[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=+3]
Janice Dickinson[/size][/font]
AKA Janice Doreen Dickinson
Born: 17-Feb-1953
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Model
Level of fame: Somewhat
Executive summary: 1970s supermodel
Janice Dickinson was one of the brashest, wildest supermodels ever. As the child of a violent, pedophiliac father and a pill-popping mother, she grew up hearing her father's "You'll never amount to nothing!"
Determined to become a raging success, Dickinson went to New York City and began calling modeling agencies. It was the 1970s, and the ideal models were blond "girls next door" like
Cheryl Tiegs, but Dickinson was a self described "Polish-mutt niggerlips." She was turned down by Eileen Ford -- "Those lips!" -- but ended up going to Paris after
Lorraine Bracco told her photographer boyfriend that she liked Dickinson's look.
She became a huge success in Europe, and returned to New York City in 1978. It was the era of Studio 54 and Dickinson partied with the likes of
Truman Capote,
Andy Warhol, and
John Belushi. She seduced the most famous ladies' men, drank every drink and snorted or inhaled every drug. While foggy headed, she fell off a catwalk and onto
Sophia Loren. Dickinson took revenge on Ford by signing with her agency and then jumping ship to Elite when she became established in the US. On her way out the door, she reportedly told Ford, "It's me, big-lipped Janice. I'm going to Elite. I don't like you, I've never liked you."
Her lengthy list of purported sexual conquests includes
Prince Albert II,
Warren Beatty,
John Cusack,
Mick Jagger,
Grace Jones,
John F. Kennedy, Jr.,
Kelly LeBrock,
Jon Lovitz,
Dolph Lundgren,
Liam Neeson,
Jack Nicholson,
Bruce Willis, and
Frank Zappa.