The final girl is a trope in thriller and horror films (particularly slasher films) that specifically refers to the last woman or girl alive to confront the killer, ostensibly the one left to tell the story. The final girl has been observed in dozens of films, including Halloween,^[1] Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, Final Destination, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and its remake, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Hellraiser, Alien, The Strangers, The Ring, The Grudge, Terror Train, Event Horizon, the Cabin in the Woods and Resident Evil. The term was coined^[2] by Carol J. Clover in her 1992 book Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film.^[3] Clover suggests that in these films, the viewer begins by sharing the perspective of the killer, but experiences a shift in identification to the final girl partway through the film.

Concept[link]

A common plot line in many horror films, particularly prior to the 1990s, is one in which a series of victims is killed one by one by a killer amid increasing terror, culminating in a climax in which the last surviving member of the group, a girl or woman, either vanquishes the killer or gets away. According to Clover, the final girl in many of these works shares common characteristics: she is typically sexually unavailable or virginal, avoiding the vices of the victims (sex, illegal drug use, hedonistic lifestyle, etc.). She sometimes has a unisex name (e.g., Teddy, Billie, Georgie, Sidney). Occasionally the final girl will have a shared history with the killer. For example, in Halloween II, Michael Myers is revealed to be the brother of Laurie Strode and in Scream 3 the killer is revealed to be Roman Bridger, half-brother of sole survivor Sidney Prescott. The final girl is the "investigating consciousness" of the film, moving the narrative forward and as such, she exhibits intelligence, curiosity, and vigilance.

One of the basic premises of Clover’s theory is that audience identification is unstable and fluid across gender lines, particularly in the case of the slasher film. During the final girl’s confrontation with the killer, Clover argues, she becomes masculinized through "phallic appropriation" by taking up a weapon, such as a knife or chainsaw, against the killer. Conversely, Clover points out that the villain of slasher films is often a male whose masculinity, and sexuality more generally, are in crisis. An example would be Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Clover points to this gender fluidity as demonstrating the impact of feminism in popular culture.

The phenomenon of the male audience having to identify with a young female character in an ostensibly male-oriented genre, usually associated with sadistic voyeurism, raises interesting questions about the nature of slasher films and their relationship with feminism. Clover argues that for a film to be successful, although the Final Girl is masculinized, it is necessary for this surviving character to be female, because she must experience abject terror, and many viewers would reject a film that showed abject terror on the part of a male. The terror has a purpose, in that the female is 'purged' if she survives, of undesirable characteristics, such as relentless pursuit of pleasure in her own right. An interesting feature of the genre is the 'punishment' of beauty and sexual availability, sometimes expressed as "Sex = Death".

The film Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006) explains and talks extensively about this popular horror film convention (although in the film, it is referred to as "survivor girl"), even using it as a major plot device.

Examples of final girls[link]

Before the release of Alien 3, Clover identified Ellen Ripley from the Alien franchise as a final girl. Elizabeth Ezra continues this analysis for Alien Resurrection, arguing that by definition both Ripley and Annalee Call must be final girls, and that Call is the "next generation of Clover's Final Girl". Call, in Ezra's view, exhibits traits that fit Clover's definition of a final girl, namely that she is boyish, having a short masculine-style haircut, and that she is characterized by (in Clover's words) "smartness, gravity, competence in mechanical and other practical matters, and sexual reluctance" being a ship's mechanic who rejects the sexual advances made by male characters on the ship. Ezra notes, however, that Call fits the description imperfectly as she is an android, not a human being.^[4]

Christine Cornea disputes the idea that Ripley is a final girl, contrasting Clover's analysis of the character with that of Barbara Creed, who presents Ripley as "the reassuring face of womanhood". Cornea does not accept either Clover's or Creed's views on Ripley. While she accepts Clover's general thesis of the final girl convention, she argues that Ripley does not follow the conventions of the slasher film, as Alien follows the different conventions of the science fiction film genre. In particular, there is not the foregrounding in Alien, as there is in the slasher film genre, of the character's sexual purity and abstinence relative to the other characters (who would be, in accordance with the final girl convention, killed by the film's monster "because" of this). The science fiction genre that Alien inhabits, according to Cornea, simply lacks this kind of sexual theme in the first place, as it has no place in such "traditional" science fiction formats.^[5]

