Brandi Glanville

Brandi Lynn Glanville (born November 16, 1972) is an American television personality, author and former model. In 2011, she became a cast member on the reality television series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills; she was a friend of the housewives in the second season, and was a starring housewife from the third through fifth seasons. She also hosts a podcast called Brandi Glanville Unfiltered and has appeared on Season 7 of Celebrity Apprentice, Famously Single, and My Kitchen Rules. She has written two books and is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. 2Early life Glanville was born in Salinas, California and raised in Sacramento, California as the middle child of Judith (née Swinehart) and Guy Glanville. Her father grew weed, according to Brandi, and she would sell it as she got older, actually admitting on Celebrity Big Brother that she had blackmailed her father with her siblings, older sister Tricia, and younger brother Michael, in order to obtain money. 2Career 3Modelling At the age of 16, Glanville moved to Paris, France, and began modeling; signed by Elite Model Management she worked in Europe, Los Angeles and New York. By the next year, she was taking part in Paris runway shows. During a 17-year modeling career, she appeared in the pages of Glamour and Cosmopolitan and worked for design couture houses including Chanel, Giorgio Armani, and Gucci. 3Television Glanville appeared on the second season of Bravo's The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and made her debut on episode four, "Gossip Girls