Brandi Glanville

Background

Brandi Glanville was born in Salinas, California, and raised in Sacramento, California. She was born into a poor family and had a difficult childhood where she had to sell marijuana and even blackmailed her father to get money — something she admitted to on “Celebrity Big Brother.” Glanville attended Willow Rancho Baptist School and Gloria Dei Luther and graduated from John F. Kennedy High School.

At the age of 16, Glanville moved to Paris and began modeling. She appeared in several magazines, including “Glamour,” “Cosmopolitan,” “N.W.,” and “Beverly Hills Lifestyle Magazine.” She also worked for well-known brands including Valentino, Versace, Chanel, Giorgio Armani, and Gucci. She also appeared in a commercial for Coors Light. In 2012, she launched her own clothing line called Brand-B.

Her television career started when she appeared on the second season of the Bravo reality series “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” in 2011. She also appeared in season two of “The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip.” She competed on the seventh season of “Celebrity Apprentice” in 2015 and on the reality series “Famously Single” in 2016. Glanville was also seen on the FOX reality cooking series “My Kitchen Rules,” where she finished in third place. In 2013, Glanville released a book with Leslie Bruce, “Drinking and Tweeting: And Other Brandi Blunders,” which became a “New York Times” bestseller. She also supports the children’s charity Make-a-Wish Foundation and chose it as her charity of choice when competing on “Celebrity Apprentice.”