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''[[Modelland]]'' <ref>pronounced exactly how it looks</ref> is the first in a planned trilogy of [[Young Adult]] novels written by former supermodel and ''[[America's Next Top Model]]'' host [[Tyra Banks]].
Tookie De La Crème isn't what you would call a conventional beauty: Her forehead is big, her hair is ratty, her body is gawky, and her eyes are [[Mismatched Eyes|two different colors]]. So naturally, she didn't expect to be picked to attend Modelland, an exclusive school on top of the [[World Tree|world mountain]] where the magical Intoxibellas, women who are a cross between a modern day supermodel and a sorcerer, are trained. It's an opportunity that every other girl in the world would kill for, and somehow, she and three other awkward looking girls have ended up there.
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* [[Acronym and Abbreviation Overload]]: Dear ''Lord'', yes. It's rare to find a piece of setting-related terminology that ''isn't'' abbreviated in some cutesy manner.
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* [[Dystopia]]: One where supermodels have become living gods and everything revolves around the fashion and retail industries, no less.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: The staff of Modelland really don't like actresses. It's especially hilarious if you've ever watched ''Top Model,'' since Tyra frequently makes the girl go through acting challenges, and will mention how acting can be very important to a model, both helping with a modelling career, and giving a model opportunities once a model's very short shelf life is over.
** Also, Tookie keep referring to a being that has a hand for a head as "it" even after she/he is revealed to be human. And the LeGizzards seem to be [[
* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]]: Gowdee'an is Spanish; Très Jolie is French; BayJingle is Chinese; Metopia is probably California, or maybe the whole western United States coast, since Shivera is a cold area; TerraBossaNova is Brazil; Chakra is India; Striptown is Las Vegas; Palinian is Alaska; Kwaito is probably an African country; FiveHundred is the southern United States; Canne Del Abra sounds like a stereotypical view of the Middle Eastern countries; NorDenSee seems to be Norway, Sweden, and Denmark rolled into one; Cappuccina is Italy; Pyramidian is Egyptian; TooLip is Holland; Icylann is so obviously Iceland, it's not even funny; MiniPaul might be Japan; Texiococo is Mexico; Oktooberfest is Germany; Didgeridoo is Australia; AngelCity might be Los Angeles; Bou-Big-Tique might be New York; Kremlingrad is Russia.
* [[Eye Scream]]: Tookie's father impaled his eye on a sword during one of his shows when he was an acrobat.
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* [[Self-Insert Fic]]: Tyra has mentioned numerous times that people in the modeling industry have been critical of her large forehead, her ratty hair, her gawky body. She also admitted that part of the plot was inspired by her own career as a model.
* [[Serious Business]]: The entire world revolves around Intoxibellas and, in the case of girls, trying to become one. Tied into that is the collecting of SMIZEs, fake eyebrow-like artifacts (one of which is featured on the cover) that increase a girl's chances of being picked for Modelland by 91%.
* [[Theme Tune]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSDd_aQjm54 Ms. Banks has made one for Modelland.] Tweet proof [http://twitter.com/#!/tyrabanks/status/94569156598431744 here].
* [[Write What You Know]]: Out in full effect here.
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