Janice Dickinson

{{Short description|American model and television personality (born 1955)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|02|16}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

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| hair_color = Dark brown

| eye_color = Brown

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television personality
businesswoman

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| relatives = Debbie Dickinson (sister)

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{{marriage|Ron Levy|1977|1979|end=div.}}
{{marriage|Simon Fields|1987|1993|end=div.}}
{{marriage|Alan B. Gersten|1995|1996|end=div.}}
{{marriage|Rocky Gerner|2016}}

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| children = 2

| years_active = 1969–present

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Janice Doreen Dickinson (born February 16, 1955)As per Dickinson in {{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/starinterviews/introducing-the-new-janice-dickinson--what-americas-top-model-did-next-6572343.html|title=Introducing the new Janice Dickinson – what America's top model did|date=March 1, 2011|first=Amira|last=Hashish|work=London Evening Standard|quote=Yes, I turned 56 on February 16.| archive-date= May 31, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531022633/http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/starinterviews/introducing-the-new-janice-dickinson-what-americas-top-model-did-next-6572343.html|url-status=live}} NNDB at [http://www.nndb.com/people/491/000047350 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 [http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Janice_Dickinson/ Fashion Model Directory]. The [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61457/images/47769_b353840-00173?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=6b5fa516c290f6b960678ca414915bce&usePUB=true&_phsrc=JuL82&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=8233981 New York Birth Index] shows a birth date of February 15, 1955. (subscription required). 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.){{cite news|title=Behind the Cover Girl: Getting Real with Janice Dickinson|publisher=CNN|date= January 10, 2007|access-date=August 6, 2008| url= http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0701/10/gb.01.html | archive-date= March 3, 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222238/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0701/10/gb.01.html | url-status=live}} 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).

Early life

Dickinson was born in Brooklyn, New York,{{cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/491/000047350|title=Janice Dickinson|publisher=NNDB.com|access-date=March 28, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304213646/http://www.nndb.com/people/491/000047350|archive-date=March 4, 2016}} the second daughter to Jennie Marie (née Pietrzykowski) and Samuel Ray Dickinson.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HzyvU-f9POYC&q=Jennie+Marie+Pietrzykoski&pg=PA5|title=No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel |first=Janice|last= Dickinson|via=Google Books|access-date=November 7, 2012|page =5|isbn=978-0-06-175084-7 |date=October 13, 2009 |publisher=Harper Collins }} Her mother was of Polish descent and her father was of Irish descent.

She was raised in Hollywood, Florida with her elder sister, Alexis, who became a real estate agent, and her younger sister, Debbie, who also became a model.{{cite web|author=|title=Janice Dickinson|work=Us Weekly|access-date=October 28, 2011|url=http://usmagazine.com/janice_dickinson|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213090758/http://usmagazine.com/janice_dickinson|archive-date=December 13, 2007| quote=She has two teenaged children, a son, Nathan, and a daughter, Savannah.}}{{cite web|title=Janice Dickinson profile|publisher=AskMen.com|date=September 18, 2008|access-date=January 15, 2008|url=http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/models/janice-dickinson/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080809184354/http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/models/janice-dickinson/index.html|archive-date=August 9, 2008}}

Dickinson has been open about the emotional and physical abuse she suffered as a child and teenager,{{cite news|title=Supermodel Janice Dickinson May Have Facilitated Father's Death|agency=World Entertainment News Network|publisher=Starpulse.com|date=September 26, 2006|access-date=August 6, 2008|url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/09/26/supermodel_janice_dickinson_may_have_fac|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514014147/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/09/26/supermodel_janice_dickinson_may_have_fac|archive-date=May 14, 2014}} and how her father used to sexually abuse one of her sisters. Speaking of her childhood with her "rageoholic pedophile" of a father, Dickinson stated, "Because I wouldn't give in and let him have sex with me, I was verbally and physically abused on a daily basis. I was told that I looked like a boy and wouldn't amount to anything."

