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Her name is Gabrielle, but mostly she is called Gabby or Gab. She possesses a look that conveys both athleticism and feminine beauty. She is 27, 6'3", and a Nike spokesperson for women's athletics. A professional athlete (Women's Beach Volleyball Leagues 4-Woman Tour), Gab's face can be seen on the cover of Outside, Shape, Elle, Fitness, Volleyball, Self, Men's Fitness, Harper's Bazaar, and Vogue, as well as other magazines. Big Girl In The Middle, her first book, co-authored with Karen Karbo, explores her life as a professional athlete and beyond. From 1994 to 1995, Gabby was a contributing editor at Elle magazine, writing her own sports and fitness column. In the fall of 1997, she will begin writing a column for Conde Nast Sports for Women. On television, Gabby won a huge number of fans by taking risks while road-luging, white-water kayaking, drag racing, and much more on MTV Sports (1993-1996), and The Extremists(1995-1996).
A Florida State star turned pro, Gabby is now in her fifth season as a team captain, and her fourth captaining Team Nike in the W.B.V.L. Gabby's peers voted her Offensive Player of the year in 1995 and 1994, and Most Improved Player in 1994. She was only a sophomore at Florida State University when Elle named her one of the five most beautiful women in the world in 1989, the same year her coach said that "Gabby likes to hit the ball hard and put it back in somebody's face." The lure of the smash is still with her: in 1992 she was named MVP of the 4-Woman Volleyball Tour, in 1993, League blocks leader, and, in 1997, she's the League kills leader for the fourth consecutive year. "I enjoy getting the ball to go exactly where I want it, at the speed I want it to go." says Gab.
She was born in California to a mother from Long Island and a father from Trinidad, who died when she was five years old. Her trademark piece of jewelry (copied from a tattoo inside her right ankle) is a stylized silver cross like the one he wore on the day he was killed in an airplane crash. Raised on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands, Gabby didn't take up volleyball until she was sent to high school in St. Petersburg, Florida. She won an athletic scholarship to Florida State, where she majored in Communications (Media Performance) and played two seasons of volleyball before accepting any offers from the modeling world. In January 1989, she took off to model in New York. In August she was back at Florida State for the volleyball season. As a junior, she was named the nation's Most Inspiring Collegiate Athlete by the Dodge National Athletic Awards Committee, and All-Metro and All-South Region at FSU.
In its first television spot with Gabby, Nike introduced her as the "female Bo Jackson" in a tongue-in-cheek commercial that poked fun at the differences between being a model and an athlete. In the ad, directed by David Fincher, she offers modeling tips while striking poses on a bed. Each tip is contrasted with sweaty, grueling athletic footage. "The Nike girl is me, just a bit extreme" says Gabby, who strongly believes that being athletic is not unfeminine. She is also Nike's first ever female athlete to help design a shoe: the Air Trainer set was launched in 1994, the Air Patrol in 1995, and the Air GR will be launched in the Fall of 1997.
- Sales Rank: #335240 in Books
- Published on: 1997-07-01
- Released on: 1997-07-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.75" h x 6.50" w x 1.00" l,
- Binding: Hardcover
- 256 pages
Amazon.com Review
An odd hybrid of a book, Big Girl in the Middle is part model/volleyball player Gabrielle Reece's autobiography and part third-person chronicle of the misadventures of Team Nike across the 1996 professional beach volleyball circuit, for which Reece captained and played middle blocker. At 6'3" and 170 pounds, Reece cuts an imposing figure, as commanding on a magazine or book cover as she is on the court. She has a unique perspective on both of the public arenas in which she's played: as a top-flight athlete and accepted beauty, she smashes several stereotypes; how she's coped with those stereotypes, successfully spiking most of them, makes Reece an admirable role model. Her observations in this area serve up Big Girl's best attributes.
From Library Journal
The newly established Olympic sport of beach volleyball has an image problem. Although every bit as fierce a game as its indoor version, it is still associated with suntanning and bikini culture. In alternating chapters, athlete, model, and 6'3" "babe for a living" Reece and coauthor Karbo (Trespassers Welcome Here, Putnam, 1989) discuss the balance Reece seeks between aggression and emotion, beauty and brains, masculinity and femininity. Shuffled about as a child, she developed a strong, brash, independent personality ideally suited for the self-promotion needed for both modeling and pitching for a developing sport. Only 26, she finds her greatest rewards in the challenges of volleyball. Her story is an inspiration to tall girls and young female athletes, who may fear looking, sounding, and acting big and strong. Recommended for public libraries. (Photos not seen..
