Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth
Born	(1974-02-15) February 15, 1974 (age 38)[1] Youngstown, Ohio[2]
Residence	Beverly Hills, California
Nationality	USA
Education	B.A. Broadcast Journalism (Central State University) M.A. (Howard University) (did not graduate)
Known for	Reality TV participant
Spouse	Aaron Stallworth (2000–2005)

Omaroseonee Manigault-Stallworth (born February 15, 1974),^[1] known by the abbreviated first name Omarosa, is a two-time participant on The Apprentice.^[3]

Early life[link]

Manigault-Stallworth was born in Youngstown, Ohio. She earned a Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism in 1996 at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, where she was a four year member of the women's volleyball team. She later moved to Washington, D.C. in order to attend Howard University, where she pursued both a Master's and Ph.D. in Communications, but ultimately did not attain either. ^[1]. Her father was Nigerian and her mother is African-American.

Career[link]

Manigault-Stallworth worked in the office of then Vice President Al Gore during the Clinton Administration as Deputy Associate Director of Presidential Personnel. According to a People Magazine article she was transferred due to disruptive behavior.^[4]

In August 2009, Manigault-Stallworth enrolled in United Theological Seminary in Ohio to pursue a Doctor of Ministry degree.^[5] She received a preacher's license in February 2011 from her church (Weller Street Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, California) and was formally ordained on February 27, 2012. She is currently finishing her degree at Payne Theological Seminary.^[6]

Television career[link]

Manigault-Stallworth first came to public attention in 2004 after becoming a participant on NBC's reality TV Series, The Apprentice, produced by Mark Burnett, and starring business mogul Donald Trump. With her controversial behavior, she soon became the "woman America loved to hate"^[7] and was named by E! as reality TV's No. 1 bad girl.^[8] However, Manigault-Stallworth claims the show's producers manipulated the footage to make her look like the villain, and said, "These shows are constructed. They don't happen, nor do they portray actual reality. They are constructed reality." She added, "Historically, blacks have been portrayed negatively on reality television. We don't come across well. You've got to start looking and saying, 'Is that really how all blacks are?' Because they are trying to say that this is representative of our people."^[7]

Since her participation on the first season of The Apprentice, Manigault-Stallworth has appeared on more than 20 other reality shows^[9], including VH1's fifth season of The Surreal Life, NBC's Fear Factor and Oxygen's prank show Girls Behaving Badly.^[8] She has also been a guest on several talk shows including a controversial appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. It was on Oprah's show where the often contentious Manigault-Stallworth accused fellow Apprentice participant Ereka Vetrini of calling her the "n-word," a claim Vetrini has strenuously denied.^[10] She also appeared in Fear Factor coming in Fourth Place in the final challenge with Nikki McKibbin, Ethan Zohn, and Ryan Sutter beating her with Ryan Sutter in 1st place. Ethan Zohn in 2nd Place. Nikki McKibbin in 3rd Place. Omarosa in Fourth Place. Jenna Morasca in Fifth Place. And Reichen Lehmkuhl in Sixth Place.

In January 2008, Manigault-Stallworth became the only former Apprentice participant to be invited back to The Celebrity Apprentice,^[11] where she quickly became embroiled in a personal feud with Piers Morgan. She was eventually fired in the tenth episode after serving as the project manager of the team that, according to Trump, suffered "the biggest slaughter in the history of The Apprentice" in a challenge to sell artwork against a team led by Morgan.^[12]

In June 2010, Manigault-Stallworth and Donald Trump teamed up to create a new dating show called The Ultimate Merger, which included R&B singer/producer Al B. Sure! as one of the contestants. The show aired on TV One.^[13]

Family[link]

Omarosa's brother, Jack, was found dead in his Youngstown, Ohio home on 11 October 2011. He was 40.^[14]

Relationships[link]

In 2000, she married Aaron Stallworth, and the two separated in 2005,^[15] and later divorced.^[16]

In 2010, Manigault-Stallworth confirmed that she was dating Michael Clarke Duncan whom she met in the produce section of a Whole Foods grocery store.^[17][18]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth at the Internet Movie Database