Modeling career

In the early 1970s, Dickinson moved to New York City to pursue work as a model after winning a national competition called "Miss High Fashion Model."{{cite web|last=Phinney|first=Susan|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/books/88931_supermodel.shtml|title=A Moment with ... Janice Dickinson, Model/Photographer/Author|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|date=September 28, 2002|access-date=December 7, 2009|archive-date=October 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010190831/http://www.seattlepi.com/books/88931_supermodel.shtml|url-status=dead}} At a time when blue-eyed blondes dominated the fashion scene,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922428-7,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711184514/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922428-7,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 11, 2007|title=Modeling the '80s Look: The Faces and Fees Are Fabulous|magazine=Time|date=February 9, 1981}} Dickinson was turned down several times by modeling agents, including Eileen Ford, who informed Dickinson she was "much too ethnic. You'll never work."

She was discovered by the fashion photographer Jacques Silberstein when his girlfriend, actress Lorraine Bracco, mentioned she liked Dickinson's look.Holland, Nicole. [http://www.independentfilmquarterly.com/ifq/issues/issue13/janice-dickenson.htm "Janice Dickinson: Breaking the Mold"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090613044123/http://www.independentfilmquarterly.com/ifq/issues/issue13/janice-dickenson.htm |date=June 13, 2009 }}. Independent Film Quarterly. Issue 13.{{cite web|url=http://www2.nygard.com/corporate/news/janice_dickinson.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011210193516/http://www2.nygard.com/corporate/news/janice_dickinson.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 10, 2001 |title=The Edited Version of a Biography by Janice Dickinson |date=December 3, 2007 |publisher=NYGard Magazine }} Wilhelmina Cooper became Dickinson's first agent. Her modeling pursuits led her to Paris, France, where her "exotic looks" secured her reputation within the European fashion industry.

She returned to New York City in 1978, and spent the next several years working steadily, earning $2,000 per day, nearly four times the standard rate. Dickinson eventually signed with Ford Models to land a major ad campaign for a new JVC camera.Malkin, Marc S. (May 27, 2002) [http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/columns/intelligencer/6040/ "Janice Dickinson: Her Lips Aren't Sealed"], New York; accessed April 7, 2016. Dickinson, who had not forgotten Ford's initial rejection, was intent on revenge. She soon orchastrated some twenty Ford models to defect to John Casablancas's upstart Elite Model Management.Demarest, Michael; Harbison, Georgia (August 25, 1980). [https://web.archive.org/web/20071018045735/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,949003-1,00.html "Come with Me to Casablancas"], Time; accessed November 19, 2014.

By the 1980s, Dickinson was considered a supermodel, as she "possessed the kind of name and face recognition" that the majority of women in the modeling industry strive to achieve. She appeared within and on covers of magazines including Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Photo, Vogue, Marie Claire, and Playboy, and worked with some of fashion's best-known names, including Bill Blass, Gianni Versace, Valentino Garavani, Azzedine Alaïa, Pino Lancetti, Halston, Oscar de la Renta and Calvin Klein.No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of The World's First Supermodel. She has appeared on the cover of Vogue (International editions only) 37 times. She was seen on the cover of Elle seven times in a row and has been the face of ad campaigns for brands including Revlon, Alberto VO5, Balmain, Obao, Christian Dior, Clairol, Hush Puppies, Orbit gum, Max Factor, Virginia Slims, and Cutex.

Dickinson looked for ways to sustain her relevance within the fashion industry as she aged, becoming a fashion photographer. In 2008, she launched her own jewelry line on HSN.{{cite web|url=http://jewelry.hsn.com/janice-dickinson_c-j_a-6189_xc.aspx|title=HSN Jewelry|access-date=November 19, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011195533/http://jewelry.hsn.com/janice-dickinson_c-j_a-6189_xc.aspx|archive-date=October 11, 2011}}