Laurie Strode (from Halloween I, II, and H20) is another example of a final girl. Tony Williams notes that Clover's image of supposedly progressive final girls are never entirely victorious at the culmination of a film nor do they manage to eschew the male order of things as Clover argues. He holds up Strode as an example of this. She is rescued by a male character, Dr. Samuel Loomis, at the end of Halloween. He holds up Lila Crane, from Psycho, as another example of a final girl who is saved by a male (also named Sam Loomis) at the end of the film. On this basis he argues that, whilst 1980s horror film heroines were more progressive than those of earlier decades, the gender change is done conservatively, and the final girl convention cannot be regarded as a progressive one "without more thorough investigation".^[6]

Williams also gives several examples of final girls in the Friday the 13th franchise: Alice in Friday the 13th, and the heroines of Part II and Part III. (He observes that Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter does not have a final girl.) He notes that they do not conclude the films wholly victorious, however. The heroines from Parts 2 and 3 are catatonic at the ends of the respective films, and Alice survives the monster in the first film only to fall victim to "him" in the second. The final girl in Part 2 is carried away on a stretcher, calling out for her boyfriend (which Williams argues again undermines the notion of final girls always being victorious). Moreover, Ginny's adoption of the monster's own strategy, in Part II, brings into question whether the final girl image is in fact a wholly positive one.^[6]

Other characters identified as final girls include Sally Hardesty of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre^[7] and Nancy Thompson of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.^[8]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer as subversion of the "final girl" concept[link]

Buffy Summers, the protagonist of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series (1997–2003), is an example of a character deliberately designed by creator Joss Whedon as a more empowering alternative to the "final girl" cliché. Jason Middleton observes that although she fulfills the role of the final girl in killing monsters night after night, she is the antithesis of Clover's definition of final girls as boyish, not sexually attractive, favoring "practical" clothing, not sexually active, and often having a unisex name. Buffy is a cheerleader, a "beautiful blond" with a normal sex life, with a name that, Middleton observes, could not be more feminine. Buffy is, in the words of Jes Battis, "subverting" the final girl trope of B-grade horror films.^[9] In Middleton's words, she gets to have sex with boys and still kill the monster.^[10]

Middleton notes that the Buffy character was consciously conceived as a contrast to the final girl cliche: Whedon has said he felt sorry for the character of "'that blond girl' who would always get herself killed" in horror films, and envisioned a "beautiful blond girl" who would walk into an alley, stalked by a monster, and trounce him. In the view of Allison McCracken, the pain, fear, and suffering of the final girl are not ascribed to Buffy, but instead given to Angel, a male character.^[11] Middleton concurs, observing that there is not the mixed genderization of the Buffy character as there is with a final girl. Although Buffy performs, repeatedly, the final girl's task of finally killing off the monster of the story, Buffy is a cult heroine rather than a final girl. Middleton argues that the closest match to the final girl convention in Buffy is, in fact, the character of Willow Rosenberg. She has the detective-like curiosity ascribed to the trope. She is adept with technology, and thus has the mechanical-mindedness of the trope. She is not as conventionally attractive as Buffy. She (at least in early stories in the series) does not date. And she even has the androgynous name associated with the final girl trope, with many of her fellow characters calling her "Will".^[10]

Later versions[link]

In the middle 1990s, the trope of the final girl in horror films was "resurrected, reshaped, and mainstreamed". Kearney points to Sidney Prescott (in Scream I, II, III and IV) and Julie James (in I Know What You Did Last Summer and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer) as examples of this along with Natalie Simon in Urban Legend and explicitly links these changes to Buffy.^[12]

See also[link]

• Feminist film theory
• Scream queen

References[link]

Bibliography[link]

Further reading[link]

• Starks, Lisa S. (October 2002). "Cinema of Cruelty: Powers of Horror in Julie Taymor's Titus". In Starks, Lisa S.; Lehmann, Courtney. The Reel Shakespeare. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. pp. 128, 134–136. ISBN 978-0-8386-3939-9. OCLC 49383749 
• Ndalianis, Angela (1998-12-01). ""Evil Will Walk Once More": Phantasmagoria—The Stalker Film as Interactive Movie?". In Smith, Greg M.. On a Silver Platter: CD-ROMs and the Promises of a New Technology. New York University Press. pp. 93–112. ISBN 978-0-8147-8081-7 
• Jim Harper (2004). "The Heroine". Legacy of Blood. Critical Vision. pp. 31–39. ISBN 978-1-900486-39-2. 
• Driscoll, Catherine (2002-08-15). "Distraction: Girls and Mass Culture". Girls: Feminine Adolescence in Popular Culture & Cultural Theory. Columbia University Press. p. 232. ISBN 978-0-231-11912-2. OCLC 47790838 