La Toya Jackson
Jackson in 2010.
Background information
Birth name	La Toya Yvonne Jackson
Also known as	Toy
Born	(1956-05-29) May 29, 1956 (age 56) Gary, Indiana, U.S.
Genres	Pop, R&B, dance
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, musician, actress, model, author, television personality, businesswoman
Years active	1972–present
Labels	Polydor (1980–82) Epic (1983–87) Teldec / RCA (1987–88) Teldec (1989) BCM (1990) Pump / Dino (1991–92) Mar-Gor (1993) CMC (1994–95) Ja-Tail / Bungalo (2002–present)
Associated acts	The Jacksons, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Rebbie Jackson, USA for Africa
Website	Official Site

La Toya Yvonne Jackson (born May 29, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, television personality, actress, businesswoman, philanthropist, activist and former model. She is the fifth child of the Jackson family. She maintained a career as a singer throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and returned to music in 2004 with her Billboard charting songs "Just Wanna Dance" and "Free the World". An EP called Starting Over was released on June 21, 2011.

Biography and career[link]

Early life[link]

Born on her sister Rebbie's 6th birthday on May 29, 1956, in Gary, Indiana, La Toya Jackson is the fifth of nine children born to Joseph and Katherine Jackson and the middle female child between Rebbie and Janet. Growing up, La Toya was a shy homebody. After her mother became a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses in 1965, La Toya, along with the rest of her siblings followed. She would spend some of her time (alongside her mother) preaching door-to-door. "Every morning, Michael and I witnessed, knocking on doors around Los Angeles, spreading the word of Jehovah."^[1] By 1972, at sixteen, La Toya joined her brothers in the spotlight with a tap dancing routine when her father arranged for them to perform shows in Las Vegas, among other cities.^[2] Jackson aspired to be an attorney specializing in business law. She attended college for a short time before her father insisted that she pursue a career in show business like the rest of the family.

[edit] 1970s: The Jacksons

In 1976 and 1977, La Toya and her sisters Rebbie and Janet appeared in all twelve episodes of The Jacksons—a CBS-TV variety program, with their brothers Jackie, Tito, Marlon, Michael, and Randy. Along with their brothers (minus Jermaine), La Toya and her sisters sang, danced and performed skits. In 1978 during the filming of The Wiz, La Toya traveled with her brother to New York. Sharing an apartment, it was the first time either of them had lived elsewhere as adults. Close siblings, Michael and La Toya, would not move out of the family's Encino home until they were 30 and 31 respectively.

Gentleman callers during this period included Diana Ross' brother Chico, Prince, and a young David Gest.^[3] Jackson also dated Bobby DeBarge, and was the inspiration for Switch's 1979 hit "I Call Your Name" and 1980's "You and I".^[4]

Under Joe Jackson's tutelage Rebbie, La Toya and Janet formed a short-lived musical group. However, they never performed live and soon separated because of creative differences about the act's future direction. Consequently, no related material was ever released by the trio.^[5] The next year, La Toya began work on her first solo album.

1980–83: Solo career[link]

In 1980, Jackson released her self-titled debut album. In order to distinguish herself from her famous brothers, The Jacksons, La Toya only wanted her first name on the album. "I begged just to have it 'La Toya'. But my father said, 'It's your last name. You got to use it.' But I wanted to see what I could do as an individual."^[6] The first single "If You Feel the Funk", became a modest hit, climbing into the Top 40 of the US R&B chart. Her second single, "Night Time Lover", was produced by younger brother Michael, who provided backing vocals. In turn, she provided the opening scream on her brothers', The Jacksons, 1980 hit, "This Place Hotel" as well as backing vocals on brother Michael's 1984 solo hit "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)".

The La Toya Jackson album peaked at #116 on the US Billboard 200, #26 on the Billboard R&B album chart, and #178 on the UK Top 200, making it her highest placing album.

In 1982, Jackson released a follow-up album, My Special Love, which generated two singles, "Stay the Night" and "I Don't Want You to Go".

