Claudia Jordan

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Claudia Jordan
Jordan in 2008
Born	Claudia Angela Jordan (1973-04-12) April 12, 1973 (age 48) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Alma mater	Baldwin Wallace University Long Island University (BA)
Occupation	Television personality actress host model businesswoman
Years active	1990–present
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Title	Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1990 Miss Rhode Island USA 1997
Spouse(s)	Datari Turner ​ ​ (m. 2009; div. 2010)​
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair color	Dark brown
Eye color	Brown
Major competition(s)	Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1990 (Winner) Miss Teen USA 1990 Miss Rhode Island USA 1997 (Winner) Miss USA 1997 (Top 10)
Website	www.realclaudiajordan.com

Claudia Angela Jordan (born April 12, 1973) is an American talk show host, actress, model, businesswoman and reality television and radio personality. She is known for appearing as a model on the U.S. version of Deal or No Deal and The Price Is Right, and for competing on seasons 2 and 6 of Celebrity Apprentice. Jordan appeared on the Bravo reality television series The Real Housewives of Atlanta for its seventh season.

Early life[]

Jordan was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to a mother from Italy and an African-American father. Claudia's parents met when her father was in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Brindisi, Italy. Claudia Jordan was a sprinter and earned all-state honors in track and field while in high school in Rhode Island. Claudia Jordan competed in three Junior Olympics and in college became an All-American sprinter in the 400-meter relay.^{[citation needed]}

Career[]

Jordan held the Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1990 title and represented Rhode Island at the Miss Teen USA 1990 pageant.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]} She appeared in music videos for Backstreet Boys, Ginuwine, Fabolous, Charlie Wilson, Joe, Chico DeBarge, D'Angelo, Coolio, Master P, Ludacris, and Kenny Lattimore. She has worked as a journalist at the Providence American newspaper and in production at the Boston television station WHDH-TV. She has appeared in national television commercials for Coors Light, Sears, Pepsi, Visa, Microsoft, and Mountain Dew.^{[citation needed]}

She appeared as a contestant on Dog Eat Dog. Prior to appearing on Deal or No Deal, Jordan was known as a former Barker's Beauty on the CBS game show The Price Is Right from 2001 to 2003. She appeared on Deal or no Deal holding Case No. 1 for all four seasons.^{[citation needed]}

Jordan appeared on the second season of Celebrity Apprentice.^[1] In the series, celebrities raise money for a charity of their choice; Jordan selected the NAPSAC Foundation as her charity.^[2] She was later asked to return to compete on the All-Star version of Celebrity Apprentice. She was then hired by Apprentice host Donald Trump to co-host the Miss Universe 2009 pageant from the Bahamas alongside Billy Bush. Jordan's first hosting job was for Fox Sports West as a red carpet correspondent for 54321 and also appeared on The Best Damn Sports Show Period. She then went on E! and The Style Network as the co-host of The Modern Girl's Guide to Life for two seasons. After that she was asked to join BET's late night sports show with John Salley, Guy Torry and Hugh Douglas. Jordan was also a stand out on the satellite radio show The Foxxhole alongside Jamie Foxx, who then gave her her own weekly show on Sirius/XM Radio on The Foxxhole, called "The Claudia Jordan Show". Jordan also co-hosted on "Reach Around Radio". Jordan was a co-host on Tameka Cottle's talk show Tiny's Tonight alongside Tamar Braxton and rapper Trina. The television pilot aired in December 2012 on VH1. Jordan also hosted the a travel show for AT&T called The Summer of Adventure. In October 2014, it was announced that Jordan would be joining the cast of The Real Housewives of Atlanta as a main housewife for its seventh season while simultaneously working as a co-host on the nationally syndicated Rickey Smiley Morning Show. Jordan also often appears as a contributor on CNN/HLN. Next she went on to star in TV-One's The Next 15 and lead her own morning show in Dallas, The Morning Rush, which was the top rated R&B Morning show in Dallas. She now has her own talk show on the Fox Soul Platform called Out Loud with Claudia Jordan.^[3]

Filmography[]

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