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'''Janice Doreen Dickinson''' (born [[February 15]] [[1955]]) is an American [[supermodel]]<ref name="nndb.com">{{cite web | title=Janice Dickinson|publisher=nndb.com|accessdate=2008-03-09|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/491/000047350/}}</ref><ref name="netglimse.com">{{cite web | title=Janice Dickinson Biography|publisher=netglimse.com|accessdate=2008-03-09|url=http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/janice_dickinson/index.shtml}}</ref> [[Fashion photography|fashion photographer]], [[actress]], [[author]] and [[talent agent|agent]]. She opened her own [[modeling agency]], ''[[The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency]]'', after judging for four cycles on ''[[America's Next Top Model]]''.
==First supermodel claim==
Dickinson is the self-proclaimed [[Supermodel#History|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".
Dickinson's claim as being the first supermodel, however, is disputed. [[Dorian Leigh]] is widely recognized as being a supermodel,<ref>Gross, Michael: "Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women", 2003, Harper Paperbacks, ISBN 0060541636</ref><ref>Scott, Walter: "Parade", page 2, June 10, 2007. "It's absurd. ...The first American supermodel was [[Dorian Leigh]], who worked the late 1940s and '50s."</ref> 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.<ref>Rosemary Ranck, "The First Supermodel", ''[[The New York Times]]'' [[February 9]], [[1997]][http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9902E2DE153DF93AA35751C0A961958260 online] retrieved [[September 24]], [[2006]]</ref> In 1968, an article in ''[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]'' described [[Twiggy]], [[Cheryl Tiegs]], [[Wilhelmina Cooper|Wilhelmina]], [[Veruschka]], [[Jean Shrimpton]] and fifteen other top models as "supermodels."<ref>Cokal, Susann. St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. 1999. Michigan: Gale Group.</ref>
==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]]''.
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.
Dickinson appeared with British model [[Abigail Clancey]] in ''[[Janice & Abbey|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 (TV network)|Oxygen]] television network on [[February 19]], [[2008]].
In November 2007, Dickinson became one of the celebrities taking part in the [[United Kingdom|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 [[eel]]s.
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.
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!".
She was a special guest in one episode of ''[[Charmed]]'' where Paige disguised herself as Janice Dickinson.
==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 [[parental testing|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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/194022p-167656c.html | title=Dickinson, on the covers - and under them | author=Drew MacKenzie | publisher=Daily News | accessmonthday=September 24 | accessyear=2006}}</ref>
Her past lovers include [[Warren Beatty]], [[Sylvester Stallone]], [[Jack Nicholson]],<ref name="CM"/> [[Liam Neeson]],<ref name="CM">[http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/dickinson%20neeson%20has%20the%20worlds%20biggest%20penis_1009286 Janice Dickinson - Dickinson: 'Neeson Has The World'S Biggest Penis'<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, [[Sir Mick Jagger]]<ref name="CM"/> [[Dolph Lundgren]], [[Grace Jones]], [[Kelly LeBrock]], and [[Bruce Willis]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/jungle/1811_janice.shtml | title=Jungle Janice: I'm a CeLESBrity!| author=Gemma Calvert | publisher=News of the World | accessmonthday=November 25 | accessyear=2007}}</ref> In an interview on ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'' in [[2007]], Dickinson claimed to have had sex with over 1,000 men.<ref name="Howard">''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'', ''[[Howard TV|Howard TV on demand]]'', access date [[April 2]], [[2007]].</ref>
One of Janice Dickinson's books{{Fact|date=June 2008}} stated that her father used to [[molest]] her older sister.
===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.
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 corresponds with the 1955 date of birth given in this article. 1954 would be more accurate, but her age at time of high school graduation is as yet unknown.
==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.janicedickinson.co.uk Janice Dickinson's UK website]
*[http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/tag/janice-dickinson/ Janice Dickinson On I'm A Celebrity]
*[http://www.thebookstandard.com/bookstandard/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002503094 Janice Dickinson Talks Trash About Celebs]
*{{imdb name|id=0225528|name=Janice Dickinson}}
*[http://www.myspace.com/janicedickinsonmodels Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency] at [[MySpace]]
*[http://television.aol.com/tv-celebrity-interviews/janice-dickinson Janice Dickinson interview]
*AOL Books [http://books.aol.com/feature/_a/interview-janice-dickinson/20060628133509990001 interview] on the book ''Check, Please: Dating, Mating, and Extricating'' (2006)
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