Janice Doreen Dickinson (born 15 february 1955) is an American supermodel ^[1][2] fashion photographer, actress, author and agent. She has recently opened her own modeling agency, The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, after judging for four cycles on America's Next Top Model. is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... For the RuPaul song, see Supermodel (You Better Work). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Photographer. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... For other uses, see Author (disambiguation). ... A talent agent is a person who finds jobs for actors, musicians, models, and other people in various entertainment businesses. ... A modeling agency is a company that represent fashion models, to work for the fashion industry. ... The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency is a reality television series that debuted on Oxygen on June 6, 2006. ... ANTM redirects here. ...

World's First Supermodel?

Dickinson is the self-proclaimed first supermodel. In E! Network's E! True Hollywood Story, she described how she coined the term "Supermodel". Her manager, concerned that at the peak of her modeling career she was doing too much work, told her, "You are not superman." Dickinson replied, "I am not superman, I am a supermodel." For the RuPaul song, see Supermodel (You Better Work). ... E!: Entertainment Television is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite network. ... E! True Hollywood Story is a TV documentary series on the E! Entertainment Television cable and DBS channel that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and well-known public figures. ...

Dickinson's claim as being the first supermodel, however, is disputed. Dorian Leigh is widely recognized as being a supermodel,^[3][4] and her career began and ended before Dickinson was born. Lisa Fonssagrives is considered by most in the fashion industry as the world's first supermodel. In 1968, an article in Glamour described Twiggy, Cheryl Tiegs, Wilhelmina, Veruschka, Jean Shrimpton and fifteen other top models as "supermodels."^[5] Dorian Leigh, born Dorian Leigh Parker, was perhaps the first model to receive substantial name recognition. ... Lisa Fonssagrives as photographed by Edgar de Evia in his home in the Rhinelander Mansion Lisa Fonssagrives (May 17, 1911 – February 4, 1992), born Lisa Anderson in Sweden, was a supermodel, dancer, fashion designer, photographer and sculptor. ... Glamour is a womens magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. ... This article is about the English supermodel. ... Her second appearance on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, in 1975 Cheryl Tiegs (born September 25, 1947 at Breckenridge, Minnesota) became one of Americas top fashion models in the late 1960s and maintained this role into the late 80s. ... Wilhelmina Cooper was a supermodel who founded the famous Wilhelmina Modeling Agency of New York City. ... Vera von Lehndorff (born May 14, 1939 in Königsberg, East Prussia now known as Kaliningrad, Russia) is a German supermodel, actress, and artist popular during the 1960s. ... Jean Shrimpton (born 7 November 1942 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire) is a former English Supermodel (before the term was used) and actress, who graduated from Lucie Claytons modelling school at the age of 17 in 1960. ...

However, Janice was one of the first models to break down racial barriers and represent a more exotic looking model. When first starting out in the business, Eileen Ford refused to sign her because of her lips, saying "With that mouth, she will never work". According to author Stephen Fried Thing Of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia, off to Paris she went where she charmed the french photographers and her career took off. Returning to the USA she stood out amidst all of the blondes in the business, and recieved every cover of Vogue that existed at that time, but never the American edition...an obvious insult that she took in stride to the point of calling editor Polly Mellon and offered to perform oral sex on then publisher of Conde Nast: Alexander Lieberman, if it would land her the cover. Eileen and Jerry Ford Eileen Ford (born March 25, 1922) is a model agency executive and co-founder, in 1946 with her husband Gerard Jerry Ford, of Ford Models one of the earliest and internationally best known modelling agencies in the world. ... As a noun, vogue suggests transient impermanent fashionability; hence phrases such as vogue word. ...

Television

Dickinson reemerged to the forefront with her four-cycle stint as a judge on the reality series America's Next Top Model and her subsequent reality show and modeling agency The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency. ANTM redirects here. ... The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency is a reality television series that debuted on Oxygen on June 6, 2006. ...

In 2005, Dickinson was a regular on The Surreal Life for its fifth season. On the show, she was constantly fighting with fellow castmate Omarosa. In recent interviews, it appears that Dickinson regrets doing this show, and she would rather it be forgotten. The Surreal Life is a reality television series that sets a select group of out-of-the-spotlight celebrities and films them as they live together in a mansion in the Hollywood Hills for two weeks. ...