External links[link]

• Essay: Is the Final Girl an Excuse?
• Teenie Kill & The Final Girl: Gender and the Slasher Film
• Final girl at TV Tropes
• Gender Roles within Scary Movies by Alex Boles

Abigail Breslin
Breslin at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival Vanity Fair party
Born	Abigail Kathleen Breslin (1996-04-14) April 14, 1996 (age 16) New York, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–present

Abigail Kathleen Breslin (born April 14, 1996) is an American actress. She is one of the youngest actresses ever to be nominated for an Academy Award.

Breslin appeared in her first commercial when she was only three years old, and in her first film, Signs, at the age of five.^[1] Her subsequent films include Little Miss Sunshine, Nim's Island, Definitely, Maybe, My Sister's Keeper, Zombieland and Rango.

Personal life[link]

Breslin was born in New York City, the daughter of Kim, who manages her career, and Michael, a telecommunications expert, computer programmer, and consultant.^[2][3][4][5] Breslin has two older brothers, Ryan and Spencer, who are also actors. Breslin lives in New York with her family, which her maternal grandparents have described as "very close-knit".^[4][5] She is named after First Lady of the United States Abigail Adams.^[6]

Career[link]

Breslin's career began at the age of three, when she appeared in a Toys "R" Us commercial.^[7] Her first film role was in the 2002 science fiction thriller Signs, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, where she played Bo Hess, the daughter of the main character, Graham Hess (Mel Gibson). Signs garnered mostly positive reviews^[8] and was a box office success, grossing $408 million worldwide.^[9] Breslin's performance in the film was praised by critics.^[10][11] David Ansen of Newsweek wrote that both she and co-star Rory Culkin gave "terrifically natural, nuanced performances".^[12] In 2004, she appeared in the film Raising Helen where she and her brother Spencer played siblings. The film received mostly negative reviews.^[13] Breslin also had a small role in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. In the independent film Keane, she played Kira Bedik, a young girl who reminds the mentally disturbed protagonist William Keane (Damian Lewis) of his abducted daughter. Keane had a limited theatrical release and grossed only $394,390 worldwide^[14] but it received positive reviews and Breslin's performance was praised by critics.^[15][16] Meghan Keane of The New York Sun wrote that "the scenes between Mr. Lewis and the charmingly fragile Kira, winningly played by Ms. Breslin, bring a captivating humanity to the film".^[17]

Breslin's breakthrough role was in the 2006 comedy-drama Little Miss Sunshine, where she played Olive Hoover, a beauty pageant contestant, the youngest in a dysfunctional family on a road trip. She was cast at the age of six, years before filming was started.^[18] Her co-stars, Greg Kinnear and Alan Arkin, both mentioned that they were "astounded by her seriousness of purpose during shooting".^[19] Little Miss Sunshine was a critical^[20] and commercial success, grossing $100 million worldwide.^[21] Breslin's performance was highly praised;^[22][23][24] Claudia Puig of USA Today wrote that "If Olive had been played by any other little girl, she would not have affected us as mightily as it did."^[25] Breslin received nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the fourth youngest actress to be nominated in that category.^[26] Her co-star, Alan Arkin, did not want her to win the award, specifying that he thought that she has "had enough attention" and "needs to have a childhood".^[27]

Although Jennifer Hudson won the Oscar, Breslin co-presented with actor Jaden Smith at the 79th Academy Awards on February 25, 2007.^{[citation needed]} Breslin was part of the Disney Year of a Million Dreams celebration. Annie Leibovitz photographed her as Fira from Disney Fairies with Julie Andrews as the Blue Fairy from Pinocchio.^[28] On October 27, 2007, Breslin made her stage debut in the play Right You Are (If You Think You Are) in New York City at the Guggenheim Museum starring in an ensemble cast alongside Cate Blanchett, Dianne Wiest, Natalie Portman and Peter Sarsgaard.^[29] In 2007, Breslin was ranked #8 in Forbes Magazine's list of "Young Hollywood's Top-Earning Stars", having earned $1.5 million in 2006.^[30]

