I wanted to hit Bill Cosby, I wanted to punch Bill Cosby in the face. I felt anger, was humiliated, disgusted, ashamed. – Janice Dickinson Former US model to courtroom in Pennsylvania, where she alleged the comedian drugged and raped her in hotel room in 1982.
The harrowing memory of the rape continues to this day. I have reoccurring nightmares, I wake up in fear, I fear the dark. I struggle to discuss this even with my beloved husband of six years. – Janice Dickinson On trauma of being allegedly raped by comedian Bill Cosby.
The rape is etched into my soul. I will never be the same. – Janice Dickinson After court testimony she was drugged and sexually assaulted by Bill Cosby.
I’m the female Simon Cowell. He said I’m the scariest woman he’s ever met. I asked him why he never dated me, and he said I was too intimidating. – Janice Dickinson
I grew up in an abusive home and was told on a daily basis by my father that I would never amount to anything and that I looked like a boy. – Janice Dickinson
I liked the way he handled himself in the kitchen. I like men who cook. Men who cook are generally good lovers. – Janice Dickinson No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World’s First Supermodel.
Reinvention is the key to surviving this fashion industry. Madonna is the perfect example of reinvention. She has taken something that is so little and turned herself into a legend by simply never staying the same. – Janice Dickinson
And I will never, ever respond to anybody – man, woman, vegetable, or mineral – who tells me to keep my mouth shut. – Janice Dickinson
Beauty opened all the doors; it got me things I didn’t even know I wanted, and things I certainly didn’t deserve. – Janice Dickinson
I was Versace’s muse, I was Valentino’s muse, I was Alaia’s muse, Lancetti’s muse, Calvin Klein’s, Halston’s. I could go on and on. – Janice Dickinson
But you see, that’s the gilded prison of fashion. We’re riding in private jets, and meantime I was so incredibly, painfully sad and lonely. – Janice Dickinson
People identify with me – everyone does – African American women, Caucasian women, they all identify with me because I’m ethnic. – Janice Dickinson