[edit] 1984–87: Heart Don't Lie and international success

1984 saw the release of Jackson's critically acclaimed album Heart Don't Lie. Jackson scored her biggest Billboard Hot 100 hit with the titular track "Heart Don't Lie", which peaked at number 56. Other singles from this album were "Bet'cha Gonna Need My Lovin'", "Hot Potato", and a cover of Prince's "Private Joy." Jackson and Amir Bayyan co-wrote "Reggae Nights" for Heart Don't Lie but the track did not make the cut. Jimmy Cliff's recording of the song was a hit and was nominated for a Grammy. Cliff commissioned Jackson to write two more songs: "Brown Eyes" and "American Sweet."

In 1984 Jackson capitalized on her rising popularity by licensing her name to a fashion line; "David Laurenz for La Toya." ^[7] According to her three year contract with the suede and leather-maker Jackson agreed to only wear David Laurenz items during her public appearances. Apparel in the collection included Jackson's signature leather headbands.^[8][9] Jackson starred in adverts for Nikon cameras and the following year she become the spokesmodel for cosmetics firm Mahogany Image and launched her own eponymous fragrance, La Toya.^[10]

In 1985 Jackson participated on the single "We Are the World", an appeal for famine relief in Ethiopia. That same year Jackson featured in anti-drug music video "Stop the Madness".

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Her 1985 single "Baby Sister" was a notable success, as it received one of five Outstanding Song Awards at the sixteenth annual World Popular Song Festival in Japan. "Baby Sister" was included on the 1986 album Imagination, released just before Jackson's record label, Private-I, went bankrupt resulting in poor promotion.^[11] Jackson went on to record two duets; "Oops, Oh No!" with Cerrone, and "Yes, I'm Ready" with artist Jed. In 1987 Jackson was featured as a special guest at Minako Honda's DISPA (Disco Party) concert, joining in for the song, "Funkytown".

[edit] 1988–89: Departure from the family home and Playboy

In 1987, Jack Gordon was hired to co-manage La Toya by her father, Joseph. He later took over her management completely.

Under Gordon's management, Jackson's public image became increasingly sexier. Katherine Jackson recalled her shock seeing La Toya dance in a suggestive manner in 1988 for the first time in her autobiography My Family, The Jacksons, "she'd been so conservative that she'd once dropped a friend who had begun wearing low-cut tops and skirts with slits in them." Katherine believed that Gordon was distancing La Toya from her family so he could "become the dominating influence in her life."^[12] Around this time Jackson was disfellowshipped by the Jehovah's Witnesses. Defying her father, Jackson made a stormy exit from the family's Encino compound to take up residence in New York City.^[13]

In late 1988, Jackson released the album La Toya, which featured the singles, "You're Gonna Get Rocked!" and "(Ain't Nobody Loves You) Like I Do". The album also included a track titled "Just Say No", which was written for the Reagan administration's anti-drug campaign.^[14] The album included four tracks produced by Full Force, and three by Stock Aitken Waterman. The album is notable for being the first one Jackson released after changing her management.^[15]

In March 1989, Jackson posed topless for Playboy magazine. Jackson saw the pictorial as a declaration of independence from her conservative upbringing and "to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more—that I control my life." ^[16] The cover and layout was one of the most successful issues in Playboy's history, turning Jackson into an overnight sex symbol.^[17] At its time of release, it sold over 8 million copies, going on to become the best selling issue of the magazine ever. She posed again in Playboy in November 1991 to promote her autobiography and subsequently acted in a 1994 video for the magazine, becoming one of the first celebrities to have a Playboy video released. She later said that she initially refused to pose for the second spread and for the video, however, Gordon beat her into submission.^[18][19][20]

In 1989, Jackson began recording her sixth album Bad Girl. That year Jackson staged a live pay-per-view concert, A Sizzling Spectacular!, from Bally's theatre in Reno. Jackson's set list included songs from La Toya and Bad Girl. The show featured special guest star Edgar Winter.^[21]

1989-96: Public notoriety, abuse, and exile from the Jackson family[link]