In 2009, Dickinson recorded a song entitled "Crazy", which was written and produced by Craig Taylor.{{cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/46477697.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011230154/http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/46477697.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 11, 2011|title=In Bed with Janice Dickinson|first=Sara|last=Glassman|work=Star Tribune|date=June 1, 2009|access-date=April 7, 2016}}

= "First supermodel" claim =

File:Samata Angel and Janice Dickinson during London Fashion Week.jpg at London Fashion Week 2010]]

While Dickinson claims to have coined the term supermodel in 1979, and to be the first "supermodel",{{cite web|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071207182913/http://instinctmagazine.com/celebrity-interviews/janice-dickinson.html|archive-date=December 7, 2007|url= http://instinctmagazine.com/celebrity-interviews/janice-dickinson.html|title=Janice Dickinson|first=Janice|last=Dickinson|date= June 1, 2006|access-date=June 9, 2009|work=Instinct}}She related on E! True Hollywood Story that her manager, concerned that at the peak of her modeling career she was working too much, told her, "You are not Superman." Dickinson said she replied, "I am not Superman, I am a supermodel." the word already was known in the 1940s. The writer Judith Cass used the term in 1942 in her Chicago Tribune article "Super Models are Signed for Fashion Show".{{cite news|last=Cass|first=Judith|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1942/10/06/page/21/article/super-models-are-signed-for-fashion-show|title='Super' Models Are Signed for Fashion Show| work=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=October 6, 1942|page=21|access-date=October 8, 2016}} In 1943, author Clyde Matthew Dessner used the term in his book So You Want to Be a Model!{{cite book|title=So You Want to Be a Model!|first=Clyde Matthew|last=Dessner|year=1944| publisher=Halcyon House}}

The New York Times, on March 21, 1967, and The Daily Times of Salisbury, Maryland on May 19, 1967, both referred to Twiggy as a supermodel.{{cite web|url=http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/superman_superstar_supermodel|title=Superman; Superstar; Supermodel|publisher=BarryPopik.com|date=July 25, 2004|access-date=October 8, 2016|first=Barry|last=Popik| archive-date=April 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419161716/http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/superman_superstar_supermodel|url-status=live}}

In 1968, an article in Glamour described Twiggy, Cheryl Tiegs, Wilhelmina, Veruschka, Jean Shrimpton, and 15 other models as "supermodels".{{cite book|title=St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture|year=1999|publisher=Gale Group|edition=1|isbn=978-1-55862-400-9}}

Syndicated columnist Suzy Knickerbocker in 1970 described Penelope Tree as a supermodel.{{cite web|title=Smart Set|last=Knickerbocker|first=Suzy|work=The Gazette| location =Montreal|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KowyAAAAIBAJ&pg=2825,1721050&dq=supermodel&hl=en|date=July 8, 1970|author-link=Aileen Mehle}}

The April 23, 1971, issue of The Hour headlined one of its articles "Supermodels Reveal Their Beauty Secrets", including an advertisement with the caption "Supermodel Cheryl Tiegs". The article also says, "The fashion/beauty world is dotted with Supermodels" and "Cybill Shepherd a Supermodel who may turn into a Superstar."{{cite news|title=Supermodels Reveal Their Beauty Secrets|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mwUhAAAAIBAJ&pg=3277,3932395&dq=supermodels=en|date=April 23, 1971|newspaper=The Hour|author=D'Arcy, Jeanne}} Jean Shrimpton was described as a supermodel by Time in 1971,{{cite magazine|title=People|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,944363,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221201229/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,944363,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 21, 2008|date=May 17, 1971|access-date=June 16, 2009|magazine=Time}} as were Margaux Hemingway by Vogue on September 1, 1975,{{cite web|url=http://img.inkfrog.com/pix/cooperama/DL726TALSFST.jpg|title=Vogue cover scan archived from Ebay.co.uk|date=September 1, 1975|publisher=img.inkfrog.com|access-date=April 7, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228203741/http://img.inkfrog.com/pix/cooperama/DL726TALSFST.jpg|archive-date=February 28, 2012}} Beverly Johnson by Jet in 1977,{{cite news|title=Words of the Week|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wb8DAAAAMBAJ&q=%22super-model&pg=PA40|work=Jet Magazine|date=December 22, 1977|volume=53|number=14|page=40|publisher = Johnson Publishing Company}} and Naomi Sims in the 1978 book Total Beauty Catalog by K.T. Maclay.{{cite book|last=Maclay|first=K.T.|title=Total Beauty Catalog|year=1978|publisher=Coward, McCann & Geoghegan |isbn=0-698-10835-3|url=https://archive.org/details/ktmaclaystotalbe00macl}}

