Janice Dickinson

Janice Dickinson
Dickinson in 2014
Born (1955-02-16) February 16, 1955 (age 69)
Occupations
  • Model
  • television personality
  • businesswoman
Years active1969–present
Television
Spouses
Ron Levy
(m. 1977; div. 1979)
Simon Fields
(m. 1987; div. 1993)
Alan B. Gersten
(m. 1995; div. 1996)
Rocky Gerner
(m. 2016)
Children2
RelativesDebbie Dickinson (sister)
Modeling information
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Hair colorDark brown[1]
Eye colorBrown[1]

Janice Doreen Dickinson (born February 16, 1955)[2] is an American model, television personality, and businesswoman. Initially notable as a model, Dickinson has been disputably described by herself as the first supermodel. (Lisa Fonssagrives is widely considered to have been the world's first supermodel, with a career that began in the 1930s.)[3] One of the most successful models of the 1970s and 1980s, she also served as a judge on four cycles of the reality series America's Next Top Model (2003–2006). Dickinson opened a modeling agency in 2005 which was documented on the reality series The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency (2006–2008).

In 2007, Dickinson was a contestant on the seventh series of the British television show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! which she finished as runner-up. In 2008, she starred on the reality series Janice & Abbey, alongside British model Abbey Clancy. In 2010, Dickinson appeared on the fourth series of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, and in 2015, she appeared on Celebrity Big Brother 16.

Dickinson has released three autobiographical books: No Lifeguard on Duty (2002), Everything About Me Is Fake… And I'm Perfect (2004), and Check Please! Dating, Mating, and Extricating (2006).

  1. ^ a b c "Janice Dickinson". Fashion Model Directory. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2008.
  2. ^ As per Dickinson in Hashish, Amira (March 1, 2011). "Introducing the new Janice Dickinson – what America's top model did". London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on May 31, 2016. Yes, I turned 56 on February 16. NNDB at Janice Dickinson profile gives February 15, 1955, noting, "Although Dickinson has maintained in several interviews and her autobiography No Lifeguard on Duty that she was born in 1955, other sources give it as 1953 or 1954. Most details from her life support 1955. Her birthday is also given variously as February 15 and February 17." Among those giving February 17, 1953, is Fashion Model Directory. The New York Birth Index shows a birth date of February 15, 1955. (subscription required).
  3. ^ "Behind the Cover Girl: Getting Real with Janice Dickinson". CNN. January 10, 2007. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2008.