Janice Dickinson

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Janice Doreen Dickinson (born February 15 1955)Her birthdate is sometimes stated as February 15, 17, or 28 in 1953, 1954, 1955, or 1962. Municipal records from Los Angeles California and Hollywood, Florida give the date as February 15. In Dickinson's autobiography No Lifeguard on Duty she wrote, "When I was just eighteen months old, in 1957, the family moved from Brooklyn to Florida." She also graduated from high school in 1973 [link], making 1955 her more likely year of birth. is the first proclaimed American supermodel, actor, author and an agent. She has also recently opened up her own modeling agency, the Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency.

Contents

1 Biography

1.1 Relationships and family life

2 Career

2.1 Early life and modeling career
2.2 Post-modeling career

3 Trivia
4 Quotes
5 Notes
6 External links

Biography

Relationships and family life

She has been divorced three times. Her former husbands are Ron Levy, Alan B. Gersten, and Simon Fields, by whom she has a son, Nathan Fields. She has a daughter, Savannah Dickinson, by former boyfriend producer Michael Birnbaum. A paternity test proved that the father was not Sylvester Stallone, as she had thought. In her books and in interviews, she has also discussed her numerous sexual relationships with male and female celebrities (see[link]). She has most recently been romantically linked with Saturday Night Live alum Jon Lovitz.

Career

Early life and modeling career

Janice Dickinson was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents Ray Dickinson (of Irish and Belarusian background) [link] and Jennie Pietrzykoski, who is of Polish parentage. [link] She moved with her parents to Hollywood, Florida in 1957.

After graduating from South Broward High School, she began modeling in New York and Europe. Standing 5'9.5", she has appeared on the covers of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Cosmopolitan and Playboy. She has also appeared in ads for Revlon and Clairol. She was the muse to so many designers and became face of Versace's perfume line. During her quick reign on top, she was the highest paid model on the block. While many models got $75 dollars a day in her time, she raked in $2,000 a day. She took modeling jobs only if she was paid top dollar. Dickinson has coined the title "supermodel."

Dickinson is upfront about her extensive plastic surgery. "Everything about me is fake," as the title of her book proclaims. The US book cover lists her numerous "enhancements."[link] Dickinson also talks about the physical and sexual abuse she and her sister, Alexis, suffered at the hands of her late father, when she was young.

In early June 2006, Janice appeared on The Tyra Banks Show, along with an acclaimed psychotherapist to discuss the abuse that she saw in her early life. She urged people to speak out if they were experiencing abuse or knew someone who was experiencing it.

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Post-modeling career

Dickinson served as a judge on the reality TV series America's Next Top Model during the first four seasons. After quitting (or possibly being fired) in the spring of 2005, she was replaced by Twiggy. She appeared in the fifth season as the photographer for one episode's photoshoot (with the theme of the photoshoot being plastic surgery) and three times during the sixth season (giving proper interview, posing tips, and posing with Eva). Dickinson has expressed disapproval for the winners of America's Next Top Model, saying that they do not have enough potential to be successful.

In 2005, Dickinson starred in the fifth season of The Surreal Life. Dickinson's actions during the show cast her in a negative light in some people's eyes, with her erratic, volatile behavior and a recurring feud with Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth of The Apprentice fame. On one episode, she held a real knife close to Omarosa, causing the others, especially Omarosa, to become uncomfortable. While referring to Omarosa, Dickinson claimed to have seen "the scars of current American society." Omarosa herself brought up allegations that Dickinson was an alcoholic and a crack addict. Dickinson admitted to past drug addiction and alcohol abuse in her autobiography, although there was no evidence indicating she engaged in substance abuse on the show other than her bizarre behavior.

Dickinson's current ventures include starting her own Hollywood-themed restaurant known as "The Couture Cafeteria." She has also started her own modeling agency and is starring in the reality TV show detailing the opening, The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency. The series debuted on June 6, 2006.

Trivia

She has appeared on 37 covers of Vogue.

Quotes

"I`ve got one word for people who don`t want to work with me--get out!"

"The only thing real about me is... now that I get to thinking about it--everything is fake!"

"DON'T TOUCH! It's Dolce Gabbana. It's Dolce..."

Notes

External links

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