Lisa Fonssagrives{{cite news|author=Ranck, Rosemary|title=The First Supermodel|work=The New York Times|date=February 9, 1997|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9902E2DE153DF93AA35751C0A961958260|access-date=September 24, 2006}}{{cite web|url=http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Pictures_Worlds_first_supermodel_Original_1963_stills_from_JFK_assassination_revaled_news_150431.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024123057/http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Pictures_Worlds_first_supermodel_Original_1963_stills_from_JFK_assassination_revaled_news_150431.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 24, 2007|title=Pictures: Original stills from JFK assassination revealed|date=October 19, 2007|work=Amateur Photographer|author=Cheesman, Chris|quote=Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, described as the 'world's first supermodel'}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3452390/Photographs-of-Angelina-Jolie-Kate-Moss-and-Britney-Spears-for-sale-at-Christies.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916033943/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3452390/Photographs-of-Angelina-Jolie-Kate-Moss-and-Britney-Spears-for-sale-at-Christies.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 16, 2009|work=The Daily Telegraph|title=Photographs of Angelina Jolie, Kate Moss and Britney Spears for Sale at Christie's|author=Singh, Anita|date=November 13, 2008|quote=Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn ... described as the original supermodel, gracing the pages of Vogue in the 1940s and 1950s}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/March-2010/On-the-life-and-work-of-photographer-Beatrice-Tonnesen|title=On the Life and Work of Photographer Beatrice Tonnesen|author=Johnson, Geoffrey|date=March 2010|work=Chicago|quote=Lisa Fonssagrives, recognized today as the original supermodel...}} and Dorian Leigh, whose careers began before Dickinson was born, have been retroactively recognized as the 20th century's first supermodels.Gross, Michael: "Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women", 2003, Harper Paperbacks; {{ISBN|0-06-054163-6}}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." Gia Carangi has been called the first supermodel{{cite web|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article311535.ece|title=Gia: The Tragic Tale of the World's First Supermodel|first=Paul|last=Vallely|date=September 10, 2005|access-date=May 28, 2007|work=The Independent|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080101071428/http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article311535.ece |archive-date=January 1, 2008}}{{cite web|last=Carolin|first=Louise|title=Gia – The Tragedy of a Lesbian Supermodel|work=Diva|url=http://www.divamag.co.uk/diva/features.asp?AID=2076|access-date=January 17, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070325034239/http://www.divamag.co.uk/diva/features.asp?AID=2076|archive-date=March 25, 2007}} as well as Jean Shrimpton.{{cite book|title=From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century|author=Mansour, David|page=430|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b1ruwF6xYNIC&q=jean+shrimpton+first+supermodel&pg=PA430|isbn=0-7407-5118-2|year=2005|publisher=Andrews McMeel }}{{cite journal|journal=The Advocate|page=60|author=Busch, Charles|title=He's Every Woman|date= January 24, 1995|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5WMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA60}}{{cite web|title=Model Jean Shrimpton Recollects the Stir She Caused on Victoria Derby Day in 1965|work=Herald Sun|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/special-reports/model-jean-shrimpton-recollects-the-stir-she-caused-on-victoria-derby-day-in-1965/story-e6frf8wx-1225792003365|date=October 28, 2009|author=Magee, Antonia}}{{cite book|title=Normal at Any Cost: Tall Girls, Short Boys, and the Medical Industry's Quest to Manipulate Height|author1=Cohen, Susan|author2=Cosgrove, Christine|year=2009|publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-1-58542-683-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N8q9VJEWYewC&pg=PA9}}{{cite web|url=http://www.milesago.com/Features/shrimpton.htm|title=Jean Shrimpton profile|work=milesago.com|access-date=November 19, 2014}}

Lauren Hutton has also been referred to as the first supermodel, due to the fact that she was the first model to get a cosmetics contract. (In 1974 with Revlon.)

