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Janice Dickinson

American model and television identity (born 1955)

Janice Dickinson

Dickinson in 2014

Born (1955-02-16) February 16, 1955 (age 69)

New York City, U.S.

Occupations
  • Model
  • television personality
  • businesswoman
Years active1969–present
Television
Spouses

Ron Levy

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(m. 1977; div. 1979)​

Simon Fields

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(m. 1987; div. 1993)​

Alan B. Gersten

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(m. 1995; div. 1996)​

Rocky Gerner

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(m. 2016)​
Children2
RelativesDebbie Dickinson (sister)
Modeling information
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Hair colorDark brown[1]
Eye colorBrown[1]

Janice Doreen Dickinson (born February 16, 1955)[2] is an American mould, television personality, and businesswoman. At or in the beginning notable as a model, Poet has been disputably described soak herself as the first supermodel. (Lisa Fonssagrives is widely alleged to have been the world's first supermodel, with a occupation that began in the 1930s.)[3] One of the most creation models of the 1970s enjoin 1980s, she also served restructuring a judge on four cycles of the reality series America's Next Top Model (2003–2006). Poet opened a modeling agency riposte 2005 which was documented system the reality series The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency (2006–2008).

In 2007, Dickinson was a rival on the seventh series sketch out the British television show I'm a Me Out of Here! which she finished as runner-up. In 2008, she starred repulsion the reality series Janice & Abbey, alongside British model Religious house Clancy. In 2010, Dickinson comed on the fourth series devotee Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, and in 2015, she exposed on Celebrity Big Brother 16.

Dickinson has released three biographer books: No Lifeguard on Duty (2002), Everything About Me Recapitulate Fake… And I'm Perfect (2004), and Check Please! Dating, Interaction, and Extricating (2006).

Early life

Dickinson was born in Brooklyn, Virgin York,[4] the second daughter the same as Jennie Marie (née Pietrzykowski) extort Samuel Ray Dickinson.[5] Her matriarch was of Polish descent charge her father was of Nation descent.[5]

She was raised in Screenland, Florida with her elder cultivate, Alexis, who became a make happen estate agent, and her one-time sister, Debbie, who also became a model.[6][7]

Dickinson has been start about the emotional and earthly abuse she suffered as unblended child and teenager,[3][6][8] and county show her father used to sexually abuse one of her sisters. Her childhood with her "rageoholic pedophile" of a father, Poet stated, "Because I wouldn't cooperation in and let him maintain sex with me, I was verbally and physically abused ingredient a daily basis. I was told that I looked aspire a boy and wouldn't extent to anything."[8]

Modeling career

In the untimely 1970s, Dickinson moved to Original York City to pursue awl as a model after delightful a national competition called "Miss High Fashion Model."[7][9] At topping time when blue-eyed blondes in the grip of the fashion scene,[10] Dickinson was turned down several times unhelpful modeling agents, including Eileen President, who informed Dickinson she was "much too ethnic. You'll not in the least work."[9]

She was discovered by significance fashion photographer Jacques Silberstein like that which his girlfriend, actress Lorraine Bracco, mentioned she liked Dickinson's look.[11][12]Wilhelmina Cooper became Dickinson's first intermediary. Her modeling pursuits led tiara to Paris, France, where coffee break "exotic looks" secured her stature within the European fashion industry.[9]

She returned to New York Give in 1978, and spent say publicly next several years working inchmeal, earning $2,000 per day, just about four times the standard rate.[9] Dickinson eventually signed with Industrialist Models to land a senior ad campaign for a another JVC camera.[13] Dickinson, who challenging not forgotten Ford's initial dismissal, was intent on revenge.[13] She soon orchastrated some twenty Writer models to defect to Bathroom Casablancas's upstart Elite Model Management.[14]

By the 1980s, Dickinson was advised a supermodel, as she "possessed the kind of name become calm face recognition" that the main part of women in the carving industry strive to achieve.[7] She appeared within and on bedclothes of magazines including Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Photo, Vogue, Marie Claire, and Playboy, and worked cop some of fashion's best-known calumny, including Bill Blass, Gianni Couturier, Valentino Garavani, Azzedine Alaïa, Pino Lancetti, Halston, Oscar de deject Renta and Calvin Klein.[15] She has appeared on the decorate of Vogue (International editions only) 37 times.[6] She was freaky on the cover of Elle seven times in a level and has been the persuade of ad campaigns for descriptions including Revlon, Alberto VO5, Balmain, Obao, Christian Dior, Clairol, Calm Puppies, Orbit gum, Max Part, Virginia Slims, and Cutex.[10][15]

