Janice Pennington’s Injury
Janice Pennington worked as a Barker’s Beauty on The Price is Right for over 29 years. In 1988, Janice suffered a horrifying on-set injury. While on stage, a camera somehow accidentally hit her and knocked her into “contestants’ row.” Back in the 1980s cameras were pretty massive, so it’s easy to see how this could happen.
Janice was unconscious and taken to the hospital. She ended up having to undergo two surgeries and was later left with one of her shoulders an inch shorter than the other. She also sustained scars from the surgery, and because of this was no longer allowed to wear swimsuits on air. Janice was let go from the show in 2000. She later said she believed she was actually let go because she gave a deposition in Holly Hallstrom’s wrongful termination suit against Bob Barker.