Television career

In 2003, Dickinson returned to media attention with her position as a judge on the reality television series America's Next Top Model. She was hired after producer Tyra Banks read No Lifeguard On Duty and realized that Dickinson could offer the contestants advice on the perils of the fashion industry. As a panelist, Dickinson became known for her wit and incisive, brutally honest critiques.Heffernan, Virginia (June 6, 2006). [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/06/arts/television/06mode.html "'The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency': A Top Model on Her Own Beauty Search]". The New York Times; retrieved October 30, 2011.

Dickinson frequently quarreled with her fellow judges, particularly Kimora Lee Simmons and Nolé Marin.Silverman, Stephen M. (December 29, 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20080320025721/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1144548,00.html "Janice Dickinson to Head Modeling Agency"], people.com; retrieved October 30, 2011. A recurring source of tension between Dickinson and Banks was mainly concerning plus-size models.Staff (June 26, 2003). [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2003/06/26/ddish.DTL&type=printable "Tyra Banks' Model Catfight; Kevin Costner Engaged; Kelly Osbourne's Bar Room Brawl"], sfgate.com; retrieved October 30, 2011.

After four cycles, Banks fired Dickinson, replacing her with Twiggy. Dickinson was hurt by the decision. "I was just telling the truth and I was saving these girls from going out there and being told that they're too short, too fat, their skin's not good enough," she said. "I was to America's Next Top Model what Simon Cowell is to American Idol."{{cite magazine|author=|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/story/janice-dickinson-i-was-fired-from-tyra-banks-show|title=Janice Dickinson: "I Was Fired from 'Tyra Banks Show'"|magazine=Contactmusic.com|date=September 20, 2005|access-date=October 30, 2011}} Despite this, Dickinson made guest appearances on the following three cycles: As the photographer for a photo challenge in cycle 5, in a mentor role in cycle 6, and as the interviewee for an interview challenge in cycle 7. In 2005, Dickinson was a cast member on The Surreal Life during its fifth season. She was confronted by castmate Omarosa Manigault during a publicity photo shoot while Dickinson was posing with a prop knife. After being physically separated by Bronson Pinchot the two continued to feud throughout the series.Holmes, Linda (September 22, 2005). [https://www.today.com/popculture/omarosa-vs-janice-surreal-battle-divas-wbna9368261 "Omarosa Vs. Janice: 'Surreal' Battle of the Divas{{spaced ndash}}Castmates' Attention-Grabbing Tactics Makes for Entertaining Viewing"], msnbc.com; retrieved October 30, 2011.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090715074457/http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?id=1526841&vid=79381 "The 20 Greatest Celebreality Moments"], vh1.com, September 22, 2005.

In 2006, Dickinson starred in her own reality show, The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, for the Oxygen cable-television channel. The program, which ran for four seasons, documented Dickinson launching a new career as a modeling agent. She appeared with British model Abigail Clancy in Beauty & The Best, a reality series detailing Clancy's attempt to break into the American modeling market. The show debuted in the United Kingdom on Living on May 14, 2007, and premiered in the U.S. on Oxygen on February 19, 2008.{{IMDb name|225528}}; accessed April 7, 2016.

In November 2007, Dickinson became one of the celebrities taking part in the British reality television show I'm a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here!. She set the record for most Bushtucker trials, competing ten times in a row. In the finale of the series, it was announced that Dickinson had gained second place in the competition, with Christopher Biggins coming first.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}

Dickinson was also a contestant for season two of the American version of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! which began airing in June 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Im-Celebrity-Cast-1005446.aspx|title=I'm a Celebrity Cast Announced|publisher=TVGuide.com|access-date=April 24, 2009}} She was eliminated from the show on June 18, 2009.