On September 5, 1989, after her Sizzling Spectacular concert in Nevada, Gordon forcibly married Jackson, claiming it was for her own protection against kidnapping by her family. La Toya Jackson states that this was both unplanned and against her wishes. According to Jackson; "I told him, 'No way, Jack! I can't marry you. You know what marriage means to me. I've never been in love; I don't even date.... It's not right. I don't love you. I don't have feelings for you.'"^[16] Jackson tried to run out of the chapel three times but bodyguard Antonio Rossi grabbed her saying, "There's some things you have to do. Even if you don't want to."^[22][23] Jackson told Ebony magazine the marriage was "strictly in name only. It has never been consummated."^[16] Six months into the marriage, Jackson asked Gordon for an annulment when in Rome, Italy. In response, Gordon repeatedly bashed her head against the corner of the hotel room table saying that he would never let her go. Paparazzi subsequently photographed Jackson with black eyes, which Gordon claimed was caused by an intruder.^{[20][22][24][25]} From this point forward, Jackson lost all contact with her family and wrote an autobiography, La Toya: Growing Up in the Jackson Family, which accused her father of physical abuse.^[26]

For roughly the next decade Gordon controlled Jackson with threats, lies, and routine violence. According to Jackson, "When he hit me, the first time I was in shock, I just recalled my ear ringing, just ringing so hard."^[20] Gordon confiscated Jackson's passport, transferred her bank accounts into his name, hired bodyguards to watch La Toya constantly and banned her from speaking to or seeing her family, monitoring her every phone call.^[20] La Toya's father Joseph stated in his book The Jacksons that he believed Gordon brainwashed La Toya and made her fearful of her own family.^[5] Katherine also believed that La Toya had been brainwashed while Gordon claimed that Katherine had tried to kill her daughter.^[27] Sister Janet concurred with her parents saying at the time, "I think this guy who is with her has brainwashed her and made her like this... He keeps her away from the family, and now he's brainwashed her so much she keeps herself away from us."^[18][28]

In 1990 Jackson participated in the Sanremo Music Festival, entering "You and Me" an English-language version of "Verso l'ignoto" by siblings Marcella and Gianni Bella. While "You and Me" did not win Best Song, it entered Italy's hit parade, peaking at number twenty-eight. That year Jackson signed on with German-based BCM Records and released the single "Why Don't You Want My Love?" Jackson recorded other material with BCM, but the label went bankrupt and album plans were scrapped. Jackson signed with Dino Records quickly thereafter. 1991 saw the release of No Relations, an album with strong house and funk influences. This album featured Jackson's top twenty-five Netherlands hit "Sexbox".

In 1992 Jackson signed a contract with the Moulin Rouge in Paris to star in her own revue, Formidable. Jackson was to perform two shows a night, six nights a week. Jackson was highest paid performer in the cabaret's history earning a reported $5 million. Though Formidable was successful, selling out on most nights, Jackson departed half-way into her year-long contract owing the nightclub $550,000 in damages.^[16][29]

In October 1992 while taping an Exotic Club Tour in Minneapolis Jackson approached sister Janet Jackson, also in town recording her fifth studio album with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, to ask for help in escaping Gordon. Janet struck La Toya, accusing her elder sister of recording their conversation.^[30][31]

In 1993 in their New York home, Gordon beat Jackson repeatedly with a heavy brass dining room chair, leaving Jackson with black eyes, swollen lip and chin "the size of a clenched fist," cuts requiring 12 mouth stitches and contusions on her face, arms, legs and back.^[32][33] Jackson lost consciousness during the beating, leading Gordon to believe she was dead. She recalled, "He called his friends and said, 'She's dead. I killed her,' because I was lying in a puddle of blood and I was out."^[34] Gordon was arrested but then released, claiming he beat Jackson in self defense.^[35]

In December 1993 Gordon hastily arranged a press conference in Tel Aviv, where he had Jackson read a statement claiming to believe the sensational sex abuse allegation against her younger brother Michael might be true.^[36][37] This was an abrupt reversal of her previous defense of Michael against the charges.^[38] Gordon claimed La Toya had proof which she was prepared to disclose for a fee of $500,000. A bidding war between US and UK tabloids began, but fell through when they realized that her revelations were not what she had claimed them to be.^[39] According to La Toya, Gordon threatened to have siblings Michael and Janet killed if she didn't follow his orders.^[34][40]

