Photos of Brad Pitt driving a golf cart with his daughter Shiloh on his lap have leaked online. The public is outraged: “He’s worse than Britney Spears, he’s putting the child in danger!”
In addition to the ill-fated photograph with Shiloh, photographs of the Jolie-Pitt family in full were leaked online.
Angelina and Brad are said to have done Knox and Vivienne's first $11 million photoshoot for People magazine. The paparazzi know that before the publication of this photo shoot, any photographs of the twins are worth their weight in gold, and they do not know the limits in their desire to take the coveted shot.
Sienna Miller has no children. But her new boyfriend Balthazar Getty has four of them. And, one can assume that they and Balthazar Rosetta Millington were not very pleased to see Sienna and Getty everywhere, taken by the paparazzi.
Sienna intends to meet in court with representatives of two British tabloids News Of The World and Sun, as well as with the Big Pictures agency. The actress accuses them of interfering in her private life. Sienna and her lawyers already have experience - last year they won a case against News Of The World and Sun, which paid the actress about 80 thousand dollars in compensation.
Another defendant in the case of interference with Sienna Miller's privacy, the Big Pictures agency, is worth telling in more detail. It is run by Darrin Lyons, who has made a fortune photographing celebrities. Lyons owns the Attica nightclub in London, the clothing company T.N.U.C culture, real estate in the UAE and shares football club Melbourne UTD.
People like Lyons are called odious individuals. Born and raised in Australia, he worked as a photographer before moving to London at 22, where he worked for the Daily Mail and News Of The World. In 1992, he founded his own agency. Lyons became widely known after a scandal in which he found himself at the center David Beckham and his personal assistant Rebecca Luz, they are in a love affair.
Lyons has attracted fans to his business:
“Of course, high-quality photographs that usually appear in newspapers are taken by professionals, but more often, someone has access to a star or simply happens to be in the right place at the right time.”
In 2006, Darrin launched the celebrity website MrPaparazzi.com, where he invites users to post pictures and videos:
"Celebrities use media when they need to sell something - a CD, a book. But when the media does the same to them, that is, it begins to sell them themselves."
In the book Down Under, Darrin Lyons described how difficult his work is and what he risks for the sake of a good shot.
But you have to take risks. The same Sienna Miller, for example, is not averse to dealing with photographers without waiting for court hearings.
In 2004, when Cameron Diaz was still dating Justin Timberlake, she said in an interview that she would move to New York just because she was tired of being harassed by the paparazzi. One day, Cam and Justin simply took the camera from one of the reporters.
In 2006, Woody Harrelson lost his nerve. The actor was angry with a photographer working for TMZ. He tried to choke a reporter and then broke his camera. The paparazzi community was outraged by the incident, but the LAPD sided with Woody Harrelson.
The biggest paparazzi hater in Hollywood is Sean Penn. He just can't stand them. During the filming of the film "Shanghai Surprise" in 1986, Sean Penn found a reporter in his room and was about to hang him head down from the balcony on the ninth floor. Sean Penn was arrested, but this only made him more intransigent. He never misses an opportunity to lash out at photographers.
In 2006, in London, two photographers fell under the hot hand of the not entirely sober leader of the band Jamiroquai Jay Kay, one of whom the musician injured his nose and broke his glasses. Only the arriving police were able to calm the bully down.
This winter at Auckland Airport, New Zealand, singer Björk is seen by the paparazzi. Her companion asked the photographers not to take pictures, but they ignored his request, for which they received a fitting rebuff. A reporter from The New Zealand Herald newspaper was especially injured; Björk tore his T-shirt. Neither the photographer nor the singer filed a statement with the police.
This is not the first conflict between the Icelandic singer and the paparazzi. In 1996, in Thailand, Björk got into a fight with a female photographer when she asked the singer’s 10-year-old son a question. Bürk had to issue a public apology to avoid legal action.
For Britney Spears paparazzi monitored day and night. Last February, Britney used an umbrella.
