Claudia Jordan
This season’s “Celebrity Apprentice” will feature one of Howie’s girls – “Deal or No Deal” model Claudia Jordan. Claudia will be playing for the NAPSAC Foundation.
Claudia was born in Providence, Rhode Island on April 12, 1973. Her mother is of Italian heritage and her father is of African American heritage. Her parents met when her father was in the U.S. Air Force and stationed at Brindisi, Italy. Claudia attended East Providence High School where she excelled at track and field. She participated three times in the Junior Olympics.
She won the Miss Rhode Island Teen USA pageant in 1990 and represented the state at the Miss Teen USA pageant that year. She won Miss Rhode Island USA in 1997, making her only the third Miss Rhode Island Teen USA to win the Miss Rhode Island USA title. At the Miss USA 1997 pageant, Claudia placed in the top 10.
Claudia majored in broadcasting and journalism at Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, Ohio. She worked for the Providence American Newspaper and also on the Boston television station WHDH-TV. She has appeared in commercials for Coors Light, Sears, Pepsi, and Visa.
She also appeared as a model on several episodes of “The New Price is Right,” “The Price is Right Million Dollar Spectacular,” “The Price is Right Primetime Special,” and “The Price is Right 30th Anniversary Special.” She has made guest appearances on “Trippin’,” “The Bold and the Beautiful,” One on One,” “That’s So Raven,” and “The Best Damn Sports Show Period.” She also was a contestant on Dog Eat Dog, a game show. Claudia currently appears on the NBC hit game show “Deal or No Deal.”
Claudia currently serves as one of the co-hosts of Jamie Foxx’s Sirius talk radio show The Foxxhole. She is also an aspiring sports reporter, having hosted a live radio show from the Super Bowl in Jacksonville.
Romantically, Claudia has been linked to actor George Pogatsia, Slam ball player LaMonica Garrett, and former “Dancing with the Stars” contestant, sprinter Maurice Greene.
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