Claudia Jordan

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Claudia Jordan
Beauty pageant titleholder
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Claudia Jordan attending her 35th Birthday Party at Club Boulevard 3, Hollywood, California on April 13, 2008.
Born (1973-04-12) April 12, 1973 (age 40)
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Hair color Brown
Eye color Brown
Title(s) Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1990
Miss Rhode Island USA 1997
Major
competition(s)		 Miss Teen USA 1990
Miss USA 1997 (Semi–finalist)

Claudia Jordan (born April 12, 1973) is an American television and radio personality. She is primarily known for appearing as a model on the U.S. version of Deal or No Deal, and for competing on Seasons 2 and 6 of Celebrity Apprentice.

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Personal life [edit]

Jordan was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to an Italian mother and an African-American father. Claudia's parents met when her father was in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Brindisi, Italy.

Career [edit]

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Jordan held the Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1990 title and represented Rhode Island at the Miss Teen USA 1990 pageant. In 1997, she won the Miss Rhode Island USA title, becoming the second African-American woman ever to hold that title. She competed at Miss USA 1997 where she placed in the top 10.

She has worked at the Providence American newspaper and at the Boston television station WHDH-TV. She has appeared in television commercials for Coors Light, Sears, Pepsi and Visa. She appeared as a contestant on Dog Eat Dog and in Joe's music video for "I Wanna Know".

She was primarily known as a former Barker's Beauty on CBS's game show The Price Is Right from 2001 to 2003, before her breakout role as a model on the U.S. version of Deal or No Deal, where she held case number 1.

Jordan appeared on the second season of Celebrity Apprentice.[1] In the series, celebrities raise money for a charity of their choice; Jordan selected the NAPSAC Foundation as her charity.[2] She was "fired" by Donald Trump on the episode of Celebrity Apprentice that first aired March 22, 2009. She was later selected to compete on the All-Star version of Celebrity Apprentice, being "fired" in the fourth episode of the show.

She co-hosted the Miss Universe 2009 pageant from the Bahamas alongside Billy Bush. She also played the thief in the Fabolous music video "Throw It In the Bag".

Jordan hosted her own weekly show on Sirius/XM Radio on The Foxxhole, called "The Claudia Jordan Show."

Jordan is currently a co-host on "Reach Around Radio" with TDP, Comedian Speedy, Comedian RT and The Poetess. The show also features DJ Always.

Jordan will be a co-host on Tameka Cottle's upcoming late night talk show Tiny's Tonight alongside Tamar Braxton and rapper Trina. The show is schedule to premiere in December 2012 on VH1. It will be the first ever talk show on the network.

Filmography [edit]

TV Work [edit]

Genuine: "Only When Youre Lonely" Video

References [edit]

  1. ^ Trump Rounds Up Celebs for New Season of the Apprentice NY Times, January 8, 2009
  2. ^ NBC Celebrity Apprentice 2 Press Release

External links [edit]

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Preceded by
Deb Hodges		 Miss Rhode Island Teen USA
1990		 Succeeded by
Gina Tognoni
Preceded by
Jerry Springer and Melanie Brown		 Hosts of Miss Universe with Billy Bush
2009		 Succeeded by
Bret Michaels and Natalie Morales
Current
Past
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