Heather Mills is always armed, because she has her combat prosthetic with her. But she wisely does not use it and the paparazzi with her healthy right leg. This happened, for example, in February 2007.
Singer Lily Allen was also arrested and given a warning when she launched a well-aimed kick at a photographer in London last March.
Pierce Brosnan was sued by a reporter who accused the actor of causing bodily harm. It was in Malibu, in a parking lot. Brosnan and his son were returning from a restaurant when they saw paparazzi near their car. He tried to get them out, but they didn’t listen. Then Pierce used his fists. Witnesses say the paparazzi hit back. Apparently, this is why the case did not have any major consequences for Brosnan.
But rocker Tommy Lee was sentenced to public works and a $17,500 fine for a photographer he beat up leaving a Los Angeles nightclub in 1996.
Chris Martin hit a photographer after he dared to ask an inappropriate question about the musician's wife, Gwyneth Paltrow.
If you can piss off Chris Martin, who is not known to have any discreditable connections, then what can we say about Pete Doherty. Last August, Pete smashed the camera of one of the photographers who was following him. The court ordered the musician to compensate the victim for the cost of the camera in the amount of two thousand dollars.
Amy Winehouse doesn't usually have anything against the paparazzi. But if
Paparazzi - for some it is pure evil, for others it is an opportunity to learn as much as possible about the lives of celebrities. The French museum of modern art, the Center Pompidou-Metz, organized a few months ago an exhibition of the best paparazzi photographs of the last half century. And although many paparazzi do not consider themselves artists, as they say their goal is to spy on the lives of stars and sell pictures at a higher price, some works can be called works of art. See funny, sometimes scandalous, but still stunning paparazzi photos from the last half century.
13 PHOTOS
1. Paparazzi are waiting for Anita Ekberg at the airport - a still from the film “The Sweet Life”. (Photo: Pierluigi Agency).
The fictional character of a paparazzi photographer who persistently follows the life of a movie star was created by Federico Fellini in the film La Dolce Vita in 1960. Since then, photographers who take pictures of celebrities without their knowledge are called paparazzi.
2. Princess Diana. This is a photo of Alison Jackson, who likes to take photos of celebrity doppelgängers. (Photo: Alison Jackson) At first, the targets of the paparazzi were mainly actresses, then politicians and their relatives and members of the British royal family.
3. Mick Jagger and Arnold Schwarzenegger leave a hotel in Antibes, France, 1990. (Photo: Jean Pigozzi). Photographs taken from hiding places, blurred, careless compositions, with sharp flashes - this is how one can characterize the style of the paparazzi, who, as a rule, use long lenses for filming, move in fast cars and wait for hours for their “victims” in front of their houses or favorite restaurants.
4. Pictured: the contents of Madonna's trash can, 1990. (Photo: Pascal Rostain et Bruno Mouron). 
5. George Bush trying to solve a Rubik's cube - this is one of the most famous photos of Alison Jackson, who likes to play with the image famous people. (Photo: Alison Jackson) 
6. Marlene Dietrich attacked a photographer who was trying to photograph her at the airport in Paris. But another paparazzi was luckier. (Photo: Daniel Angeli / BESTIMAGE). The impudence of the ubiquitous paparazzi, who take pictures despite protests, sometimes causes aggression among stars, often leading to assault.
7. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie get into a car in Paris. (Photo: Sébastien Valiela/Eyewitness). One thing is certain, the paparazzi deprive their “victims” of the right to immunity privacy. Many of them call it the price of fame and fame.
8. Paparazzi favorite - model Kate Moss after a fashion show in Paris, 1992. (Photo: Bruno Mouron). 
9. Robert Redford and Costa Gavras were besieged by paparazzi after leaving a restaurant, 1976. (Photo: Michel Guinies). 
10. “Antonia + taxi”, 1962. (Photo: William Klein dla Vogue). Drugs, infidelity, fights, nudity - yes, all this attracts the attention of the paparazzi, who make fortunes from scandalous and unusual photographs of stars. We remembered the famous shots that made the world horrified or surprised.
