Claudia Jordan was born on April 12, 1973 in Providence, Rhode Island and earned fame as a Barker's Beauty on CBS's game show The Price is Right from 2001 to 2003. She went on to appear as "model #1" on the US version of Deal or No Deal.

Jordan was born to an Italian mother and an African-American father. Claudia's parents met when her father was in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Brindisi, Italy. She attended Baldwin Wallace College in Ohio where she majored in broadcasting and journalism.

Previously, Jordan had represented Rhode Island at Miss Teen USA in 1991. She was Miss Rhode Island USA in 1997, representing the state at the Miss USA pageant.

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