Breslin at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival

Breslin next appeared in the 2007 romantic comedy No Reservations, playing the niece of master chef Kate Armstrong (Catherine Zeta-Jones). The film garnered mostly negative reviews^[31] but was successful commercially, grossing $92 million worldwide.^[32] Roger Ebert wrote that Breslin "has the stuff to emerge as a three-dimensional kid, if she weren't employed so resolutely as a pawn."^[33] Also in 2007, she starred in another romantic comedy, Definitely, Maybe, in which her character is the daughter of a recently divorced father (Ryan Reynolds).^[34] Definitely, Maybe received generally favorable reviews,^[35] with Steven Rea of The Philadelphia Inquirer writing that Breslin is "alarmingly cute – but she backs the cuteness up with serious acting instinct".^[36]

In 2008, Breslin starred with Jodie Foster in the film Nim's Island as Nim Rusoe, a young girl who lives on a remote tropical island.^[37] Nim's Island received mixed reviews^[38] but was successful financially, grossing $100 million worldwide.^[39] Also in 2008, Breslin appeared in Kit Kittredge: An American Girl as the title character. The film was based on the American Girl line of dolls, books, and accessories of which Breslin is a fan.^[40] Kit Kittredge: An American Girl garnered favorable reviews^[41] and grossed $17 million at the box office.^[42] Breslin's performance in the film was praised by critics;^[43][44][45] Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal wrote that she "carries the event-stuffed story with unflagging grace".^[46]

In 2009, Breslin appeared in My Sister's Keeper, where she played the role of Anna Fitzgerald, a young girl who was conceived to be a donor for her sister, Kate, who suffers from leukemia. Elle and Dakota Fanning were slated to play the roles of Anna and Kate respectively;^[47] however, Dakota refused to shave her head for the role, so she and Elle were replaced by Sofia Vassilieva and Breslin.^[48] My Sister's Keeper received mixed reviews^[49] but was a financial success, grossing $95 million worldwide.^[50] James Berardinelli wrote that Breslin and Vassilieva "display a natural bond one might expect from sisters, and there's no hint of artifice or overacting in either performance".^[51] Also in 2009, Breslin appeared in the horror comedy Zombieland as Little Rock.^[52] Director Ruben Fleischer said that "the dream was always to get Abigail Breslin" for the role.^[53] The film received positive reviews^[54] and was successful at the box office, grossing $102 million worldwide.^[55]

With previews beginning in February 2010, she made her Broadway theatre debut as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker at the Circle in the Square Theatre.^[56] Breslin has said that she was honored to play Keller,^[57] who is one of her "biggest heroes".^[58] The Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts, an advocacy group for blind and deaf actors criticized the play's producers for not casting a deaf or blind actor in the role. Lead producer David Richenthal defended the decision, stating that he needed a well-known actress: "It’s simply naïve to think that in this day and age, you’ll be able to sell tickets to a play revival solely on the potential of the production to be a great show or on the potential for an unknown actress to give a breakthrough performance."^[59] Vision-impaired actress Kyra Siegel was cast as Breslin's understudy.^[60] Breslin's performance was praised by critics;^[61][62][63] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that she "well portrays Helen's feral rebelliousness in the play's early sections and is deeply touching as her character's bond with her teacher grows".^[64] Ticket sales for the play, however, were considered disappointing, and the show closed in April 2010.^[65][66]

In September 2009, Breslin filmed in Des Moines, Iowa, playing the title character in the film Janie Jones:^[67] a 13-year old girl who is abandoned by her former-groupie mother (Elisabeth Shue), and informs Ethan Brand (Alessandro Nivola), a fading rock star, that she is his daughter.^[68] The film premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.^[68] In 2011, Breslin voiced Priscilla, a cactus mouse in the animated comedy Rango,^[69] and appeared in the romantic comedy New Year's Eve.