-?Kathryn Ruffle, Coll. of New Caledonia Lib., Prince George,
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
Reece sounds crisp and to the point.... Of special value is her analysis of volleyball and the still evolving role of women in professional sports. -- The New York Times Book Review, Carolyn T. Hughes
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
Inspirational for Girls that dont fit in, I guess
By seigrist@istethmar.com.hk
This book I think could definitely serve as inspiration for tall, athletic girls. I bought the book for the girl I'm dating, thinking it might give her some more confidence (she's tall and pretty as well, and is confident in some things). I just ended up reading the book before giving to her, and although the way it is presented is a little in-your-face, I think it could serve as inspiration for women who want to have some confidence in themselves, especially those that came from broken or dysfunctional families.
One great thing about the book is it is full of one-liner philosophy that really hits the mark. These one liners are great because they make you laugh, but at the same time make you think. Quite brilliant in this respect.
It's also sort of interesting, and a fast read, although the writing style is very "glam" in a way... sometimes it seemed as if I was just reading a really long Vogue article about Gabby Reece! Also at times, I felt Karen Karbo tended to fawn a bit too much over Gabby. I actually preferred the sections that Gabby Reece wrote... they were more personal and down to earth.
Oh... and if Gabby Reece reads this review... send me an email! Will you autograph my book?? Just kidding... decent book!
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Big girl
By Nathan Hall
How would you feel if you were torn between two careers; modeling, and volleyball? That's what Gabrielle Reece encountered in her journey through life. This book, written by Gabrielle herself, was to tell the story of an extremely tall girl growing up mocked and taunted. I believe that this book is important for all vertically enhanced women.
"Big Girl in the Middle" is basically about a girl named Gabrielle that grows up not knowing she is any different than anyone else, and is hit in the face with the fact of her abnormal height at the age of fourteen when she realized she was 5' 11". She does a few modeling contracts but likes playing volleyball for a living a little more enjoyable. She is on Team Nike and throughout her careers does horrible, many times not even winning one game out of tournament. This book is non-relational for many people of average height, and can be difficult to understand the stress she endured her entire life.
I thought the book had its good moments but overall lacked the excitement that I feel it needed. I did like the moments in which the volleyball game was actually occurring and thought it was very descriptive and easy to visualize. The majority of the book was about her everyday life on the off seasons and her booming modeling career that she didn't want to pursue. If I could change this book I would change the random descriptions of her everyday life style. Overall, this book was a little boring and it annoyed me that she didn't take up modeling.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Big Girl - Little Book
By Sara Huffman
I thought Big Girl in the Middle would be a wonderful book to read. It's about a girl who is a professional volleyball player, and I really love volleyball. But when I began to read it, "Boy was I wrong!" I hate books that try to make you feel sorry for people and it seemed like that's all this book was doing. It was quite depressing, and I dreaded the thought of having to pick it up again each day to read another chapter. I like to read about some obstacles people have to overcome to achieve their goals, but this was a little extreme. It seems as though nothing good ever happened to Gabrielle Reece in her life, and when something finally did, it was taken away from her. Life is not easy (we all know that), so why make it worse for other people by writing about it?
I also thought the book was difficult to follow. One minute they'd be taken talking about her childhood and the next thing you know they were in the middle of one of her games. She didn't always give her ages; she would just say that she did things after this and this. I also never really knew when or where they were talking. For example, I never knew if the conversations happened at her home, on the phone, on at the beach. It was just really tough to follow.
The only good thing about the book is Gabrielle Reece. She is what every girl, at some point in her life, wants to be! She's been a model as well as a professional athlete. Most girls want to be idolized for their looks and /or praised for their athletic ability. Gabrielle Reece is both. She is a role model for many women around the globe.
I would not recommend this book for those who are looking for a laugh, or an exciting or interesting story. I don't think it's a really good book at all. There was absolutely no humor in it. It was depressing and hard to follow. I wouldn't want to read it again!
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