The Woman Who Fooled the World, 9781761381638
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She faked cancer, became famous. What happened next?
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The Woman Who Fooled the World

the true story of fake wellness guru belle gibson

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    4 February 2025

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Summary

The Wellness Fraud: The True Story of Belle Gibson

Entrepreneur. Inspiration. Guru. Australian wellness influencer Belle Gibson shot to fame after she convinced the world she had cured her terminal brain cancer with just a healthy diet. But there was one problem—she lied—she’d never had cancer.

Gibson, a high school dropout and teenage mother, built a global business in less than eighteen months that vaulted her to fame and fortune. She had 200,000 Instagram followers from M…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781761381638
ISBN-10:1761381636
Author:Beau Donelly, Nick Toscano
Publisher:Scribe Publications
Imprint:Scribe Publications
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:4 February 2025
Weight:254g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm x 21mm
About The Author

Beau Donelly

Beau Donelly is a multi-award-winning journalist who covered social affairs for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. His news-breaking and investigative skills have been recognised by the United Nations and the Melbourne Press Club. Donelly has been awarded for an expose on illegal brothels, coverage of clergy sex-abuse trials, and reporting on disability issues. He has also been a finalist for Australian journalism’s highest honour, the Walkley Award. Donelly has a Bachelor of Journalism from Monash University, and is based in Europe.

Nick Toscano is a multi-award-winning journalist based in Melbourne, who specialises in federal politics, business workplace relations, and the labour movement for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. He has been awarded the the Grant Hattam Quill for Investigative Journalism, and has twice received the highest honour in Australian journalism, the Walkley Award, for exposing the country’s biggest-ever underpayment scandal. Toscano has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne and a Masters in Journalism from RMIT.

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