In December 2011, it was confirmed that she will appear in the film adaptation of Orson Scott Card's novel, Ender's Game.^[70]

Music career[link]

Breslin recently started a rock band called "CABB" with her friend Cassidy Reiff.^[71]

Filmography[link]

Awards and nominations[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Abigail Breslin

• Abigail Breslin at the Internet Movie Database
• Abigail Breslin at AllRovi
• Works by or about Abigail Breslin in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Vanity Fair spotlight
• Brandon Kosters interview 1 March 2011

Katie Price
Price in 2004
Born	Katrina Amy Alexandria Alexis Infield (1978-05-22) 22 May 1978 (age 34) Brighton, England
Residence	West Sussex[1]
Nationality	British
Other names	Jordan (pseudonym) Katie Andre (married name) Katie Reid (married name)
Occupation	Businesswoman, media personality, glamour model, author, singer
Years active	1996–present
Net worth	£40 million (US$66.76 million) (est.)
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Spouse	Peter Andre (m. 2005–2009) «start: (2005-09-10)–end+1: (2009-09-09)»"Marriage: Peter Andre to Katie Price" Location: (linkback:http://en-wiki.pop.wn.com/index.php/Katie_Price) (divorced) Alex Reid (m. 2010–2011) «start: (2010-02-02)–end+1: (2012)»"Marriage: Alex Reid to Katie Price" Location: (linkback:http://en-wiki.pop.wn.com/index.php/Katie_Price) (separated)
Children	Harvey (born 2002) Junior (born 2005) Princess (born 2007)
Parents	Ray Infield (father) Amy Price (née Charlier) (mother)
Relatives	Daniel Price (brother) Sophie Price (half-sister)
Website
katieprice.co.uk

Katie Price (born 22 May 1978), previously known under the pseudonym Jordan, is an English media personality, author, former glamour model, occasional singer and businesswoman.

Her time at topless female glamour model pictorial Page Three in British tabloid newspaper The Sun instantly shot Price into the limelight. Her placement in the public's spotlight has allowed Price to expand into a variety of different industries including television, books, fashion and music.

Price has experienced many highly-publicised relationships in the eye of the British media and has been married twice, to singer Peter Andre in 2005 - the couple divorced in 2009 - and to professional fighter Alex Reid in 2010; the couple separated in 2011. Price's net worth was estimated at £45 million in April 2012.^[2]

Life and career[link]

1978–93: Early life[link]

Katie Price was born Katrina Amy Alexandria Alexis Infield in Brighton, East Sussex, England, to parents Amy (née Charlier) and Ray Infield.^[3] Her maternal grandmother was Jewish and her other grandparents on both sides were Anglican.^{[citation needed]} In 1982, at the age of four, her parents separated when her father left the family. In 1988, her mother married builder Paul Price, after which, Price obtained the surname.^[4] She has an older brother named Daniel and a younger maternal half-sister, Sophie.^[5]

Price attended Blatchington Mill School^{[citation needed]} and although not an academic student, she excelled at sport, swimming for Sussex in regional competitions.^[4] During her childhood she also developed a passion for horses and horse-riding.^[4] She was molested by a man in a park's bushes at the age of six.^[6] She began modelling as a child, and at the age of 13 modeled for a clothing line. However, unknown to Price, the project's photographer was a convicted paedophile and insisted on shooting her in her underwear.^[7]

1994–96: Career beginnings[link]

Price left school in 1994, at the age of 16,^[4] and after the suggestion of a friend to have some professional photographs taken she decided to pursue a modelling career.^[8] The pictures were sent to a modelling agency in London and in 1996 she was offered a job at Page Three, a topless female glamour model pictorial in British tabloid newspaper The Sun.^[9] She adopted the name Jordan in 1996, and made frequent appearances as a model on both Page Three and in men's lifestyle magazines.

1997–2003: Success as a model and branching into other areas[link]

In 1996, when she was eighteen, Price's fame grew when she had breast enhancement surgery; increasing her natural 32B/C to a 32D. Unhappy with her breasts from an early age and despite her family's objections, she went ahead with the procedure because she felt that as a glamour model, she did not look "as sexy or [as] womanly" as other models. She would later have many enhancements, as well as reductions, on her breasts. She told a reporter, "Some people may be famous for creating a pencil sharpener. I'm famous for my tits." However, The Sun later barred Price from Page Three after announcing that they would only hire "all natural" models. However, she would continue modelling and has featured on the covers of FHM, Maxim, Nuts, Loaded, Vogue, British Elle and the British edition of Playboy.

