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Jaime King Profile |
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Birth Date: April 23, 1979
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Birth Place: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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Birth Name: Jaime King
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Height: 5'9"
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Biography |
Born Jamie King, this blue-eyed blonde's hometown is Omaha,
Nebraska, where she was born on the 23rd of April, 1979. She
was discovered at the age of fourteen while attending a
modeling school in Nebraska. After being spotted at her
graduation fashion show, James (Jamie's stage name) was
invited to New York to start modeling and thus her career as
a model began.
It didn't take long for James to be photographed by the
industry's top photographers and appear on the covers of
fashion magazines. By age fifteen, she had already worked
for Vogue, Mademoiselle, Allure, and Seventeen while the
following year she was able to add Glamour and Harper's
Bazaar to her already full resume. She has most recently
graced the covers of Cosmopolitan and Details.
As a model, James has already become a staple in the fashion
circuit. Not only has she appeared in almost every woman's
fashion magazine, but she has also walked down the catwalks
of big league fashion shows for designer houses such as
Chanel, Christian Dior and Marithe & Francois Girbaud.
Although a natural on the catwalk, James has been the victim
of an embarrassing moment -- at the age of fifteen she spilt
red nail polish all over a Gucci dress right before
strutting down the runway!
As for advertisements, James has appeared in ads for the
following companies: Bebe, Benetton, Guess?, Kenneth Cole,
Macy's, Mondi, and Nordstrom.
Aside from modeling, James has had her share of experience
on the screen. Her television credits include a role in
Inferno in 1992, appearances on Catwalk, Unzipped, Naomi
Conquers Africa, as well as appearances as herself in
Beautopia and Original Copies. James' film roles include
Four Faces of God, The Happy Campers and Bar Hop.
Not only does James sometimes co-host MTV's House of Style
with host Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, but she has also landed the
role of a nurse in Jerry Bruckheimer's big budget film Pearl
Harbor, co-starring Ben Affleck. She will also play Johnny
Depp's daughter in the upcoming film, Blow. In the tradition
of models being cast in music videos (i.e. Linda Evangelista
in two of George Michaels' videos), James appears in
Filter's video, Take a Picture.
Although James' life seems picture perfect, all has not been
rosy in the land of King. A former heroin addict and
alcoholic since the age of sixteen, her fashion photographer
boyfriend David Sorrenti died of a heroin overdose in 1997.
James is now sober.
There have been rumors that James dated Sean Lennon, but she
denied the rumors while on the Howard Stern Show. Another
rumor has linked her with Kid Rock. She is apparently now
dating model and personal trainer Alex Burns. |
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Other
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One of the world's top fashion models.
Has several tattoos including a diamond on one wrist, a
spade on the other, two fairies on her lower back, her last
name between her shoulders and a symbol on her abdomen.
Was named after "Jaime Sommers", the character in the 70s TV
show "The Bionic Woman" (1976).
Was a top model at the age 16, appearing as cover girl for
"The New York Time Magaizne" and other elite fashion
magazines.
Is a recovering heroin addict who went sober in 1997 after
her boyfriend, fashion photographer David Sorrenti (younger
brother of Mario Sorrenti), died after overdosing on heroin.
Ranked #20 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the
World" (2002).
Ranked #16 in Maxim's "50 Sexiest Women"(1999).
Ranked #30 in Loaded's "Hot 100 Babes"(2002).
Named #28 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list. |
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