Janice Doreen Dickinson was brought up in a small household in Hollywood. She suffered a tragic childhood at the hands of her pedophile father but soon liberated herself when she moved out to New York to fulfill her ambition to become a supermodel. Initially, she was rejected by everyone in America due to her ethnic looks but that did not stop Dickinson from making a name for herself in France where her exotic looks were admired. The rest of her modeling career bloomed in the States and she became the number one choice for brand names like Versace, Oscar de la Renta, Valentino, Calvin Klein, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Elle, Revlon, Christian Dior, etc. She was known to be a wild party girl and on many occasions was connected to many known celebrities like Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Jack Nicholson, etc. In recent years she has appeared on numerous reality television shows, like: ‘America’s Top Model’, ‘Top Models’, ‘I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here’, ‘The Surreal’, ‘Come Dine With Me’, etc. She is also a renowned author and has written many famous books on her experiences in the fashion world and her rendezvous with many lovers.