Sonja Morgan

**Sonja Tremont Morgan** (born November 25, 1963) is an American television personality, businesswoman and philanthropist. She is best known for starring in the Bravo reality series The Real Housewives of New York City.

## Early Life

Morgan was born in Albany, New York.

She attended the Fashion Institute of Technology where she studied marketing.

## Career

Morgan worked as a fashion model in Paris and Milan.

She owns a wine company called Tipsy Girl, which distributes prosecco and sparkling rose, and runs her own fashion lifestyle brand. Her fashion line, Sonja by Sonja Morgan, was launched in 2015 and has been sold at the Vanessa Noel store on East 64th Street.

She debuted her fashion collection at New York Fashion Week in 2015. It offered a wide variety of luxury fashions at an appealing price point. In 2017, she introduced her heritage brand shoe line.

Morgan has served as a producer on movies such as The Marsh, starring Oscar-winner Forest Whittaker, and the 2018 film The Man in the Attic. She appeared in the off-Broadway play 'Sex tips for Straight Women by a Gay Man'.

### The Real Housewives of New York City

In 2010, Sonja joined the cast of the Bravo reality television series for the third season. She has appeared in every season since.

#### **RHONY Taglines**

* Season 3 and 4 - "I have a taste for luxury and luxury has a taste for me."
* Season 5 - "A little Sonja will spice up any party."
* Season 6 - "Sometimes Sonja has to go commando. What can I say?"
* Season 7 - "My yacht may have sailed but my ship is coming in."
* Season 8 - "If being Sonja is so wrong why does it feel so right?"
* Season 9 - "There's nothing gray about my gardens."
* Season 10 - "I'm not just a last name. I'm a legacy."
* Season 11 - "People call me over the top but lately I prefer being a bottom."
* Season 12 - "I'm no-ones accessory. I'm the whole lifestyle brand."

## Personal Life

### Marriages and Children

Morgan has been married once. She married banking heir John Adams Morgan in 1998 and together they have one daughter, Quincy (born 2000). The couple divorced in 2006. Their divorce left her in financial ruin and she filed for bankruptcy, paying off creditors for four years after their divorce. She sold her house in Ramatuelle, France for $5.7 million and remortgaged her $3.3 million home in New York.

Giudice has been married once. She married businessman Giuseppe "Joe" Giudice on October 23, 1999 and together they have four daughters: Gia (born January 8, 2001), Gabriella (born October 5, 2004), Milania (born February 2, 2006) and Audriana (born September 14, 2009). The couple separated in 2019 after twenty years of marriage and the divorce was finalised in 2020.

### Philanthropy

As a philanthropist, she has contributed to charities involving children, visual and performing arts, animal rights groups, and LGBTQ rights. She hosts cabaret and burlesque charity events, called Sonja in the City, that help raise money for charity. She received a Singular Sensation Award in 1990 at the St. Regis Hotel for her work alongside Vanessa Noel and Mira Sorvino. In July 2013 she received a New York State Senate award for entrepreneurship and charity work.

### Legal Problems

On October 13, 2016, The Huffington Post mentioned her in a report on allegations of sexual misconduct made by Lisa Boyce against U.S. President Donald Trump. Boyne said Morgan invited her to a dinner with Trump, modelling agent John Casablancas; and five or six models. Boyce alleged that Trump made the models walk across the table, looked under their skirts and described if they were wearing underwear. Morgan told them that the dinner took place with those participants but did not recall lewd behaviour by Trump and said: "But I have been known to dance on tables."

## Family

**Husbands and Partners**

* John Adams Morgan (Ex-husband; 1998-2006)

**Children**

* Quincy Morgan