Under Gordon's management, Jackson's career declined with his booking of disreputable jobs such as spokesperson for the Psychic Friends Network. Because of Gordon's steady stream of publicity stunts and her media portrayal as the Jackson family "black sheep" La Toya had become a hate figure of sorts.^[41] By the mid-1990s Jackson's finances were in disarray and she was forced to file for bankruptcy in order to stave off claims of $650,000 in damages to the Moulin Rouge for ending her contract early.^[42]

In 1993 Jackson held a concert at Poland's Sopot International Song Festival and released a step aerobics exercise video, Step-Up Workout. In 1994, Jackson again worked for Playboy Entertainment, becoming one the very first celebrities to have a Celebrity Centerfold video. Playboy Celebrity Centerfold: La Toya Jackson was released in the first quarter of 1994 and sold roughly 50,000 copies. Jackson later released two albums, one of country music, From Nashville to You, and another of Motown hits, Stop in the Name of Love, in the mid-1990s.

1996–2002: Escape and seclusion[link]

When Jackson became aware that Gordon was planning to feature her in a pornographic film she decided she'd had enough. Jackson phoned brother Randy who flew to New York to help her escape while Gordon was out.^[20][43] Only days later, La Toya filed for divorce from Las Vegas and sued Gordon in civil court for years of abuse under the Violence Against Women Act.^[18]

La Toya Jackson ended her estrangement with the entire Jackson family and returned home to Hayvenhurst. Jackson forgave her parents for her stifled upbringing reasoning, "I've come to realize that as we get older, we grow and learn a lot more. And I think that my father and my mother, they raised children the best way they know how."^[19] According to La Toya, Michael knew that she was forced to attack him in the press against her will and he did not blame her.^[44] "He never held any of that against me, I remember when I'd got away from this total hell I'd been through where I'd been beaten, abused, controlled and forced to say those terrible things about Michael, which I didn't for a moment believe, he held out his arms and just hugged me. I was crying saying: 'I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry.' He just held me tight and said: 'I am your brother, I always knew it wasn't you saying those words." ^[45] Jackson's last single of the 1990s was "Don't Break My Heart."

After separating from Gordon, Jackson cloistered herself in her home and lived alone for the first time—the first six months she stated she never actually left her house due to being terrified of Gordon seeing her. Weary after her years of public scorn, she didn't know what to do with her life and was afraid to perform again.^[44] Jackson struggled to rebuild her confidence but was plagued with self doubt, explaining, "I got to the point, [...] where—well, you know in the media they say things like, 'Oh, she can't sing. She has no talent. She can't dance.' I started believing that, and I was thinking, 'Oh my God'. And I started thinking, 'Oh gee, how could this happen to me?' How could I start believing this?".^[19] After this time she started to perform in Europe and South America occasionally to start making money to pay off the huge debts which Gordon had accumulated in her name while they were married. In the wake of the September 11 attacks Jackson was moved to compose "Free the World". She performed the song for friends to a positive reception. This spurred on Jackson to write more songs, ending up with a full album, Startin' Over.

2003–06: Re-emergence and return to music[link]

Jackson publicly re-emerged on Larry King Live on March 9, 2003. Her appearance caused CNN's phone lines to stay busy for hours and was King's highest-rated show in three years.^[46] Jackson announced her first musical project in six years, Startin' Over.^[19] Startin' Over's lead single was 2004's "Just Wanna Dance", released independently under her pseudonymous nickname "Toy" in order to avoid any prejudices DJs might hold against La Toya Jackson's name. The plan worked, with "Just Wanna Dance" reaching #13 on the US Billboard Hot Dance chart. "Free the World" was released later that year to similar success. Jackson's label, Ja-Tail Records secured a deal with Universal Music Group to distribute the album, which was delayed several times due to extenuating circumstances. The 2003 promotional copy of Startin' Over leaked online in 2006, however Jackson's management revealed that the entire album was being re-recorded with an all-new track list and updated sound. That year Jackson became the spokeswoman for Australian malt beverage Star Ice's US launch.^[47][48]

