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Janice Dickinson was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents Ray Dickinson(of Belarussian descent) and Jennie Pietrzykoski, who is of Polish,Irish and Japanese descent heritage. ^[2] She moved with her parents to Hollywood, Florida in 1957.

She has been divorced three times. Her former husbands are Ron Levy, Alan B. Gersten, and Simon Fields, by whom she has a son, Nathan Fields. She has a daughter, Savannah Dickinson, by former boyfriend producer Michael Birnbaum. A paternity test proved that the father was not Sylvester Stallone, as she had thought. In her books and in interviews, she has also discussed her numerous sexual relationships with male and female celebrities^[3]. She has most recently been romantically linked with Jon Lovitz, but has asked Simon Cowell to dump his girlfriend, Terri Seymour for her.

Her past lovers include Warren Beatty, Sir Mick Jagger, Jack Nicholson and Liam Neeson [2]

Career

Early life and modeling career

After graduating from South Broward High School, she began modeling in New York and Europe. Standing 5' 9.5", she has appeared on the covers of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Cosmopolitan and Playboy. She has also appeared in ads for Revlon and Clairol. She was the muse to many designers and became the face of Versace's perfume line. During her quick reign on top, she was the highest-paid model on the block. While many models got $75 a day in her time, she raked in $2,000 a day. She took modeling jobs only if she was paid top dollar. Dickinson supposedly coined the title "supermodel" despite a number of more well known models coming before her.

Dickinson is open about her extensive plastic surgery; she titled her second book Everything About Me Is Fake...And I'm Perfect. The US cover of the book enumerates and diagrams her "enhancements."^[4] She also writes about the physical and sexual abuse she and her sister, Alexis, suffered at the hands of her late father, when she was young.

In early June 2006, Janice appeared on The Tyra Banks Show, along with an acclaimed psychotherapist to discuss the abuse that she saw in her early life. She urged victims of abuse to come forward with their stories.

Post-modeling career

Dickinson served 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) and three times during the sixth season (giving proper interview, posing tips, and posing with Eva Pigford). Dickinson has expressed disapproval for the winners of America's Next Top Model, saying that they do not have enough potential to be successful. On Dickinson's MySpace she comments on the ANTM contestants, saying "They are not of the caliber I was, or even of what Tyra was." She also revealed why she left the show, claiming she was fired.^[5]

In 2005, Dickinson starred in the fifth season of The Surreal Life. Dickinson's actions during the show cast her in a negative light in some people's eyes, with her erratic, volatile behavior and a recurring feud with Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth of The Apprentice fame. On one episode, she held a prop knife close to Omarosa, causing the others, especially Omarosa, to become uncomfortable. While referring to Omarosa, Dickinson claimed to have seen "the scars of current American society." Omarosa herself brought up allegations that Dickinson was an alcoholic and a crack addict. Dickinson admitted to past drug addiction and alcohol abuse in her autobiography, although there was no evidence indicating she engaged in substance abuse on the show other than her bizarre behavior. During the cast's final dinner together, Omarosa refused to apologize for her comments about Dickinson's drug use and mothering skills, despite the fact that she had earlier that day when the two were alone. This caused Janice to leave the show on the last night in a fit of rage.

Dickinson's current ventures include starting her own Hollywood-themed restaurant known as "The Couture Cafeteria." She has also started her own modeling agency and is starring in the reality TV show detailing the opening, The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency. The series debuted on June 6, 2006 on Oxygen (TV channel).

Trivia

References

^ Her birthdate is sometimes stated as February 15, 17, or 28 in 1953, 1954, 1955, or 1962. Municipal records from Los Angeles California and Hollywood, 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 from high school in 1973 [1], making 1955 her more likely year of birth.
^ Susan Phinney. A moment with ... Janice Dickinson, model/photographer/author. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved on September 24, 2006.
^ Drew MacKenzie. Dickinson, on the covers - and under them. Daily News. Retrieved on September 24, 2006.
^ Everything About Me Is Fake . . . And I'm Perfect. AmazonOnlineReader. Retrieved on September 24, 2006.
^ ANICE DICKINSON is in your extended network. MySpace.com. Retrieved on September 24, 2006.
^ Stefanie Frith. Supermodel Janice Dickinson to speak in Palm Springs. The Desert Sun. Retrieved on September 24, 2006.

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