Janice Doreen Dickinson is an American supermodel, fashion photographer, actress, author and agent. She opened her own modeling agency, The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, after judging for four cycles on America's Next Top Model.Dickinson is the self-proclaimed first supermodel. In E! Network's E! True Hollywood Story, she described how she coined the term "supermodel". Her manager, concerned that at the peak of her modeling career she was doing too much work, told her, "You are not Superman." Dickinson replied, "I am not Superman, I am a supermodel."Dickinson's claim as being the first supermodel, however, is disputed. Dorian Leigh is widely recognized as being one of the 20th Century's first supermodels, and whose career began and ended before Dickinson was born. Lisa Fonssagrives is also considered by most in the fashion industry as the world's first supermodel. In 1968, an article in Glamour described Twiggy, Cheryl Tiegs, Wilhelmina, Veruschka, Jean Shrimpton and fifteen other top models as supermodels .