In an attempt to cross over from modelling to other areas, Price auditioned for a part on the UK television remake of the American-series Baywatch in 1998,^{[citation needed]} guest presented The Big Breakfast^{[citation needed]} and played herself in an episode of Dream Team.^{[citation needed]}

During the 2001 British General Election, Jordan 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 comical election campaign, she promised free breast implants, more nudist beaches, and a ban on parking tickets.^[10] In the end, Jordan won 713 votes,^[11] 1.8% of the votes cast.

In 2002, she appeared on the September cover of the American edition of Playboy magazine. ^[12] Price's reputation led to a trio of documentaries by film-maker Richard Macer: Jordan: The Truth About Me (2002); later followed by Jordan: The Model Mum and Jordan: You Don't Even Know Me (2004).

[edit] 2004–05: I'm a Celebrity, Peter Andre, Eurovision and further business ventures

Katie Price at a 2004 book signing event

Price's celebrity soon brought her to television; she was a contestant on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! between the months of January and February in 2004, a reality television series where a group of celebrities live together in a jungle environment with few luxuries. It was there that she met Peter Andre whom she would eventually marry and later divorce.

She made a cameo appearance playing herself in an episode of the television drama series Footballers' Wives in March 2004 and also appeared in the programme Jordan Gets Even for Five.

Price appeared on Top Gear's "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" in May 2004. She completed the lap in one minute and fifty-two seconds.

Price released the first of four autobiographies Being Jordan in May 2004. Initially turned down by the mainstream publishing houses after demanding a £1 million advance, she was eventually signed up by small independent publisher John Blake, a former tabloid journalist, for £10,000 plus royalties. In a departure from industry norms, she conducted a 10-day book signing tour which provoked enough interest – contrary to expectations and almost exclusively female – to propel her to first position in the Nielsen BookScan hardback sales chart and to sell 97,090 copies in one year; and over 1,000,000 as of January 2007.^[13][14][15]

She appeared in the documentaries Jordan: Living With a Dream (Channel 4) and the series When Jordan Met Peter (ITV), Jordan & Peter: Laid Bare (ITV2) and Jordan & Peter: Marriage and Mayhem (ITV2).

Price was one of the contestants in the selection process of finding a representative for the United Kingdom at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest. The selection process, named Making Your Mind Up, was broadcast live on television in March 2005. Price sang a song titled "Not Just Anybody" wearing a skin-tight pink catsuit. She came in second place^[16] behind winner Javine.

In the summer of summer 2005, Price was one of many guest hosts of the first series of The Friday Night Project. In December 2005, she released an exercise fitness DVD, The Jordan Workout, featuring "The Juice Master" Jason Vale.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 2006–07: Book releases, A Whole New World and Katie & Peter

Her second autobiography, A Whole New World, was published in January 2006. It reached number two in the hardback general category and sold 198,105 copies by 1 April 2006.^[17]

Her first ghost-written novel, Angel, about a young woman who becomes a model, was published in July 2006, and sold 300,000 copies in six weeks.^{[citation needed]}

Price, with Peter Andre, released A Whole New World, a duet album, in November 2006. All sales of the album went to their chosen charities affiliated with the many health conditions of her eldest son, Harvey.^{[citation needed]} The album debuted at number twenty on the UK Albums Chart and achieved platinum status.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006 Price signed a £300,000 advance with Random House for Katie Price's Perfect Ponies,^[18] a series of children's books, with the first 6 released in 2007. Three more books have been released throughout 2008.^{[14][dead link][19]} A title from that series, My Pony Care Book, was nominated for the WH Smith's Children's Book of the Year. In 2008, she released a new children's book series entitled Mermaids & Pirates, with six in the series. Four more are expected for release in April 2008.^[20]

Katie & Peter: Unleashed began in October 2007 on ITV2.^[21] A new series titled, Katie & Peter: The Next Chapter Down Under aired on ITV2 in March 2008 running for 13 weeks.^[22] Katie & Peter: Stateside began on Thursday 16 April 2009 on ITV2 and followed the family as they relocate to Malibu, California for three months, where Andre recorded his new album.

