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Actress, Host

Any pop culture junkie worth their salt has recently been inundated with Claudia Jordan. Following the 2007 BET Awards her name was splashed across tabloid glossies and gossip sites. But, it wasn't for her having been a Barker's beauty on "The Price is Right," or a model on the top rated "Deal or No Deal," or even for her no-holds-barred dialogue on BET's hit show, "Ballers." It was all due to a recent photo taken of her getting cozy with hip-hop mogul Diddy.

"I'm very much an open book. If there was something to that, I would definitely speak on it," explains Jordan on her now infamous MySpace picture. "He was the perfect gentleman. I have pictures of me pretending to grab Donald Trump's butt and no one says anything about that. But, a picture with Diddy; it's like so much controversy. I'm sorry if it caused any drama, but it was just a picture."

One glance at Jordan's gorgeous smile and it's easy to imagine how rumors could swirl about her having the ability to split hip-hop's reigning royal couple. However, Jordan is less concerned with Internet chatter than she is spreading community awareness."Recently, I did the cover of Heart & Soul magazine. Fitness has always been really important to me," says Jordan. "I was All-American in track and field. Nowadays, with all the technology that's out, kids are just sitting home, eating crappy foods and becoming overweight. It's an epidemic in the United States. Sixty percent of us are obese - not chubby, obese. It's something we need to work on." - adam jones

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