Despite celebrating her court result last week, pals confide jail might have been the one thing to rescue troubled star Katie Price from herself
She punched the air in celebration last week after being handed a three-month driving ban and a £1,500 fine for being nearly twice the legal limit while in charge of her pink Range Rover.
It followed a boozy night out last October, which saw former glamour model Jordan caught without her knickers in the backseat of the vomit-covered vehicle, after it crashed into a bush and another car. She admitted outside court: "Brilliant, I thought I was about to get two years [ban]".
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With her youthful glow and natural curly hair, A 16-year-old Katie Price, from Brighton, was a natural in front of the camera.
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For her first ever modelling shoot at 17, Katie was fresh faced and surgery free, but that pout is unmistakeable
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With an eye on the prize, Katie perfected her Jordan persona early on in her career
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With professional hair and make-up, Joran begins her ascent to Page 3 domination
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She's admitted to getting her first boob job at just 18, so it's little wonder she was looking forward to showing them off
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New to the party circuit, Jordan was earning her stripes with the Paparazzi at 24
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But it wasn't long before her reputation as Britain's hardest partying glamour girl was confirmed
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As the lucrative commercial deals started to roll in, Jordan expanded her fan base beyond the typical lads mag readers
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For her stint in the jungle in 2004, Jordan opted for practical corn rows and clear skin, but those shower scenes relaunched her career and set her firmly on a reality TV trajectory
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Fresh out of the jungle and with a new man in the form of 90's pop sensation Peter Andre on her arm, Katie was all about the matchingoutfits. She ditched the braids and slap-free face for a more high maintenance look.
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A new mum to second son Junior, Katie was quickly back in her knickers on the red carpet, sporting a noticeably slimmer nose and smoother skin.
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Later that year Katie was preparing to launch her pop career with husband Peter and was very much into her mahogany years
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As she prepared to welcome baby number three (her first daughter, Princess Tiaami), Jordan was looking more than a little like her impending arrival. Weird or what?
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Now mainly known as Katie Price, she admitted after confirming her nose job, "I've always had a thing about my nose."I haven't had a full 100% nose job. They shaved the bone – they didn't break my nose. In fact, I liked my nose before and now. If I had a cupboard with both noses, I'd alternate between them!"
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At 30, Katie was still young but already a fan of fillers."I get my forehead and around my eyes Botoxed every six months and I love it. You can't beat it," she said.
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She's not been shy about the work she's had done on her teeth, either. "I didn't do it for cosmetics, I fell off a skateboard and cracked my teeth when I was younger," she admitted."They were so expensive. When I was in the US, I watched Extreme Makeover and went to see the dentist on there – $150,000 my bloody teeth cost me."
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She was also one of the pioneers of lip fillers, sporting the plumped up pout that's so very mainstream these days.
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As her marriage to Peter Andre began to break down, Katie's mega-watt beauty routine followed suit and she was often spotted wearing a much more demure look
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During the Alex Reid years, Katie went ALL out with her make up and outfit choices.
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Katie's chest looked much flatter at this 2011 premier
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Katie stepped out sporting a noticeably taught forehead, indicating a fresh botox job.
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Following this poorly lit picture, Katie stepped out with a drastic new look...
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With BLACK hair and eerily pore-less skin
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By 2014, the boobs were most definitely BACK, as was a painfully taught-looking face.
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As her facial muscles relaxed back to normal, her hair followed suit and Katie looked happier and more natural than she had in a while when she got together with Kieran Hayler.
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Looking a little puffy later on 2015
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Katie went into the CBB house in 2015 and admitted having her boobs reduced – but that things hadn't gone exactly to plan."They were going to take them out on Monday," she told her shocked housemates. "My implant was hanging out in New Year's Day. But it hasn't stopped me coming in, because I'm not running around."
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We've lost track of where Katie's boobs were in 2016, but this is the year she seemed to become seriously addicted to fillers.
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Looking puffy again in the summer of 2016, cheering on then-husband Kieran Hayler.
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A botched botox job left Katie feeling 'ugly' in 2017."I absolutely hated it... the only thing I could do to sort it out was to remove the threads and then have a face lift. I never ever wanted a face lift at my age - I would have had one in years to come, but I didn't want one this young,"
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She eventually returned the Brussels-based surgeon who fixed her botched boobs back in 2015.
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By 2018 her face was back to normal, but not before shocking pictures emerged of her post surgery in Belgium, her face wrapped in bandaged and surgical fluid tubes hanging off her head.
Jordan, real name Katie Price, was cleared of a second charge of drink driving – which could have carried a six-month prison sentence – after insisting a mystery man had been behind the wheel but had run away before the police arrived.
However, the judge insisted he did not have "any degree of confidence" in her account and did not consider her a "plausible or credible witness".
Speaking soon after the verdict, the 40-year-old mum of five – who was pictured being held up by a security guard after a boozy night out with on-off flame Kris Boyson, just days before the court appearance – appeared unrepentant over her actions and determined to get back behind the wheel, adding flippantly: "I get my driving licence back on the 24 of May... which means I can go car shopping."
Now insiders say her inner circle are seriously worried. A source told Closer magazine: "Katie will never learn from her mistakes if she keeps being let off the hook.
"She laughs everything off and has admitted she doesn’t feel scared of behaving recklessly because she always seems to wriggle her way out of it.
"She always tells people to ‘never underestimate the Pricey’ and sometimes feels as though she’s invincible."
They went on to say: "But friends are really concerned. Deep down, they can’t help feeling she should be in jail.
"As harsh as it sounds, they’d secretly hoped a stint in prison would be the shock to the system she so desperately needs to turn her life around. They’re scared about what might happen to her now."
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Psychological therapist Emma Kenny tells Closer: "Katie doesn’t yet realise the impact of her actions. She needs to be made aware that reckless actions can have a damaging effect on her life.
"Consequences create change and, often, a stern punishment sends a real message to a person that they need to take a long, hard look at themselves.
"Prison often acts as a wake-up call, but I believe that, in Katie’s case, something like a community order would be a better option.
"Something that actually affects her freedom and her time and makes her realise she can’t be the boss of herself all the time – that she needs to learn to consider others."