| Cosmetic surgery continues to create controversy; | | | | is anything but blonde. |
| there are those who believe that everybody should | | | | Using her modelling foundation as a spring board to |
| be completely happy with the way we look naturally, | | | | bounce into more respected and lucrative roles, |
| and that we should never resort to body | | | | Jordan's first big TV break came in the form of the |
| modifications. However, there are plenty who see | | | | reality TV series "I'm a Celebrity, Get me out of |
| nothing wrong with making yourself look and | | | | Here!". The success of this show led to a string of |
| therefore feel better by visiting a plastic surgeon, and | | | | other TV appearances including documentaries, and |
| therefore cosmetic surgery is becoming an | | | | she is now the co-host of her own chat show "Katie |
| increasingly more popular and acceptable practice. | | | | and Peter: Unleashed." |
| Whatever your personal feelings on cosmetic | | | | Jordan has used her TV appearances to work her |
| surgery, it can't be denied that it has certainly | | | | way into the world of words and has had two |
| improved the lives of many who have chosen to | | | | ghost-written autobiographies published. The first, |
| face the scalpel. Katie Price (or Jordan as she is also | | | | 'Being Jordan' (published in 2004), has gone on to sell |
| known) is one example of someone who has used | | | | over one million copies as of January 2007, and her |
| her cosmetic enhancements to further a career | | | | second ('Jordan: A Whole New World' - published |
| which has taken her well beyond the world of | | | | 2006) has sold over 200,000 copies to date. Yet |
| glamour modelling. | | | | again building on previous success, she went on to |
| Going under the knife to increase her assets from a | | | | write "Angel" - a novel about a model, which was |
| B cup to an E, it was the growth in Jordan's bra size | | | | surprising popular, selling 300,000 copies in six weeks. |
| that also led to a growth in her bank account. She | | | | Though we'll never know for sure how Jordan's life |
| went from a Page 3 Sun stunner to glamour model | | | | would have panned out had she chosen not to |
| extraordinaire with appearances in FHM, Maxim, | | | | enhance her assets through cosmetic surgery, it's |
| Loaded, Esquire, Playboy and later American Vogue. | | | | certainly likely that without the creation of her silicon |
| Critics of Jordan are scornful of the Sussex girl who | | | | valley, she may never have gone on to be a |
| used her chest to force her way into the public eye, | | | | successful model, author, TV show host and one of |
| but despite the bimbo tag that she has been given | | | | the richest women in Britain, with an estimated |
| by some, Jordan has her head screwed on tightly, | | | | fortune of £30 million and rising. |
| and though many don't think much of her acting or | | | | Whilst bigger in not always better, in the case of |
| singing talents, when it comes to self-publicity, Jordan | | | | Katie Price - silicon supersizing has served her well. |