In 2009, Dickinson was a guest judge on the Finnish version of the Top Model franchise. She created controversy after the claimed effects of accidentally mixing a sleeping aid with champagne caused her to fall down a flight of stairs and burst out at the models. Dickinson was taken to a hospital where she was told she had no visible injuries. She later apologized to the models during the show's airing.{{cite news| last=Odell|first= Amy | date=May 29, 2009| url=http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2009/05/janice_dickinson_downs_booze_s.html |title=Janice Dickinson Downs Booze, Sleeping Aids on Finland's Next Top Model, Makes Quite the Scene|work=New York| access-date= November 19, 2014| archive-date= June 1, 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160601234914/http://nymag.com/thecut/2009/05/janice_dickinson_downs_booze_s.html | url-status=live}}

Other guest appearances include "Still Charmed and Kicking", an episode of Charmed. Dickinson made a cameo appearance in Darren Hayes's music video "On the Verge of Something Wonderful". In 2010, Dickinson appeared on the celebrity edition of British dinner-party contest Come Dine with Me, on which she frequently butted heads with former Page 3 Girl Samantha Fox over her glamour modeling career, and flirted with Calum Best.{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/come-dine-with-me/episode-guide/series-20/episode-2|title=Channel 4, Celebrity Come Dine with Me, Season 20, Episode 2|access-date=April 7, 2016}}

Dickinson appeared in the fourth season of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, which premiered in December 2010.{{cite news|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/moviestvmusic/news/jason-wahler-janice-dickinson-sign-on-for-celebrity-rehab-2010187|title=Jason Wahler, Janice Dickinson Sign On for Celebrity Rehab|work=Us Weekly|access-date=November 19, 2014}} In 2011, she guest-starred in an episode of 90210 (titled "Project Runway").{{cite web|last=Hughes|first=Jason|title=Janice Dickinson Critiques Holly and Naomi's Designs on '90210' (VIDEO)|url=http://www.aoltv.com/2011/11/30/janice-dickinson-critiques-holly-naomi-designs-90210-video/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129042758/http://www.aoltv.com/2011/11/30/janice-dickinson-critiques-holly-naomi-designs-90210-video/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 29, 2014|work=AOL TV|access-date=December 1, 2011|date=November 30, 2011}}

In August 2015, Dickinson was a housemate on the sixteenth season of the British reality show, Celebrity Big Brother. She became the seventh celebrity to be evicted from the house, just two days before the final.{{Cite web |title=Janice Dickinson is apparently absent from Celebrity Big Brother finale, following on-air Bit on the Side row |url=https://www.imdb.com/news/ni59041901/ |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}

In 2020, Dickinson appeared on season 24 of The Bachelor.

In 2023, she appeared on I'm a Celebrity... South Africa, which acted as an all-star series for the UK version of the show, but had to withdraw from the show on day 11 after she suffered a head injury, which required her being taken to hospital.{{Cite web |title=Janice Dickinson forced to withdraw from IAC|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/janice-dickinson-im-a-celeb-26708713.amp |access-date=15 April 2023 |website=chronicle live}} Despite this, she still finished in 10th place out of 15 contestants.

