Katie Price
Biography
Katie
Price (née Katie Infield) was born on May 22nd, 1978, and
grew up in the seaside town of Brighton in Sussex, England. The
decision to embark on a modeling career came after a friend suggested
a session with a professional photographer. The pictures were sent
to an agency in London and to her astonishment, she was invited
to participate in a photo shoot.
Not much
is known about her schooling years though. The decision to embark
on a modeling career came after a friend suggested a session with
a professional photographer. Her photos were sent to an agency in
London, who replied with an invitation for a photo shoot. After
signing a contract, it was only weeks before she began appearing
in a number of national newspapers.
Katie
soon signed a contract and became a Page 3 sensation (a popular
feature in the British tabloid the Sun), changing her name to Jordan
shortly thereafter. As her popularity grew, her relationship with
an electrician began to decline and the couple parted in 1997. Other
dalliances included football (soccer) star Teddy Sheringham and
showjumper Oliver Skeete.
In 1998, she began dating Gladiator "Ace" Warren Furman
of British television fame. The relationship soured, however, when
Furman became envious of the attention Jordan received while entertaining
British troops in Kosovo. One of her more publicized relationships
was with Dane Bowers, former lead singer of Another Level, whom
she shacked up with.
Jordan
auditioned for a part in Baywatch in 1998, but was unsuccessful
in landing a part. Although she had become an established model,
Jordan was insecure about her chest size. Believing that implants
would help her cause, she decided to have plastic surgery. The result
was an increase in size from B to D. The dramatic journey leading
up to the procedure was chronicled in every tabloid newspaper in
the UK.
Following
the successful operation, Jordan decided never to pose for Page
3, although the Sun in particular had long since instituted a policy
of using only natural girls.
jordan
poses for hefner
Jordan
has since shifted her focus to a career in music, training with
a vocal coach and utilizing her contacts gained via her relationship
with Bowers to land a record deal. And she put her hot body to good
use, posing on the cover of Play..boy's September 2002 issue. Thanks
to that pictorial, fans could get a glimpse of her now FF breasts,
after a total of three implant operations.
In 2002,
she also released her very own calendar and became the proud mother
of baby Harvey in May (who she named after her grandfather); Manchester
United star Dwight Yorke is the father, but they are no longer together.
katie
price, model mum
Famous
for being famous, Katie Price was the subject of a trilogy of documentaries
(directed by BBC filmmaker Richard Macer), starting with Jordan:
The Truth About Me (2002), followed by Jordan: The Model Mum (2004)
and concluding with Jordan: You Don't Even Know Me (2004). The films
follow Jordan from her modeling days, to her pregnancy, to the birth
of her child and separation from her boyfriend, all while seeing
her life played out in the British tabloids. Unfortunately, Katie
learned that her son, Harvey, was born blind, as his optic nerve
didn't develop properly.
Throughout
her career, Katie Price has appeared as herself in British TV shows
such as The Frank Skinner Show, Dream Team and The Dunphy Show.
But she generated the most buzz with her stint on the celebrity
reality show, I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, in 2004, when
she began a highly-publicized relationship with her "co-star,"
Aussie singer Peter Andre.
Katie
Price Filmography
"The
Club"
Episode #1.1 (2003) TV Episode .... Bar Guest
Best of Amateur (2003) (V)
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