After Jack Gordon's death in 2005, Jackson was free to speak more openly about the control he exerted over her life. She sent a security expert to eyewitness that Gordon had not faked his death a second time.^[49] In 2005 she appeared on ABC News to recant her previous allegations and defend brother Michael against new charges of child abuse.^[20] VH1 described Jackson as a role model having weathered various successes and setbacks.^[46] The perception of Jackson as an underdog and her support for LGBT rights has led her to be declared a gay icon.^[41]

[edit] 2007–09: Armed & Famous and Celebrity Big Brother

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On January 10, 2007, the reality TV show Armed & Famous premiered on CBS starring Jackson and other celebrities. The program documented Jackson's basic training and service as a reserve police officer with the Muncie Police Department. Jackson maintains her badge by continuing to volunteer as a deputy.^[50]

The show was eventually removed from the CBS lineup, due to its inability to compete with American Idol. VH1 subsequently aired the remaining episodes. On the show, Jackson demonstrated her phobia of cats, after she began hysterically screaming and locked herself in a squad car. This fear, she revealed, was caused by a childhood memory in which a relative was attacked by a cat. She underwent on-screen therapy to try to relieve her of this phobia. A single called "Armed and Famous" was planned but the title was changed to "I Don't Play That" shortly before it was sent to radio stations, where it failed to take off, on January 29, 2007, due to CBS' cancellation of the show.

In January 2009, Jackson was paid £103,000 to appear as a contestant on the British television program Celebrity Big Brother. She was the second member of the Jackson family to be on the show, the first being her brother Jermaine in 2007.^[51][52] Jackson's goal in participating in show was to get over her shyness and "mix with people who I'd never normally meet."^[45] She was the fourth person evicted from the house, and was the first evictee of the series to be cheered on her exit.

2009: Death of brother Michael and "Home"[link]

La Toya Jackson on October 18, 2009 at an AIDS Walk in Los Angeles

The final version of Startin' Over was completed in late 2008, just before Jackson joined the cast of Celebrity Big Brother. A new lead single, "Love, Honor, and Obey", planned for a summer 2009 release, was put on hold because of the death of Jackson's younger brother Michael. Instead, "Home" was released on 28 July 2009 in Michael's memory with all proceeds going to AIDS Project Los Angeles, one of his favorite charities.^[53][54]

La Toya Jackson was one of the first siblings present at Reagan-UCLA Medical Center on June 25, 2009, after brother Michael Jackson was pronounced dead after suffering cardiac arrest. She was named as the informant on her brother's death certificate. Jackson requested a second autopsy to be carried out after noting suspicious medical paraphernalia in Michael's rented house, evasive behavior by his doctors, and discovering that $2 million in cash and jewels had gone missing. On July 13, an interview was published in News of the World and the Daily Mail wherein Jackson went public with her conclusion that Michael was murdered.^[50] The Los Angeles County Coroner ruled Jackson's death a homicide weeks later.^[55]

[edit] 2010–2012: New business ventures, Celebrity Apprentice and Starting Over

In 2010, Jackson launched Dream Cream, a hand cream for German cosmetics firm Alessandro International, and named Teddy Riley head of Ja-Tail Record's music division.^[56][57][58]

Jackson took part in NBC's Celebrity Apprentice, which aired from March through May 2011 and raised $65,000 for her chosen charity, AIDS Project Los Angeles. La Toya was "fired" from Celebrity Apprentice in episode 8 during season 11, which aired on April 24, 2011 on NBC. In an Apprentice first, Jackson was rehired in the following episode, as she felt she couldn't defend her case. La Toya was fired for the second time on May 8, 2011 and became the first person in history to be fired from The Apprentice twice within the same season. She was also the first guest judge to appear in two episodes of season three of RuPaul's Drag Race.^[59] She also served as guest judge on the 17th season of America's Next Top Model.

