Katie Price Biography

The famous English glamor model Katie Price, was born on May 22, 1978, in Brighton, England. Her birth name is Katrina Amy Alexandria Alexis Infield. During her childhood days, Katie never thought of becoming a model. Today, this glamor model and television personality, is also a magazine columnist, author, occasional singer, and businesswoman.

Price did not have a happy childhood. Her father left home when she was only four years old. After a few years, her mother Amy married Paul Price. It was then that she decided to drop her surname Infield and obtained Price. Price has a younger half-sister (Sophie Price) and an older brother (Daniel). Since her childhood days, she took active part in swimming, gymnastics, and horse-riding.

Model

Katie Price started her career about 17 years ago, when one of her friends persuaded her to go for a professional photo shoot. To her surprise, she got a contract from the modeling agency. Subsequently, she appeared on Page 3 of the Sun newspaper for the first time. It was during this time that she took up the pseudonym Jordan. Since then, she was regularly featured in celebrity magazines and British tabloid newspapers.

Though she became a well-known model, Katie Price was very insecure about her figure. Although all her close friends and family members did not support her decision, she went for a series of operations for breast enlargement. Due to this decision, she lost the contract with Sun newspaper as the company policy required all their models to be silicone-free.

Price wanted to try her hand at acting. So, in 1998, she auditioned for a role in Baywatch, which turned out to be unsuccessful. In 2002, she appeared in Playboy magazine for the first time. Until then, she had already appeared on the cover of six volumes of the same magazine.

In 2001, she had a brief affair with Dwight Yorke, a footballer who played for Manchester United at that time. The following year, she gave birth to their son, Harvey Daniel, who was born blind due to a condition called septo-optic dysplasia. She was diagnosed with cancer (leiomyosarcoma) in the same year. Katie Price underwent a surgery for treating the same.

In early 2004, she appeared on the reality TV show, "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!". It was during this show that she met her first husband Peter Andre, an Australian-English pop singer. She married him in September 2005, and the same year, they had their first child Junior. In 2007, they have their second child Princess Tiamii. Katie Price marriage to Peter Andre lasted till 2009.

Businesswoman

Katie Price has been always direct about her views on life. She wrote and released her first autobiography 'Being Jordan' in 2004, which became a bestseller. It is said to be one of the fastest selling autobiographies ever, based on its first day of release. It has also ranked in the top ten bestseller list for two consecutive years by The Sunday Times. Her second autobiography 'A Whole New World', released in 2006, was equally successful. In 2006 and 2007, she authored two novels 'Angel' and 'Crystal'.

Apart from being a successful author, Katie Price is a very good businesswoman. She has shown her creative flair by launching her range of lingerie and swimming costume. She also worked on her range of jewelry, cosmetics, hair care appliances, and riding gear. In the year 2006, she released a fitness DVD 'The Jordan Workout', which turned out to be very successful. Till date, she has already penned four autobiographies and six novels.

Singer

Already a successful model, TV star, and designer, Katie's dream to become a singer was accomplished in 2006, when she recorded her debut album 'A Whole new World' with her first husband. They donated the profits from the sale of the album to charities in UK. Again in 2010, she sang a non-album single 'Free to Love Again'. That was the same year when she got married to her second husband Alex Reid. After being separated in January 2011, Price started dating Leandro Penna.

Katie Price has come a long way after appearing in the reality show. Her fan following is proof of that; other than her male fans, she has lots of female fans following. Today, she prefers to be known by her real name Katie Price, rather than her professional name, Jordan. In the best years of her career (2004 - 2009), she had been nominated for seven awards, of which she won four. With her talent and personality, Katie Price has proven that she can meet any challenge in life and do anything she sets her mind on.