Her second ghost-written novel, Crystal, about a young woman's efforts to become a singer, sold 159,407 copies during the first three months after its release in June 2007.^[23] All four books were ghost-written by Rebecca Farnworth.^[24][25]

[edit] 2008–09: Business ventures, split from Peter Andre, What Katie Did Next and return to I'm a Celebrity

Price modelling a bikini in November 2009

In February 2008, Price's third autobiography, Pushed to the Limit, was released. In July 2008, Price released her third novel, Angel Uncovered. In July 2009, Price released a novel entitled Sapphire which was number 1 on the hardback fiction chart for four consecutive weeks and sold 42,215 copies in its first two weeks in the UK alone.^[26]

After three and a half years of marriage, Price and Andre separated in May 2009 after Andre's decision to leave her. They were officially divorced on 8 September 2009, two days before what would have been their fourth wedding anniversary.^[27]

A series aired in August/September 2009 called What Katie Did Next (now called Katie), which showed Price's life/career after her split and eventual divorce from Andre. Price released a fashion/how-to manual in October 2009 called Standing Out.

In November 2009, Price made a return visit to I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!. Presenters Ant & Dec insinuated during the broadcast that the surprise of Price's return had been ruined by the media.^[28] Whilst in the jungle, the public repeatedly voted Price to undertake each and every "Bush Tucker Trial" challenge. After it had been announced that Price had been selected for her seventh consecutive trial, she decided to quit the show and left one week after her arrival.

[edit] 2010–present: Alex Reid, You Only Live Once and current business ventures

In July 2010, Price released "Free to Love Again", a non-album single. About the release, she explained: "I'm not a singer, this is just something that I'm doing for fun. It's not like I'm worried about getting a chart position or number one, this is purely for fun. Whether people like it or not, I'm doing it."^[29] The single had scarce promotion or radio play and was negatively received by contemporary critics.^{[citation needed]} It charted at number sixty on the UK Singles Chart^[30] and was only supported by performances on GMTV and at various London nightclubs. On all occasions, she admitted that she had been lip-synching.

Price released her fifth novel, Paradise, in July 2010.^{[citation needed]}

Giving a personal insight to her life between the start of 2008 and the summer of 2010, Price released her fourth autobiography titled You Only Live Once in October 2010. The book documents her split from Andre and leads up to her marriage to Alex Reid. Price dedicated the autobiography to Andre, amongst other family members and close friends, in the "hope [that he] find the happiness [he has] always been searching for". She also thanks him for taking her on a journey of self-discovery.^{[citation needed]}

Price continues to write a regular advice column in OK! magazine.^[22]

In January 2011, it was reported in the Daily Mirror that Price was separating from Reid.^[31]

Katie is confirmed to dance with her boyfriend Leandro Penna on the Argentine television programme Bailando por un Sueño 2012 of the channel El Trece.

Endorsements[link]

In October 2003, Price appeared in an advertising campaign for the supermarket chain Kwik Save. To publicise the chain's promotion to cut the prices of their leading lines in half, Price was sawn in half by magician Peter McCahon.^[32]

In November 2006, Price launched The Katie Price Lingerie Collection in conjunction with Panache, available exclusively at Asda stores, as well as a follow-up jewellery deal with Argos.

In 2007, Price was announced as the new face of Foxy Bingo and launched a hair care range at Superdrug. She also brought out her first perfume, 'Stunning', in August. Her second perfume, 'Besotted', was released in September 2008. November 2007 saw Price releasing her 'Jordan' hair care electrical range at Superdrug. There was a hairdryer, straighteners and curlers. She released a second, similar range in November 2008 under the name 'Katie Price', to somewhat differing design.

In 2008, Price signed a deal with Derby House to launch her equestrian range named 'KP Equestrian'.^[33] On 23 March 2008, Price launched her springwear of KP Equestrian as well as KP Pony, which is for children.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, Price was refused admission to Guards Polo Club for the most prestigious day in the international Polo Season and a highlight of the British Social Season, the Hurlingham Polo Cartier International match for the Coronation Cup, presented by Prince Charles. She attempted to circumvent this by buying a table at the Chinawhite marquee for £6,000 through her agent, but this was refused as well. A statement said "Jordan has been told she is not welcome. Polo is very prestigious and there are certain names they want there and others they definitely don’t. Jordan is still too 'chavvy' as far as Cartier is concerned. Having Jordan there just wouldn’t be in keeping with Cartier’s image. If she turns up she will not be allowed access".^[34]