Jackson's second memoir, Starting Over, was released in the United States on June 21, 2011 through Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.^[60] An EP, also called Starting Over,was released the same day via digital outlets.^[61]

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

• La Toya Jackson (1980)
• My Special Love (1981)
• Heart Don't Lie (1984)
• Imagination (1986)
• La Toya (1988)
• Bad Girl (1991)
• No Relations (1991)
• From Nashville to You (1994)
• Stop in the Name of Love (1995)

Extended plays[link]

• Starting Over (2011)

Stage recordings[link]

• Formidable (1992)

Awards and other achievements[link]

• Jackson co-wrote "Reggae Nights" for reggae artist Jimmy Cliff, which received a Grammy nomination for Best Reggae Recording.^[46] She later recorded the song for her album No Relations.
• Jackson was honored as a writer, arranger, and producer of Cliff Hanger, which won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 1986.^[62]
• She was one of the recipients of a Grammy Award for Record of the Year as a vocalist for "We Are the World".^[63]
• She won one of five Outstanding Song Awards at the 1985 World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo, Japan, for her song "Baby Sister" ^[11]
• Jackson received a US Congressional Tribute for her participation in a "Beat It" rally and Stay In School Campaign^[64]
• Jackson's foot prints were immortalized on Rotterdam's Star Boulevard Walk of Fame on 19 December 1991, originally located in Scheveningen.
• She has a namesake dessert at Millions of Milkshakes in West Hollywood. The "La Toya Jackson Shake" consists of strawberries, raspberries, caramel, topped with whipped cream and a Cadbury flake.^[65]

The Jackson Family portal

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: La Toya Jackson

• Official site
• Official Facebook Page
• La Toya Jackson at the Internet Movie Database
• Church of La Toya—officially endorsed fan site

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Claudia Jordan

Beauty pageant titleholder
Claudia Jordan attending her 35th Birthday Party at Club Boulevard 3, Hollywood, California on April 13, 2008. 2008-04-13
Born	(1973-04-12) April 12, 1973 (age 39) Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Brown
Title(s)	Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1990 Miss Rhode Island USA 1997
Major competition(s)	Miss Teen USA 1990 Miss USA 1997 (Semi-finalist)

Claudia Jordan (born April 12, 1973) is an American television and radio personality. She is primarily known for appearing as a model on the U.S. version of Deal or No Deal, and for competing on Season 2 of the Celebrity Apprentice.

Personal life[link]

Jordan was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to an Italian mother and an African-American father. Claudia's parents met when her father was in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Brindisi, Italy.

She was briefly married to Datari Turner, but sought an annulment and denial of spousal support after alleging fraud and infidelity.^[1]

Career[link]

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Jordan held the Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1990 title and represented Rhode Island at the Miss Teen USA 1990 pageant. In 1997 she won the Miss Rhode Island USA title, becoming the second African-American woman ever to hold that title. She competed at Miss USA 1997 where she placed in the top 10.

She has worked at the Providence American newspaper and at the Boston television station WHDH-TV. She has appeared in television commercials for Coors Light, Sears, Pepsi and Visa. She appeared as a contestant on Dog Eat Dog and in Joe's music video for "I Wanna Know".

She was primarily known as a former Barker's Beauty on CBS's game show The Price Is Right from 2001 to 2003, before her breakout role as a model on the U.S. version of Deal or No Deal, where she held case number 1.

Jordan appeared on the second season of Celebrity Apprentice.^[2] In the series, celebrities raise money for a charity of their choice; Jordan selected the NAPSAC Foundation as her charity.^[3] She was "fired" by Donald Trump on the episode of Celebrity Apprentice that first aired March 22, 2009.

She co-hosted the Miss Universe 2009 pageant from the Bahamas alongside Billy Bush. She also played the thief in the Fabolous music video "Throw It In the Bag".

Jordan hosted her own weekly show on Sirius/XM Radio on The Foxxhole, called "The Claudia Jordan Show."

Jordan is currently a co-host on "Reach Around Radio" with TDP, Comedian Speedy, Comedian RT and The Poetess. The show also features DJ Always.

Filmography[link]

Film[link]

• S1m0ne (2002) (Simone Lookalike)
• Black Supaman (2007) (Laura Lane)
• Nora's Hair Salon (2004) (Journalist)
• Middle Men (2010) (Cynthia)