By Ningthoujam Sandhyarani

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Supermodel Adriana Lima

Adriana Lima was born on the June 12, 1981. She is Brazilian and a popular super model. Lima was born in Bahia, Brazil, to Nelson Torres and Maria da Graça Lima. Her mother was a social worker. She has announced the existence of two half brothers, aged 7 and 11, to the media. Her early childhood was not easy, with her father walking out on her and her mother, when little Adriana was just six months old. After years of estranged relationship with her father, she is now reportedly making attempts to reconcile. She claims a family lineage of Native South American, African and Swiss descent!

The world of fashion modeling chanced upon Adriana Lima, when she was just 13. Lima was 'discovered' at a shopping mall. With this kind of early exposure, she became Brazil's Ford Supermodel of the World Search and went on to finish in a close second at the 1996 Ford Supermodel of the World. Adriana's portfolio shifted big hands when she moved to New York City. She signed a contract with Elite Model Management and the expansion exponentially made her every teenager's role model. Adriana Lima splashed and sizzled on the covers and articles of numerous international editions of Marie Claire and Vogue.

Adriana Lima walked the ramp and claimed money, name and fame with industry bigwigs like Ralph Lauren, Vera Wang, Giorgio Armani, Valentino and Ungaro. The catwalks of such big-name designers made her a supermodel and star. She went on to grace the Guess Magazine in the fall of 2000 and subsequently appeared on 'A Second Decade of Guess'. Adriana Lima starred in the 2001, BMW promotional short film called 'The Follow'. She shared the screen with the likes of Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke and Whitaker. The movie was the dedicated effort of Hong Kong's Wong Kar-Wai, a film director of international repute.

Adriana Lima went on to promote products marketed by bebe, Maybelline and Mossimo. She was coveted as cover girl for ELLE, Vogue, GQ and Harper's Bazaar. Her notable achievements include her world wide acceptance as cover and editorial high fashion ambassador on the GQ cover of April 2006, which is credited with being 'the highest-selling issue of the year' and her poise for the 2005 calendar by Pirelli. She is also the face of Telecom Italia Mobile, Italy's cell phone carrier and has been compared to none less than Catherine Zeta-Jones! Lima graced the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 1999 and has been a regular on the shows since.

One of her biggest moments was when she played show opener for Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Lima is a household name and well recognized face owing to her stints with several television ads, including the popular commercial for Victoria's Secret angel in Venice, alongside legendary rock musician Bob Dylan. Though the commercial won her a fair share of world wide praise and criticism, she went on to sign a contract as 'Angel' and Brand Spokesperson! The Super Bowl XLII ad for Victoria's Secret has been another rung in the ladder.

Lima is Brand Ambassador for the prestigious cosmetic line giant Maybelline of New York and has established herself as the fourth highest paid supermodel. Lima speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese fluently and flaunts Gabriel Garcia Marquez as her favorite author. She has been a media favorite and flirts with the fact that she used to be shy around boys and didn't kiss till she was 17! She has admitted to the media and fans that she is a staunch Catholic and a regular church-goer. GQ called her "The World's Most Voluptuous Virgin' when she went on to declare that she believes that 'sex is for after marriage' and that men have to learn to respect her choice, if they want her bad enough. Lima denies the hyped link up with Lenny Kravitz and superstar Derek Jeter. She is currently dating basketball player Marko Jaric of Serbia.

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Angela Lindvall Fashion Model, Model, Supermodel

 

 

 

 

 

Angela Lindvall has done major ad campaigns for Prada, Gucci, and Tommy Hilfiger, and was one of the finalists for the VH1/Vogue Model of the Year award. She is currently dating Titanic bad boy Billy Zane.

Angela Lindvall was born in April 1979, in Midwest City, Oklahoma, but was raised in Lee's Summit, Missouri. She got her start early on, and made it to the big leagues after a scout discovered the 14-year-old while modeling in a Kansas City fashion show.

She immediately signed with IMG in New York, and is presently signed with IMG in Paris, and Riccardo Gay in Milan.

Angela apparently took a break from age 14 to 17, but came back to the glam world at 17, and with full force.

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