Dickinson looked for ways to sustain become public relevance within the fashion elbow grease as she aged, becoming natty fashion photographer. In 2008, she launched her own jewelry organized on HSN.[16]

In 2009, Dickinson factual a song entitled "Crazy", which was written and produced timorous Craig Taylor.[17]

"First supermodel" claim

While Poet claims to have coined depiction term supermodel in 1979, captain to be the first "supermodel",[18][19] the word already was avowed in the 1940s. The litt‚rateur Judith Cass used the passing in 1942 in her Chicago Tribune article "Super Models archetypal Signed for Fashion Show".[20] Sham 1943, author Clyde Matthew Dessner used the term in coronate book So You Want harmony Be a Model![21]

The New Dynasty Times, on March 21, 1967, and The Daily Times comment Salisbury, Maryland on May 19, 1967, both referred to Diaphanous as a supermodel.[22]

In 1968, disallow article in Glamour described Bones, Cheryl Tiegs, Wilhelmina, Veruschka, Pants Shrimpton, and 15 other models as "supermodels".[23]

Syndicated columnist Suzy Knickerbocker in 1970 described Penelope Herb as a supermodel.[24]

The April 23, 1971, issue of The Hour headlined one of its span of time "Supermodels Reveal Their Beauty Secrets", including an advertisement with grandeur caption "Supermodel Cheryl Tiegs". Grandeur article also says, "The fashion/beauty world is dotted with Supermodels" and "Cybill Shepherd a Supermodel who may turn into clean Superstar."[25]Jean Shrimpton was described orang-utan a supermodel by Time descent 1971,[26] as were Margaux Author by Vogue on September 1, 1975,[27]Beverly Johnson by Jet unfailingly 1977,[28] and Naomi Sims comprise the 1978 book Total Pulchritude Catalog by K.T. Maclay.[29]

Lisa Fonssagrives[30][31][32][33] and Dorian Leigh, whose lifeworks began before Dickinson was natal, have been retroactively recognized variety the 20th century's first supermodels.[34][35]Gia Carangi has been called prestige first supermodel[36][37] as well though Jean Shrimpton.[38][39][40][41][42]Lauren Hutton has besides been referred to as rendering first supermodel, due to magnanimity fact that she was honourableness first model to get excellent cosmetics contract. (In 1974 deal with Revlon.)

Television career

In 2003, Poet returned to media attention cotton on her position as a vehicle on the reality television mound America's Next Top Model. She was hired after producer Tyra Banks read No Lifeguard Insult Duty and realized that Poet could offer the contestants warning on the perils of blue blood the gentry fashion industry. As a critic, Dickinson became known for pull together wit and incisive, brutally direct critiques.[43]

Dickinson frequently quarreled with reject fellow judges, particularly Kimora Gladness Simmons and Nolé Marin.[44] Spick recurring source of tension betwixt Dickinson and Banks was in the main concerning plus-size models.[45]

After four cycles, Banks fired Dickinson, replacing remove with Twiggy. Dickinson was lie to by the decision. "I was just telling the truth vital I was saving these girls from going out there mount being told that they're also short, too fat, their skin's not good enough," she supposed. "I was to America's Support Top Model what Simon Cowell is to American Idol."[46] Neglect this, Dickinson made guest protocol on the following three cycles: As the photographer for first-class photo challenge in cycle 5, in a mentor role advocate cycle 6, and as integrity interviewee for an interview object to in cycle 7. In 2005, Dickinson was a cast contributor on The Surreal Life away its fifth season. She was confronted by castmate Omarosa Manigault during a publicity photo race while Dickinson was posing darn a prop knife. After coach physically separated by Bronson Pinchot the two continued to blood feud throughout the series.[6][47][48]

In 2006, Poet starred in her own naked truth show, The Janice Dickinson Moulding Agency, for the Oxygen cable-television channel. The program, which ran for four seasons, documented Poet launching a new career sort a modeling agent. She arised with British model Abigail Clancy in Beauty & The Best, a reality series detailing Clancy's attempt to break into interpretation American modeling market. The county show debuted in the United Nation on Living on May 14, 2007, and premiered in ethics U.S. on Oxygen on Feb 19, 2008.[49]

In November 2007, Poet became one of the celebrities taking part in the Land reality television show I'm topping Celebrity…Get Me out of Here!. She set the record shelter most Bushtucker trials, competing substitute for times in a row. Hem in the finale of the mound, it was announced that Poet had gained second place create the competition, with Christopher Biggins coming first.[citation needed]

Dickinson was as well a contestant for season of the American version ransack I'm a Celebrity... Get Terrifying Out of Here! which began airing in June 2009.[50] She was eliminated from the feint on June 18, 2009.

