Claudia Jordan Biography

Early life and Education

 Claudia Jordan was born on 12th April 1973 in Providence Rhode Island as Claudia Angela Jordan. Her parents firstly met (when her father was in U.S Air Forced) in an air force station in Brindisi, Italy. Claudia is of mixed ethnicity as her mother is Italian and father is an African-American.

Jordan was raised in Providence Rhode Island and joined a local school, East Providence High School. While she was in school, she was selected for the All-State Track and Field Team. Later on, she participated in three Junior Olympics and secured the third position in the long jump at East Coast Invitational. She was praised by all-American honors in 400m relay race and also was a sprinter.

Claudia earned a degree with major in journalism and broadcasting from Baldwin Wallace College, Ohio. During her course of graduation, she had her own campus radio program.

Career

Jordan became a model during her teenage. When she was 18, she was listed as a competent for the cover of Seventeen magazine. In 1990, she participated in Miss Rhode Island Teen USA and won the title. During the same year, she participated in Miss Teen USA representing Rhode Island but did not win the pageant.

Jordan took the first step to television field when she auditioned in 2000. Later on, she was selected for the show; The Price is Right as the newest Backer's Beauties. Her work was highly admired by the audiences and critics hence became one of the favorites. She then became one of the Backer's Beauties permanent models in 2011.

In 2005, she made a comeback from the game show, NBC Primetime Game Show Deal or No Deal as one of the 26 briefcase models. She was entitled as Model #1 at the end of the show in 2009. During the same year, she also co-hosted Miss Universe Pageant with Billy Bush. She then co-hosted many shows like- Tiny Tonight (VH1 talk show), Reach Around Radio, The Ricky Smiley Morning Show. She was also the host of her own radio show, The Foxxhole.

 Besides these, she was also seen in the second season of Celebrity Apprentice and even in a reality show, The Next. Claudia even did commendatory as HLN's Dr. Drew On Call and Maury Povich Show. 

Claudia has her own lipstick and handbag collection which can be bought at claudiajordan.com and theclaudiajordancollection.com.

Controversy

 Claudia filed a case against the HR of The Price is Right accusing him of sexual harassment and racial discrimination. Later on, she was dismissed from the show after the case was filed. The case was settled with she receiving a certain amount which has not been disclose..

Personal Life

Claudia Jordan was married to a featured film producer, Datari Turner on 28th November 2009 and after a year they got divorced on 29th December 2010. 

Currently, she is in a relation with Medina Islam and was rumored that the pair were getting engaged. They were once caught kissing together outside a club.

Net Worth

Claudia Jordan has an estimated net worth of $500,000. But as per her works and business, it might be more than that in future. She is earning much from her shows and also from her business too.