Katie Price (born Katarina Alexandra Infield on May 22, 1978) is an English glamour model, television personality, magazine Columnist and Businesswoman commonly known as Jordan. She is mainly known for her large surgically enhanced breasts, and her personal life is regularly featured in British tabloids and celebrity-based magazines.

Early life

Price was born in and brought up in the seaside town of Brighton in East Sussex, England. 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 sister, Sophie.

Her decision to start modelling came after a friend suggested she have some professional photographs done. The pictures were sent to a modelling 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 modelling). It was at this time that she assumed the name 'Jordan'.

Career

In an attempt to cross over from modeling to other areas, Jordan (unsuccessfully) tried out for a part on the television series Baywatch in 1998, guest presented The Big Breakfast and played herself in an episode of Dream Team.

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 look better. Friends, photographers with whom she had worked - and even her parents - were against the idea. Nevertheless, the operation went ahead, and her cup size increased from a B to a D. 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 modelling for The Sun, which had recently decided on a "natural beauty" policy, requiring all its models to be "silicone-free".

Jordan appeared in six volumes of Playboy's Book of Lingerie from 1997 to 1999.

Jordan has also graced the covers of FHM, Maxim, Nuts, Front, Zoo Weekly, Sky, Esquire, Loaded and Ice magazines.

In 2002, she was shooting a cover to run in Playboy when Hugh Hefner invited her to spend three weeks at his mansion. She appeared at a number of promotional events for the similarly named Jordan Grand Prix Formula One team during this time, during a period when they were heavily promoting themselves to the youth market.

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 which equalled 1.8% of the vote.

Jordan (now preferring to be known to the public as Katie Price while not modelling) 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. 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) and the series When Jordan met Peter (ITV1), Jordan and Peter: Laid bare (ITV2), Jordan and Peter: Marriage and mayhem (ITV2) and Jordan Gets Even (Five).

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, she came 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. She has constantly claimed she has a recording contract though many in the music industry apparently connected with Katie deny this. She also admits the Eurovision was a mistake and is one of few regrets of her current career.

In summer 2005, Jordan was one of many guest hosts of the first series of The Friday Night Project and later appeared on the cover of Loaded magazine with Carmen Electra.

Price claimed in 2005 that she soon would be retiring her Jordan image. In May 2004, she published her autobiography, Being Jordan, to surprisingly positive reviews; it became a massive best-seller and the 4th best-selling autobiography of all time in the UK. Jordan: A Whole New World, her second autobiography, was released January 2006 and has so far sold nearly 400,000 copies. Her first autobiography has sold 500,000 copies so far, while the second sold 300,000 within just the first 6 weeks of its release.

In December 2005 she released the best selling fitness DVD The Jordan Workout featuring 'The Juice Master' Jason Vale.

In April 2006 Price appeared in a photo shoot for American Vogue by David Bailey as part of the magazine's Shape issue.

In summer 2006 she announced she was planning to flaunt her talents across the Atlantic and appeared on USA TV channel E!. She was only given a controversial five minutes of interviewing time and faced mixed reactions from American audiences.

In Summer 2006 the novel Angel, a work of fiction, by Katie Price was published and hit the best-selling lists across the country.

In November 2006 Katie Price launched The Katie Price Lingerie Collection in conjunction with Panache available exclusively at Asda stores nationwide. In 2006 the 'Jordan At Asda ' jewellery range was launched, as well as a follow-up jewellery deal with Argos.

In November 2006, Katie Price appeared on the front cover of British Elle magazine.

Jordan and Andre 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 100,000 copies.

Price continues to write a regular advice column in OK! magazine and has previously contributed to More and The Sun.

A chat show, The Jordan and Peter Show has recently been commissioned and will be screened on ITV in 2007 as part of a six figure exclusive, "golden handcuffs" deal with the network.

In October 2006, an article was published in The Daily Mail called Britain's Richest celebrity chavs. Price and her husband Peter Andre were ranked at #2, second only to David Beckham and Victoria Beckham. The piece claimed that with an estimated fortune of £30million and rising, Price currently stands as one of the richest women in Britain.

In early 2007, Price was announced as the new face of Foxy Bingo, in March 2007, Price was named Gratan Celebrity Mum of the year in a nationwide poll and in April 2007 she appeareared on the front cover of the iconic women's magazine Cosmopolitan.

Later in 2007, Price will release her first children's book, launch her own signature scent, expand her lingerie range and begin writing her biopic.

It has recently been announced that the E! network has bought the rights to screen the Jordan and Peter ITV2 series of programmes on American television.

Appearances in Playboy special editions

• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 58 November 1997 - Byron Newman, pages 24-25.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 59 January 1998 - Byron Newman, pages 84-89.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 60 March 1998 - pages 44-47.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 61 May 1998 - pages 34-35.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 65 January 1999 - pages 22-23.
• Playboy's Voluptuous Vixens Vol. 7 April 2003 - cover.

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