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Katie Price Jordan (born May 22, 1978 in Brighton) is an English glamour model, television personality, magazine columnist and businesswoman also known as Jordan. Her personal life is regularly featured in British tabloids and celebrity-based magazines. The accomplishments in the short career of Katie Price have more to do with who she has been with and what cosmetic enhancements she has had than with anything she has done on her own accord. Her social appearances have become fodder for the tabloid press, which has linked her with a slew of celebrities through the years, including former boyfriend Dane Bowers, lead singer of the UK band Another Level, and more recently Peter Andre, a popular Aussie singer who became her husband. In addition, the decision to have breast enlargement surgery, after she became a staple on Page 3 and every piece of newsstand gloss, became a quasi-national obsession. Katie Price seems to love being a noncelebrity, kind of like Paris Hilton, and even went the reality show route with her appearance in the UK show, I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! in 2004. And if you consider posing for the bunny mag an accomplishment, then Katie Price has achieved a lot by gracing the cover of Playboy's September 2002 issue. Price was born as Katrina Alexandra Infield and brought up in the seaside town of Brighton in East Sussex, England. Her secondary school was Blatchington Mill School and Sixth Form College. Her mother is English and her maternal grandmother is Jewish. She took the surname Price after her mother remarried following the split from her biological father when she was a child. Price has an older brother named Daniel and a younger half sister, Sophie. Her decision to start modeling came after a friend suggested she have some professional photographs done. The pictures were sent to a modeling agency in London, and to her surprise, the agency invited her into their studios for a photo shoot and to discuss a contract. Within weeks she began appearing on 'Page 3' of the The Sun newspaper (topless modeling). It was at this time that she assumed the name "Jordan" when somebody in the photoshoot disapproved her using her real name and felt Jordan would be best suited for her. Although she was already a well-established model, with frequent appearances on Page 3 and in men's lifestyle magazines to her credit, Jordan still had a feeling of insecurity about her breast size, and believed that implants would make her look better. Her parents, friends, and photographers with whom she had worked were against the idea. Nevertheless, the operation went ahead, and her cup size increased from a B to an E. She has stated that she "always felt that she looked flat-chested when she stood next to other girls on the glamour circuit". Her choice to "go under the knife" was a definitive factor in her retirement from Page 3 topless modeling for The Sun, which had recently decided on a "natural beauty" policy, requiring all its models to be " silicone-free". Jordan has also appeared on the covers of FHM, Maxim, Nuts, Front, Zoo Weekly, Sky, Esquire, Loaded, and Ice magazines. During the June 7, 2001, British General Election, Jordan ran as a candidate in Stretford and Urmston under her real name using the slogan: 'For a Bigger and Betta Future'. As part of her election campaign, which was intended to bring a little fun into a dull election, she promised free breast implants, increases on nudist beaches, and a ban on parking tickets. In the end, Jordan won 713 votes, 1.8% of the votes cast. In an attempt to cross over from modeling to other areas, Jordan auditioned for a part on the television series Baywatch in 1998, guest presented The Big Breakfast and played herself in an episode of Dream Team. Jordan (now preferring to be known to the public as Katie Price while not modeling) began 2004 by appearing on the reality TV series I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, alternately falling out with John Lydon and flirting in the jungle with singer Peter Andre whom she eventually married. Price appeared on Top Gear's Star in a Reasonably Priced Car on May 23, 2004. She completed the lap in 1:52s. She also made a cameo appearance playing herself in an episode of the television drama series Footballers' Wives and appeared in the programme Jordan Gets Even for Five. She appeared in the documentaries Jordan: Living Without Fame (Channel 4), Jordan: The Truth About Me, Jordan: Model Mum, Jordan: You Don't Even Know Me (BBC Choice), Jordan Gets Even (Five) and the series When Jordan Met Peter (ITV), Jordan & Peter: Laid Bare (ITV2), Jordan & Peter: Marriage and Mayhem (ITV2), and the Katie & Peter series, including Katie & Peter: The