Post by -AKP-RachaelDale on Apr 1, 2008 10:13:18 GMT -5
A Bit About Katie
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Full Birth Name: Katrina Alexandra Infield
Date of Birth: 22 May 1978, Brighton, England, UK
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EARLY LIFE
Katie Price was born 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. Katie 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' when somebody in the photo shoot disapproved her using her real name and felt 'Jordan' would be best suited for her.
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MODELLING
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".
In an attempt to cross over from modelling to other areas, Katie (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.
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.
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POLITICS
During the June 7, 2001, British General Election, Katie 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, she won 713 votes, 1.8% of the votes cast.
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MUSIC
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 cat suit 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. 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.
Katie and husband Peter 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 Katie's son Harvey. The album debuted at #20 in the UK album chart. The album went gold in two weeks selling 100,000 copies.
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PERSONAL LIFE
As her career began to blossom, Katie embarked on several brief relationships with celebrities and sports stars including footballers Teddy Sheringham, and Dwight Yorke, and a more serious relationship with the TV Gladiator 'Ace' (real name Warren Foreman). Despite Kate's declaration of love for the Gladiator star, the relationship didn't last. She has subsequently attributed the break-up to Warren's severe jealousy of all the male attention she received.
Katie also had a much publicised relationship with Dane Bowers of the boy band Another Level. She traumatically had an abortion after discovering he had cheated on her.
On May 27, 2002, she gave birth to a baby boy, whom she named Harvey Daniel; choosing the name Harvey after her grandfather, and Daniel after her brother. Harvey's father is the Sunderland footballer Dwight Yorke, although just as during her previous pregnancy, the relationship ended before the child was born. Katie has said she intended to have the birth shown live over the Internet, but changed her mind later and decided to keep it private. Harvey was born at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, his birth being induced as he was two weeks overdue. He was found to be blind, having a condition known as septo-optic dysplasia, meaning that his optic nerve hadn't developed correctly. Harvey has had multiple stays in hospital including most recently on New Years Eve following an accident at their home
That same year, Katie was treated for cancer. She had a leiomyosarcoma on her finger, this being a rare form of malignant tumour which attacks smooth muscle tissue and can spread around the body. She had it removed at a Nuffield Hospital near her Brighton home.
Despite her health scares, Katie managed to keep the British press happy in 2002 with the revelation that she had embarked on a secret sexual relationship with Gareth Gates (the then 17 year old pop-star of Pop Idol fame), whilst she was 4 months pregnant with her son Harvey.
Katie's relationship with Peter Andre seems to have resurrected both of their careers. Kate's antics in the jungle meant that she was rarely out of the British press at this time. In February 2005 she announced that she was 5 months pregnant, with Peter André's child. Katie gave birth by Caesarean section to her second child, a 5lb 13oz boy named Junior Savva Andreas, on 13 June 2005. On September 10, 2005, she married André at Highclere Castle, Hampshire. In July 2006, it was announced that she had sadly suffered a miscarriage - she was three and a half months pregnant.
On 29 June 2007 Katie gave birth to her third child, a daughter named Princess Tiáamii.
In November 2006 she and her husband released a CD of duets to raise money for various charities. In 2007, and Katie appeared on the British young people's rich list which estimated her to be worth £30 million, ranking the 17th richest young person in Britain.
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Date of Birth: 22 May 1978, Brighton, England, UK
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EARLY LIFE
Katie Price was born 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. Katie 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' when somebody in the photo shoot disapproved her using her real name and felt 'Jordan' would be best suited for her.
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MODELLING
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".
In an attempt to cross over from modelling to other areas, Katie (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.
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.
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POLITICS
During the June 7, 2001, British General Election, Katie 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, she won 713 votes, 1.8% of the votes cast.
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MUSIC
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 cat suit 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. 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.
Katie and husband Peter 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 Katie's son Harvey. The album debuted at #20 in the UK album chart. The album went gold in two weeks selling 100,000 copies.
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PERSONAL LIFE
As her career began to blossom, Katie embarked on several brief relationships with celebrities and sports stars including footballers Teddy Sheringham, and Dwight Yorke, and a more serious relationship with the TV Gladiator 'Ace' (real name Warren Foreman). Despite Kate's declaration of love for the Gladiator star, the relationship didn't last. She has subsequently attributed the break-up to Warren's severe jealousy of all the male attention she received.
Katie also had a much publicised relationship with Dane Bowers of the boy band Another Level. She traumatically had an abortion after discovering he had cheated on her.
On May 27, 2002, she gave birth to a baby boy, whom she named Harvey Daniel; choosing the name Harvey after her grandfather, and Daniel after her brother. Harvey's father is the Sunderland footballer Dwight Yorke, although just as during her previous pregnancy, the relationship ended before the child was born. Katie has said she intended to have the birth shown live over the Internet, but changed her mind later and decided to keep it private. Harvey was born at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, his birth being induced as he was two weeks overdue. He was found to be blind, having a condition known as septo-optic dysplasia, meaning that his optic nerve hadn't developed correctly. Harvey has had multiple stays in hospital including most recently on New Years Eve following an accident at their home
That same year, Katie was treated for cancer. She had a leiomyosarcoma on her finger, this being a rare form of malignant tumour which attacks smooth muscle tissue and can spread around the body. She had it removed at a Nuffield Hospital near her Brighton home.
Despite her health scares, Katie managed to keep the British press happy in 2002 with the revelation that she had embarked on a secret sexual relationship with Gareth Gates (the then 17 year old pop-star of Pop Idol fame), whilst she was 4 months pregnant with her son Harvey.
Katie's relationship with Peter Andre seems to have resurrected both of their careers. Kate's antics in the jungle meant that she was rarely out of the British press at this time. In February 2005 she announced that she was 5 months pregnant, with Peter André's child. Katie gave birth by Caesarean section to her second child, a 5lb 13oz boy named Junior Savva Andreas, on 13 June 2005. On September 10, 2005, she married André at Highclere Castle, Hampshire. In July 2006, it was announced that she had sadly suffered a miscarriage - she was three and a half months pregnant.
On 29 June 2007 Katie gave birth to her third child, a daughter named Princess Tiáamii.
In November 2006 she and her husband released a CD of duets to raise money for various charities. In 2007, and Katie appeared on the British young people's rich list which estimated her to be worth £30 million, ranking the 17th richest young person in Britain.
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