Dickinson appeared with British model Abigail Clancey in Abbey & Janice: Beauty & The Best, a reality series detailing Clancey's attempt to break into the American modeling market. The show debuted in England on May 14, 2007 and premiered in the United States on the Oxygen television network on February 19, 2008. May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Oxygen is an American cable television channel. ... [[Media:Italic text]]{| style=float:right; |- | |- | |} is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ...

In November 2007, Dickinson became one of the celebrities taking part in the UK reality TV show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!. She was in team Snake Rock before the two teams of celebrities joined together. Dickinson competed in the first 'Bushtucker trial', but lost because of her phobia of eels. Im a Celebrity. ... For other uses, see Eel (disambiguation). ...

She was then selected to do a live bushtucker trial, in which she was joined by fellow contestant Christopher Biggins. She now holds the title for the UK show of being the contestant who has had to do the most trials in any series, due to the public voting her in for every Bushtucker Trial she had been eligible for. Christopher Biggins (born 16 December 1948 in Oldham, Lancashire) is an English television presenter, pantomime actor and the fifth male winner of Im a Celebrity. ...

In the finale of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! it was announced that Dickinson had gained second place in the competition, with Christopher Biggins coming first. During the show she became known for saying "Aw Man!". Im a Celebrity. ...

She was a special guest in one episode of Charmed where Paige disguised herself as Janice Dickinson. For other uses, see Charm. ...

Personal life

Dickinson has been married three times. Her former husbands are Ron Levy, Alan B. Gersten, and Simon Fields, by whom she has a son, Nathan Fields (born May 5, 1987). She has a daughter, Savannah Dickinson (born February 23, 1994), by former boyfriend, Michael Birnbaum. A paternity test proved that the biological father was not Sylvester Stallone, as she had thought, but Birnbaum. In her books and in interviews, she has also discussed her numerous sexual relationships with male and female celebrities.^[6] Nathan Fields is an American actor. ... is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... A parental test is conducted to establish whether a person is the biological parent of another person. ... Sylvester Stallone (born Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone on July 6, 1946) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. ...

Her past lovers include Warren Beatty, Sylvester Stallone, Jack Nicholson,^[7] Liam Neeson,^[7], Sir Mick Jagger^[7] Dolph Lundgren, Grace Jones, Kelly LeBrock, and Bruce Willis.^[8] In an interview on The Howard Stern Show in 2007, Dickinson claimed to have had sex with over 1,000 men.^[9] In one of Janice Dickinson's books, it said that Janice's father used to molest her older sister. Henry Warren Beatty (born March 30, 1937), better known as Warren Beatty, is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director. ... Sylvester Stallone (born Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone on July 6, 1946) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. ... John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937), known as Jack Nicholson, is a three time Academy Award-winning American actor internationally renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic characters. ... William John Liam Neeson OBE (born June 7, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated Irish actor. ... Sir Michael Philip Mick Jagger (born July 26, 1943 in Dartford, Kent) is a British rock musician, actor, writer, composer, record and film producer and businessman. ... Dolph Lundgren (born Hans Lundgren, November 3, 1957[1]) is a Swedish actor, director and karateka. ... Grace Jones (born Grace Mendoza on May 19, 1948, in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a model, singer and actress. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is a Golden Globe- and double Emmy-winning German-born American actor and singer. ... This article is about the radio show hosted by Howard Stern. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Age

Dickinson's date of birth is variously stated as February 15, 17, or 28 in 1951, 1952, 1954, or 1960. Municipal records from Los Angeles California, Hollywood, and 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 in 1973 from South Broward High School, making 1955 her more likely year of birth. is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the first episode of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! on November 12, 2007, Dickinson stated her age as 53. This roughly corresponds with the 1955 date of birth given in this article (assuming Dickinson is rounding up). 1954 would be more accurate, but her age at time of high school graduation is as yet unknown. Im a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! is a UK reality television show in which celebrities live in jungle conditions with few creature comforts. ... is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

References

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External links

• Janice Dickinson's UK website
• Janice Dickinson's profile in the FMD-database
• Janice Dickinson On I'm A Celebrity
• Janice Dickinson Talks Trash About Celebs
• Janice Dickinson at the Internet Movie Database
• NNDB record on Janice
• Janice Dickinson's community on LJ
• Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency at MySpace
• Janice Dickinson interview
• AOL Books interview on the book Check, Please: Dating, Mating, and Extricating (2006)
• Janice Dickinson's Blog