Jordan
Katie Price (born May 22, 1978), born Katie Infield,
and better known as Jordan, is a British glamour model, perhaps
most famous for her large, surgically enhanced breasts and the reports
of her personal life in British tabloid newspapers.
She was born in Brighton. When she was four, her father left home.
After a while her mother, Amy, remarried to Paul Price, and Jordan
changed her name to Katie Price. An excellent swimmer, gymnast,
and horsewoman, she took up glamour modelling as a "page 3"
girl in the tabloid newspapers.
Jordan had a well-publicised relationship with the pop singer Dane
Bowers, of the boy band Another Level, but they ended their relationship
while she was pregnant by him, and she had an abortion.
In the June 7, 2001 British General Election, Jordan ran as a candidate
in Manchester, England (using her real name) under a slogan of "For
a Bigger and Betta Future". As a 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 or 1.8% of the
vote.
On May 27, 2002, she gave birth to a baby boy she named Harvey after
her grandfather. Harvey's father was the Manchester United footballer
Dwight Yorke, although again the relationship broke up before the
child was born. Jordan 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 when 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.
Media coverage speculated that Jordan's alcohol consumption while
pregnant might been the cause, but doctors said that it was almost
certainly caused by a genetic disorder. His condition is thought
to be incurable.
That same year, Jordan 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 the nearby Nuffield Hospital.
Jordan began 2004 by appearing on the reality TV series I'm a Celebrity,
Get Me Out of Here!, flirting with singer Peter Andre, which had
also resurrected his career.
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