Profile of Janice Dickinson on Famous Like Me

Janice Doreen Dickinson (born February 17, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York), is a former supermodel of Polish and Belarusian descent who started modeling at the age of 14. She has appeared on the covers of Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar Swimsuit Issue, Cosmopolitan and Playboy. She has also appeared in ads for Revlon, Max Factor and Clairol. Dickinson is the author of three books, including 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.

Dickinson claims to have coined the title "supermodel" and therefore proclaims herself to be the world's first supermodel (although the term was first used regarding Jean Shrimpton in the 1960s). She is famous for effortlessly repeating "I'm Janice Dickinson, I was the world's first supermodel!" Dickenson is also upfront about her extensive plastic surgery. "Everything about me is fake" as the title of her book proclaims. The US book cover lists her numerous "enhancements."

She has appeared 37 covers of Vogue. Dickinson also starred as a judge on the reality TV series America's Next Top Model and after quitting in the spring of 2005 was replaced by Twiggy.

Dickinson currently stars in the fifth season of The Surreal Life with José Canseco, Bronson Pinchot, Omarosa, Carey Hart, Caprice, and Pepa. On the show, there is a recurring feud between Dickinson and Omarosa. In the show Dickinson claims to have seen "the scrass of current American Society" (in referring to Omarasa).

Dickinson's post-Surreal Life ventures include starting her own Hollywood-themed Restaraunt known as "The Couture Cafeteria". The restaraunt received a rating of one star in the last edition of Zagat's.

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