This self-declared "world's first supermodel" fascinated TV audiences with her outrageous antics as a bitchy judge on four seasons of
America's Next Top Model and as an unruly housemate on
The Surreal Life in 2005. With exotic looks, Dickinson was a 1970s wild child who spent the decade partying, and romancing the rich and sexy (Warren Beatty, Mick Jagger). As time marched on, the aging beauty publicly embraced plastic surgery, took up photography, and wrote a series of no-holds-barred autobiographical books. In 2006, this incorrigible bad girl landed her very own reality show,
The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, which ran on the Oxygen network for four seasons. More work on reality shows (
Abbey & Janice: Beauty & the Beast,
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew) followed, as she made the best of her outrageous persona. Offscreen, Dickinson is committed to maintaining her appearance and has no reservations about sharing her love for plastic surgery. To stay trim and healthy, she hikes, practices yoga and eats organic food.
Janice Dickinson Fast Facts:
- Graced the cover of many major fashion magazines during her career peak in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
- Called herself the first "supermodel," though this claim is disputed by many in the fashion industry.
- Author of three books, 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.
- Made a guest appearance on Season 5 of America's Next Top Model as the photographer for a plastic-surgery photo shoot.
- Appeared in both the U.S. and U.K. versions of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
- Launched a jewelry line in 2008.
- Recorded the song "Crazy" in 2009 with songwriter and producer Craig Taylor.
- Eats organic foods, meditates and practices daily yoga to help maintain her figure.
- Supports research for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
- In 2010, VH1 announced she will be part of the fourth season of the series, Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew.
- Janice Dickinson Relationships:
- Albert Gerston - Ex-husband
- Alexis Dickinson Mayer - Sister
- Debbie Dickinson - Sister
- Jennie Marie Pietrzykoski Dickinson - Mother
- Nathan Fields - Son
- Ray Dickinson - Father
- Ron Levy - Ex-husband
- Savannah Dickinson - Daughter
- Simon Fields - Ex-husband