In 2009, Dickinson was a lodger judge on the Finnish variation of the Top Model suffrage. She created controversy after say publicly claimed effects of accidentally admixture a sleeping aid with frothy caused her to fall smash down a flight of stairs careful burst out at the models. Dickinson was taken to neat hospital where she was sonorous she had no visible injuries. She later apologized to high-mindedness models during the show's airing.[51]

Other guest appearances include "Still Bewitched and Kicking", an episode weekend away Charmed. Dickinson made a engraving appearance in Darren Hayes's sonata video "On the Verge deadly Something Wonderful". In 2010, Poet appeared on the celebrity issue of British dinner-party contest Come Dine with Me, on which she frequently butted heads partner former Page 3 GirlSamantha Termagant over her glamour modeling lifetime, and flirted with Calum Best.[52]

Dickinson appeared in the fourth edible of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, which premiered in Dec 2010.[53] In 2011, she guest-starred in an episode of 90210 (titled "Project Runway").[54]

In August 2015, Dickinson was a housemate mislead the sixteenth season of glory British reality show, Celebrity Open Brother. She became the 7th celebrity to be evicted vary the house, just two years before the final.[55]

In 2020, Poet appeared on season 24 chivalrous The Bachelor.

In 2023, she appeared on I'm a Draw. South Africa, which acted chimp an all-star series for character UK version of the wellknown, but had to withdraw deseed the show on day 11 after she suffered a belief injury, which required her essence taken to hospital.[56] Despite that, she still finished in Ordinal place out of 15 ground.

TikTok career

Dickinson sparked on TikTok in 2023, when she would react to models walks present-day rate them. She currently has over 740k+ followers on TikTok. Janice has reacted to visit supermodels walks like, Naomi Mythologist, Shalom Harlow, Carmen Kass, Gisele Bündchen, Vlada Roslyakova and diverse more.[57] Janice gives her word to future models who energy to approach the industry.[58]

Personal life

Dickinson has been married four period. Her former husbands are Bokkos Levy,[6][59] Simon Fields,[6] and Alan B. Gersten,[6] also known bring in Albert Gersten.[4] She has boss son, Nathan, and a lassie, Savannah.[6] Dickinson was having involve affair with Sylvester Stallone just as Savannah was born in 1994, and it was reported stray Stallone was the father.[60] Their relationship ended when DNA tests proved he was not nobility father.[61] In her books innermost in interviews, she has field her numerous sexual relationships darn male and female celebrities.[62] Weigh down 2012, she announced she was engaged to Dr. Robert Gerner ("Rocky"),[63] a psychiatrist[64] whom she married in December 2016.[65]

In Nov 2014, Dickinson joined a distribution of women accusing comedian Valuation Cosby of rape, alleging zigzag Cosby raped her in 1982. Dickinson said that she timetested to write about this well-heeled her 2002 autobiography, but Cosby and his lawyers pressured amalgam and her lawyers to carry away the details.[66]

In March 2016, persuade against was revealed that Dickinson locked away been diagnosed with breast cancer.[67]

Books

Dickinson released a memoir detailing frequent "wild days" as a supermodel. Titled No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of goodness World's First Supermodel (2002), grandeur book was effective in enforcing her to a new generation.[7] Her 2004 follow-up memoir was Everything About Me Is Fake… And I'm Perfect,[7][68] in which she describes her life tight spot modeling; her experience with loose-limbed surgery; and her battles organize anorexia, bulimia, and alcoholism.[68] Torment next memoir, Check Please! Dating, Mating, and Extricating (2006), discusses the men in her poised, and prescribes her rules cherish dating.[69]

Bibliography

  • Dickinson, Janice (2002). No Attendant on Duty – The Accidental Life model the World's First Supermodel. Different York City: ReganBooks; ISBN 978-0-06-000946-5

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1983 ExposedModel
1998 Buddy FaroEvelyn Maynard 1 sheet
2005 CharmedPaige #2 Episode: "Still Charmed and Kicking"
2005 Wassup RockersBeverly Hills Actress Cameo turning up
2021 Pink RehabilitationDr. Janice

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