Next Chapter (ITV2) and Katie & Peter: The Baby Diaries. Katie & Peter was also successful in the United States, where it aired on E!, helping to establish Jordan's fame State-side. In summer 2005, Jordan was one of many guest hosts of the first series of The Friday Night Project. In December 2005 she released an exercise fitness DVD The Jordan Workout featuring "The Juice Master" Jason Vale. Katie & Peter: Unleashed began on Friday 19 October 2007 at 9pm on ITV2. A new series titled, Katie & Peter: The Next Chapter Down Under aired on ITV2 on 27 March 2008 at 9pm. Recently, Katie and Peter appeared on the CGI TV series, Headcases. Under the name Katie Price, she was one of the acts competing for the right to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, to be held in Ukraine. On 5 March 2005, singing a song titled "Not Just Anybody", wearing a skin tight pink catsuit whilst heavily pregnant, she lost the public vote, coming in second place in the pre-selection show Making Your Mind Up, behind Javine. The other contestants were the 1996 UK entrant Gina G, as well as Andy Scott-Lee, and the group Tricolore. Price and André released a duets album on 27 November 2006 titled A Whole New World with all proceedings going to their chosen charities due to the poor health conditions of Jordan's son Harvey. The album debuted at #20 in the UK album chart. The album went gold in two weeks selling 190,000 copies, including 81,296 in it's first week. To coincide with her appearance on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! earlier in the year, Price released the first of two autobiographies – Being Jordan – in May 2004. Initially turned down by the mainstream publishing houses after demanding a £1 million advance, she was eventually signed up by small independent publisher John Blake, a former tabloid journalist, for £10,000 plus royalties. In a departure from industry norms, she conducted a 10 day book signing tour which provoked enough interest, contrary to expectations, almost exclusively female, to propel her to first position in the Nielsen BookScan hardback sales chart and to sell 97,090 copies in little over a year and over one million, as of January 2007. Her second autobiography – Jordan: A Whole New World – detailing her wedding and family life reached number two in the hardback general category, selling 198,105 copies by 1 April 2006. Price's third autobiography Pushed to the Limit was released in February 2008. Her first ghostwritten novel, Angel, about a young woman who becomes a model, was published in June 2006, and sold 300,000 copies in six weeks.Her second ghostwritten novel, Crystal, about a young woman's efforts to become a singer, sold 159,407 copies during the first three months after its release in June 2007.All four books were ghostwritten by Rebecca Farnworth. In 2006 Price signed a £300,000 advance with Random House for Katie Price's Perfect Ponies, a series of children's books, which were released in 2007. A title from that series, "My Pony Care Book", was nominated for the WH Smith's Children's Book of the Year. In 2008, she released a new children's book series entitled "Mermaids & Pirates". Price continues to write a regular advice column in OK! magazine and has previously contributed to More and The Sun. The Glamour model Gave birth to first child, a boy. She named the child Harvey after her grandfather. Father is Dwight Yorke. Changed her name to Katie Price after mother remarried (to Paul Price). Jordan was one of British tabloid The Sun's most popular Page Three girls until readers voted Page Three girls should only be 'natural', no implants. The Sun also ran a readers vote to decide if Jordan should get her second breast implant. They voted no, but she opted for the operation anyway, partly because they had already voted her off the page due to the 'real or fake' vote before. Measurements: Bustline had grown, via three implant surgeries, from 32A to 34FF over her career. (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) Had a brief relationship with Gareth Gates. Met husband Peter Andre while filming "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!" (2002). Ranked #2 in a list of the "100 Worst Britons We Love to Hate" voted by viewers of televison network Channel 4 (2003). Her son, Harvey was born blind. Second son Junior, her first child with Peter Andre. born on 13th June 2005, at 10 AM by Caesarean Section, weighing 5lbs 13oz. Her autobiography "Being Jordan" ranked #4 on the best-seller list of autobiographies in the UK. Gave birth to her third child by Caesarean section at London's Portland Hospital at 8:49 (BST). Daughter, Princess Tiaamii, was born on June 29, 2007 weighing 6 pounds, 13 ounces. |
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