Britney Spears failures
In 2007, Britney, who went into isolation, pushed into the background all articles about the death of model Anna-Nicole Smith. A few days before this photo was taken, Britney tried to go to a clinic for the treatment of alcoholism, but, without spending a day in the hospital, she returned to Los Angeles, went to the Tarzana salon and demanded to cut her hair, and after refusing I took the clippers and shaved myself. Further, the testimony of different sources diverges: someone claims that Britney was calm and confident in what she was doing, and the portal tmz.com, for example, claimed that Britney was on the verge nervous breakdown. However, looking at this photo, we are inclined to believe in the second version.
A year earlier, paparazzi caught Britney almost dropping her eight-month-old son, Sean Preston. The boy was picked up by the singer's bodyguard. Then these shots spread across the tabloids, but the gossips still did not know what awaited them in a year...
The way Britney treated her young children gave many people pause. Here's another scandalous shot of Spears driving a car with a baby on her lap.
The last photo of Princess Diana
The paparazzi followed Lady Di last minutes her life. According to the main version, the cause of Diana’s death in a car accident was precisely the pursuit of photographers, from whom the driver was trying to break away. As we can see, the paparazzi’s desire to photograph Diana with her boyfriend Dodi al-Fayed was truly insane. In the controversial photo, bodyguard Trevor Rhys-Jones, the only survivor of the accident, tries to shield himself from the lens, while Diana tries to hide in the back seat.
Michael Jackson dangles his son from the balcony
While some celebrities are hiding from the paparazzi, others are happy to add wood to the fire. In 2002, Michael Jackson surprised even seasoned photographers by throwing his nine-month-old son, Prince Michael Jackson II, over the railing of a Berlin hotel balcony so that the crowd could get a closer look at the baby. At the same time, the artist held the child with one hand, holding the second scarf on the baby’s face.
Cheating on Kristen Stewart
On the set of the film “Snow White and the Huntsman” in 2012, Kristen Stewart had an accident. secret romance with married director Rupert Sandres, who, thanks to the efforts of the paparazzi, quickly became obvious. The footage, of course, instantly fell into the hands of Robert Pattinson, whom Kristen was then planning to marry. The deceived groom packed up his things and called off the engagement, despite the pleas and repentance of Stewart, whose personal life is still calm.
Duchess Catherine nude
In September 2012, nude photographs of the Duchess of Cambridge graced the cover of the French magazine Closer. By the way, the photo does not show anything criminal: crown prince William and his young wife Kate sunbathe all alone by the pool in a private chateau in the south of France. The Duchess took the liberty of taking off her swimsuit top and rubbing sunscreen on her husband's back. Despite the routine nature of the episode, the pictures caused a stir around the world, and the reigning Queen Elizabeth II expressed her embarrassment.
Madonna, Sting and Tupac Shakur at the same table
Nothing scandalous or provocative, but the shot is really rare! The stars, who have so little in common, met at a party and chatted while they were photographed by surprised photographers.
The last shots of Steve Jobs
Apple founder Steve Jobs died at 56 after long treatment for cancer. For almost a year after his tumor was discovered in 2003, Jobs refused surgery, trying to be treated with veganism, acupuncture, herbs and even hypnosis. The programmer later regretted his decision and nevertheless turned to surgeons, but Jobs’ condition was rapidly deteriorating... The latest photographs of Jobs, exhausted by the disease, shocked fans.
John Lennon gives an autograph to his killer
On December 8, 1980, Lennon was shot and killed in his front yard in New York by fan Mark Chapman. A few hours earlier, Champion asked the Beatle for an autograph when Lennon and Yoko Ono left the house to go to the studio. Among the fans waiting for the musician at the entrance was photographer Paul Goresh, who took the famous photo. Chapman then waited several hours for Lennon and Ono to return home and shot the musician.
Kate Moss uses cocaine
The cocaine scandal of 2005, when paparazzi caught Kate using it, would have cost the career of any other model, but not Moss: she again went to rehab and triumphantly returned to business two years later.