Personal life

Dickinson has been married four times. Her former husbands are Ron Levy,{{cite web|url=http://m.zimbio.com/Ron+Levy+Dating+History/articles/V8URjZmGiEv/Ron+Levy+married+Janice+Dickinson|title=Ron Levy was married to Janice Dickinson – Ron Levy Dating History|publisher=Zimbio.com|access-date=April 7, 2016}} Simon Fields, and Alan B. Gersten, also known as Albert Gersten. She has a son, Nathan, and a daughter, Savannah. Dickinson was having an affair with Sylvester Stallone when Savannah was born in 1994, and it was reported that Stallone was the father.{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/rocky-ending-vol-41-no-16/|title=Rocky Ending|last=Schneide|first=Karen S.|date=March 2, 1994|website=People}} Their relationship ended when DNA tests proved he was not the father.{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/yo-angie-marry-me-vol-43-no-16/|title=Yo, Angie, Marry Me!|last=Levitt|first=Shelley|date=April 24, 1995|website=People}} In her books and in interviews, she has discussed her numerous sexual relationships with male and female celebrities.{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/194022p-167656c.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040528121419/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/194022p-167656c.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 28, 2004|title=Dickinson, on the Covers – and Under Them |last=MacKenzie|first=Drew|work=Daily News|location=New York City|access-date=September 24, 2006}} In 2012, she announced she was engaged to Dr. Robert Gerner ("Rocky"),{{cite news|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/janice-dickinson-couldnt-be-happier-over-engagement-to-dr-robert-gerner-20121612|title=Janice Dickinson "Couldn't Be Happier" Over Engagement to Dr. Robert Gerner|work=Us Weekly|date=December 16, 2012|access-date=March 28, 2016}} a psychiatrist[http://www.healthgrades.com/physician/dr-robert-gerner-2sph3 Dr. Robert Gerner profile], healthgrades.com; accessed November 19, 2014.[https://pharmacy-near-me.com/doctor/robert-hugh-gerner-psychiatry-physician-90024-10850-wilshire-boulevard-los-angeles-california-90024-united-states-1083667455/ Dr. Robert Hugh Gerner M.D.], NPEES sourced Provider Data; accessed March 19, 2024. whom she married in December 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/news/204726_janice_dickinson_is_married|date=December 10, 2006|access-date=May 15, 2019|work=ET Online|title=Janice Dickinson Marries Dr. Robert Gerner in Beverly Hills Ceremony}}

In November 2014, Dickinson joined a number of women accusing comedian Bill Cosby of rape, alleging that Cosby raped her in 1982. Dickinson said that she tried to write about this in her 2002 autobiography, but Cosby and his lawyers pressured her and her lawyers to remove the details.{{cite news|last1=Bueno|first1=Antoinette|title=Exclusive: Janice Dickinson Details Bill Cosby Sexual Assault Accusations: He Raped Me| publisher=Entertainment Tonight|url=http://www.etonline.com/news/154076_janice_dickinson_details_alleged_bill_cosby_sexual_assault|access-date=November 19, 2014|date=November 18, 2014|archive-date= September 10, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160910071552/http://www.etonline.com/news/154076_janice_dickinson_details_alleged_bill_cosby_sexual_assault|url-status=live}}

In March 2016, it was revealed that Dickinson had been diagnosed with breast cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/28/janice-dickinson-supermodel-breast-cancer|title=Supermodel Janice Dickinson reveals she has breast cancer|first=Nicky|last=Woolf|date=March 28, 2016|newspaper=The Guardian}}

Books

Dickinson released a memoir detailing her "wild days" as a supermodel. Titled No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel (2002), the book was effective in introducing her to a new generation. Her 2004 follow-up memoir was Everything About Me Is Fake… And I'm Perfect,Dickinson, Janice. Everything About Me Is Fake{{spaced ndash}}And I'm Perfect. New York City: ReganBooks (2004); {{ISBN|978-0-06-055469-9}} in which she describes her life in modeling; her experience with plastic surgery; and her battles with anorexia, bulimia, and alcoholism. Her next memoir, Check Please! Dating, Mating, and Extricating (2006), discusses the men in her life, and prescribes her rules for dating.Dickinson, Janice (2006). Check, Please!{{spaced ndash}}Dating, Mating, and Extricating, New York City: ReganBooks; {{ISBN|978-0-06-076391-6}}

= Bibliography =

Dickinson, Janice (2002). No Lifeguard on Duty{{spaced ndash}}The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel. New York City: ReganBooks; {{ISBN|978-0-06-000946-5}}