Love her or hate her Katie Price AKA Jordan has to be given something. The pint sized glamour model knows how to sell herself and today is no exception.
She is promoting her second book, Jordan: A Whole New World. The crowd is huge, mainly people coming to gawk, but there are a still a few hundred clutching their books waiting to meet her.
Katie is dazzling in pink from top to toe, a petite size four, and the envy of most of the women here today.
Busty Brit Katie Price began her modeling career by appearing as one of London's infamous "Page 3" girls in the Sun newspaper. The daily's legendary page features a different topless girl each day and has been the launching-pad for many a model's career. Shortly after signing a contract with the British tabloid she took the pseudonym Jordan, and with her new public alter-ego her popularity skyrocketed.
Jordan is now known as one of London's bad girls, as the paparazzi has often captured many of her public antics throughout Europe's nightclub scene. Her life in the public eye has been turbulent. Many relationships have been well-publicized, as well as ailments and complications with pregnancies. A tryst with British singer Dane Bowers led her to have an abortion. Her first child was born blind, having an undeveloped optic nerve, and many blame her drinking habits during the pregnancy. She also had a malignant tumor removed from one of her fingers.
In 2004, as her popularity began to wane, she starred in I'm a Celebrity: Get Me Out of Here, a British series that focuses on tossing a bunch of celebs in the middle of the jungle (or other remote locale) to fend for themselves. It was there that she met fellow B-lister Peter Andre, an R&B singer from Australia. The two quickly became a couple, had the showbiz wedding of the year and in 2005 had their first child.
From her days as a "Page 3" girl through her much publicized life, she speaks her mind and keeps no secrets. And there's little doubt the size of her breasts also had something to do with her fame. But she plans to change all that and settle down a bit. The actress/model plans on taking on a more tasteful image. After penning her autobiography, Being Jordan, she recently announced that she will be retiring that "Jordan" name and image. She has just started her own lingerie line, and she has begun to follow an interest in a singing career, taking lessons with a vocal coach. Price also announced that she plans to reduce her chest size, and of course, the Sun was there. The paper began petitions and polls with thousands of fans urging her not to have the surgery.
Such a mammoth life for someone so young but very shrewd all the same.
After interviews and 10 minutes of photography we are politely asked to leave, but with as much a two cards full of pictures and a pad full of notes it's a succesful event.