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Claudia Jordan
Jordan in 2008
Born
Claudia Angela Jordan

(1973-04-12) April 12, 1973 (age 51)
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Alma materEast Providence High School
Baldwin Wallace University Long Island University
Occupations
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title
Years active1990–present
Hair colorDark brown
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)
Websitewww.realclaudiajordan.com

Claudia Angela Jordan (born April 12, 1973) is an American talk show host, actress, model, and reality television and radio personality. She is known for appearing as a model on the U.S. version of Deal or No Deal and The Price Is Right, and for competing on seasons 2 and 6 of Celebrity Apprentice. Jordan appeared on the Bravo reality television series The Real Housewives of Atlanta for its seventh season.

Early life

Jordan was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to a mother from Italy and an African-American father. Claudia's parents met when her father was in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Brindisi, Italy. Claudia Jordan was a sprinter and earned all-state honors in track and field while in high school in Rhode Island. Claudia Jordan competed in three Junior Olympics and in college became an All-American sprinter in the 400-meter relay.[citation needed]

Career

Jordan held the Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1990 title and represented Rhode Island at the Miss Teen USA 1990 pageant.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] She appeared in music videos for Backstreet Boys, Ginuwine, Fabolous, Charlie Wilson, Joe, Chico DeBarge, D'Angelo, Coolio, Master P, Ludacris, and Kenny Lattimore. She has worked as a journalist at the Providence American newspaper and in production at the Boston television station WHDH-TV. She has appeared in national television commercials for Coors Light, Sears, Pepsi, Visa, Microsoft, and Mountain Dew.[citation needed]

She appeared as a contestant on Dog Eat Dog. Prior to appearing on Deal or No Deal, Jordan was known as a former Barker's Beauty on the CBS game show The Price Is Right from 2001 to 2003. She appeared on Deal or no Deal holding Case #1 for all four seasons.[citation needed]

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 later asked to return to compete on the All-Star version of Celebrity Apprentice. She was then hired by Apprentice host Donald Trump to co-host the Miss Universe 2009 pageant from the Bahamas alongside Billy Bush. Jordan's first hosting job was for Fox Sports West as a red carpet correspondent for 54321 and also appeared on The Best Damn Sports Show Period. She then went on E! and The Style Network as the co-host of The Modern Girl's Guide to Life for two seasons. After that she was asked to join BET's late night sports show Ballers with John Salley, Guy Torry and Hugh Douglas. Jordan was also a stand out on the satellite radio show The Foxxhole alongside Jamie Foxx, who then gave her her own weekly show on Sirius/XM Radio on The Foxxhole, called "The Claudia Jordan Show". Jordan also co-hosted on "Reach Around Radio". Jordan was a co-host on Tameka Cottle's talk show Tiny's Tonight alongside Tamar Braxton and rapper Trina. The television pilot aired in December 2012 on VH1. Jordan also hosted the a travel show for AT&T called The Summer of Adventure. In October 2014, it was announced that Jordan would be joining the cast of The Real Housewives of Atlanta as a main housewife for its seventh season while simultaneously working as a co-host on the nationally syndicated Rickey Smiley Morning Show. Jordan also often appears as a contributor on CNN/HLN. Next she went on to star in TV-One's The Next 15 and lead her own morning show in Dallas, The Morning Rush, which was the top rated R&B Morning show in Dallas. She now has her own talk show on the Fox Soul Platform called Out Loud with Claudia Jordan.[3]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Trippin'
1999 City Guys Vanessa Episode: "Movin' on Up"
2000 Jack & Jill Natasha Episode: "Lovers and Other Strangers"
2001 The Best Damn Sports Show Period Guest
2001–2003 The Price Is Right Model
2002 Dog Eat Dog Contestant
2002 The Bold and the Beautiful Herself
2005 That's So Raven Miss Bonita Episode: "They Work Hard for His Honey"
2005–2009 Deal Or No Deal Model #1, Model #9 (Premiere Week)
2007 Ballers Co-Host
2009 Celebrity Apprentice Contestant
2012 Tiny's Tonight Co-Host
2013 Celebrity Apprentice All-Stars Contestant
2014–2015 The Real Housewives of Atlanta Herself Season 7 (Series Regular), Season 8 (Guest)
015 Below Deck Herself Season 3, cameo
2016 The Next :15 Herself Series Regular
2016 The Substitute Spy Liz Strictland
2017 Sharknado 5: Global Swarming Ursa
2019 Love Is Not Enough Lisa Scarboro
2020 Love & Hip Hop: Miami Herself Reunion Host
2020 Steele Justice Maggie
2020 The Chicken Squad James (voice) Episode: "#1.1"

References

  1. ^ "Trump Rounds Up Celebs for New Season of the Apprentice". The New York Times. Associated Press. January 8, 2009.
  2. ^ "NBC Announces the 16 All-Star Celebrities Ready to Take on Donald Trump in the Boardroom When 'The Celebrity Apprentice' Premieres". The Futon Critic. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  3. ^ Hayes, Dade (January 13, 2020). "Fox Soul, A New Streaming Service, Targets African-American Viewers". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
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Preceded by
Deb Hodges
 Miss Rhode Island USA
1990 		Succeeded by

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