Janice Dickinson
Janice Doreen Dickinson (born February 17, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York), is a former supermodel of Polish and Belarusian descent who started modeling at the age of 14. At 5'10", she has appeared on the covers of Vogue, ELLE, Harper's Bazaar Swimsuit Issue, Cosmopolitan and Playboy. She has also appeared in ads for Revlon, Max Factor and Clairol. Dickinson is the author of three books, including No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel, Everything About Me Is Fake... And I'm Perfect and Check, Please! : Dating, Mating, and Extricating. Besides writing and modeling, she is a photographer and a mother of two, Nathan and Savannah. She has been divorced 3 times. Her former husbands are Ron Levy, Alan B. Gersten, and Simon Fields.
Dickinson claims to have coined the title "supermodel" and therefore proclaims herself to be the world's first supermodel (although the term was first used regarding Jean Shrimpton in the 1960s[1]).
"Back in the day I was doing runway, editorial, advertising, spokesmodeling, and public appearances. Those are five different categories. Your Twiggys and your Lauren Huttons weren't doing that. I was Versace's muse, I was Valentino's muse, I was Alaia's muse, Lancetti's muse, Calvin Klein's, Halston's. I could go on and on." - Janice Dickinson
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."[2] Dickinson also talks about the physical and sexual abuse she and her sister, Alexis, suffered at the hands of her late father, Ray Dickinson, when she was young.
She has appeared on 37 covers of Vogue. Dickinson also starred 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). 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 with José Canseco, Bronson Pinchot, Omarosa, Carey Hart, Caprice Bourret, and Pepa. Dickinson's behaviour during the show cast her in a negative light in some people's eyes, as she had a recurring feud with Omarosa. On one episode, she held a knife close to Omarosa, causing the others, especially Omarosa to become uncomfortable. While referring to Omarosa, Dickinson claimed to have seen "the scrass of current American Society." Omarosa herself would also bring up allegations againt Dickinson that she was an alcoholic though Dickinson being an alcoholic was never proved on the show.
Dickinson's post-Surreal Life ventures include starting her own Hollywood-themed restaurant known as "The Couture Cafeteria". The restaurant received a rating of one star in the last edition of Zagat's. Janice is also starting her own modeling agency and is in the middle of creating a reality TV show, somewhat similar in concept to America's Next Top Model. It will air on Oxygen Network and titled The Janice Dickinson Project.
External links
- Janice Dickinson's profile in the FMD-database
- Janice Dickinson at IMDb
- NNDB record on Janice
- Janice Dickinson fansite
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