The 'Janice and Abbey' star is adamant she coined the term 'supermodel' in a 1982 conversation with her manager despite the fact that the word was already used in a 1942 article.
- April 14, 2023
AceShowbiz - Janice Dickinson insists she coined the term "supermodel." The 67-year-old, who found fame in the 1970s after being discovered by a photographer and went on to become one of the most successful and coveted faces in the modelling industry, will defy anyone who claims she didn't originally came up with the word in 1982 during a conversation with her manager.
"I stand by it because I coined the word. You know, there are of course other supermodels that were before me, but I said to my agent back in 1982, with the Elite agency," She told Queerty.
"She said, 'You are working night and day, day and night, who do you think you are? Superman?' And I said, 'No honey, I'm Supermodel. And you'll refer to me as Supermodel.' So we started a supermodel division that only took girls that did catalogue, runway, editorial, advertising, and spokesperson."
While Janice remains adamant the term originated from her, it's been proven the word has been around since the 1940s, with writer Judith Cass using it in her Chicago Tribune article "Super Models are Signed for Fashion Show" in 1942.
