Brandi Glanville

**Brandi Lynn Glanville** (born November 16, 1972) is an American television personality, model, philanthropist and author. She is best known for starring in the Bravo reality series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

## Early Life

Glanville was born in Salinas, California to parents Guy and Judith Glanville. She has one older sister, Tricia and one younger brother, Michael Glanville. She has previously said that her father grew marijuana, and she would sell it as she got older.

She attended Willow Rancho Baptist School and Gloria Dei Luther and graduated from John F. Kennedy High School.

## Career

### Fashion

Glanville, at aged 16 moved to Paris, France and began modelling. She was signed to Elite Model Management and worked in Hamburg, Munich, Los Angeles, New York and Tokyo. By the next year, she was taking part in Paris runway shows. She has appeared in several magazines, including Glamour, Cosmopolitan, NW and Beverly Hills Lifestyle magazine. She appeared on the magazine cover of UK's The Times in January 2014. Glanville has worked for well-known brands including Valentino, Versace, Chanel, Giorgio Armani, and Gucci. She has appeared in a commercial for Coors Light.

In December 2012, she launched a clothing line called "Brand B", which was sold exclusively on Amazon. Glanville's t-shirt line was launched in her official online store in 2014. The tops feature slogans such as "Medicated" and "It's Not Fun To Be Sober".

### Television

in 2015, she competed on the seventh season of Celebrity Apprentice, where she was fired two weeks before the finale. She appeared on the E! reality series Famously Single in 2016. In 2017, Glanville competed with Dean Sheremet on the FOX reality cooking series My Kitchen Rules, where they finished in third place. That same year, she took part as a housemate on Season 20 of Celebrity Big Brother UK. She was the fourth housemate to be evicted on Day 18. In 2018, she took part as a HouseGuest on Season 1 of Celebrity Big Brother U.S. She was the fifth HouseGuest to be evicted on Day 24. She also appeared on the second season of Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars Family Edition with her father, Guy.

In 2013, she co-hosted an episode of CNN anchorman Anderson Cooper's talk show Anderson. In February 2013, she worked as a fashion correspondent and hosted the Academy Awards for ABC's On the Red Carpet. In 2013, she also appeared as herself on The CW's teen drama series 90210. She portrayed Erica in Lifetime's television film Missing at 17, Housewife Veronica in comedy film The Hungover Games and Tech Whitley in Syfy's disaster television film Sharknado: The 4th Awakens.

### Other Ventures

In February 2013, she released a book with Leslie Bruce, Drinking and Tweeting: And Other Brandi Blunders, which became a #1 New York Times bestseller. LA Weekly called the book "the best piece of celeb literature we've ever come across." People magazine also gave the book a positive reiew by writing, "Yet as crazy as she might come off here (and on TV), she's strangely relatable, like someone it would be really fun to have drinks with." Glanville's second book with Leslie Bruce, Drinking and Dating: P.S. Social Media Is Ruining Romance was published on February 11, 2014. The book focuses on her relationships and dating life as a single mother.

In 2014, she wrote a weekly column for an Australian celebrity magazine.

Glanville is popular on social media and endorses products such as beauty and wellness products on Instagram. She has partnered with several brands, including Hand MD Skincare hand care range, Lifeline Skin Care products, FabFitFun beauty subscription box, Teami Blends teas and Singles Swag subscription box. On November 4, 2013, she began a weekly podcast show entitled Brandi Glanville Unfiltered. On the podcast Glanville discusses her life, popular culture, and holds interviews with various personalities.

Glanville's Sonoma County Chardonnay titled "Unfiltered Blonde" was launched in partnership with Rippey Wine Company in April 2015. The wine received a Bronze Medal in the Celebrity Wine Division at the 2015 Los Angeles International Wine Awards and was rated 90 points by Wine Enthusiast Magazine. She has also created an Android mobile application called Blunder Block.

### The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

In 2012, Brandi joined the cast of the Bravo reality television series for the third season after appearing as a 'friend of the housewives' in the second. She then appeared in Season 4 and 5 before returning as a 'guest' in Season 6, 9 and 10. She caused a lot of controversy in the tenth season after she claimed to have been having an affair with fellow cast member Denise Richards.

#### **RHOBH Taglines**

* Season 3 - "Money doesn't give you class. It just gives you money."
* Season 4 - "In Beverly Hills the higher you climb, the farther you fall."
* Season 5 - "I'd rather spend my life kicking ass that kissing it."

## Personal Life

### Marriages and Children

Glanville has been married once. She married actor Eddie Cibrian in 2001 and together they have two sons: Mason Edward (born June 8, 2003) and Jake Austin (born April 15, 2007). The couple divorced in 2010 after he was found cheating with singer LeAnn Rimes.

### Philanthropy

Glanville served as the Celebrity Grand Marshal at the Sacramento Pride in June 2013. In July 2013, she and CharityBuzz organised a charity project auctioning off a chance to spend an entire day with her, valued at $10,000. Proceeds from the auction benefitted The Foundation For Living Beauty, which provides free services to help women with cancer and cancer survivors. She supported the David Foster Foundation Miracle Gala and Concert in Calgary on September 27, 2014.

She supports children's charity Make-a-Wish Foundation and chose the latter as her charity of choice when competing on Celebrity Apprentice. Through Celebrity Apprentice, she was able to secure a donation of $80,000 to the foundation. In December 2014, she promoted and encouraged the sales of Make-a-Wish Foundation's holiday cards on Facebook, Twitter and her official Bravo blog. In April 2015, she participated in Make-a-Wish Foundation's "Walk for Wishes" charity walk and had a personal goal of raising $15,000 for the organisation. She received a Woman's Achievement Award from Associates for Breast and Prostate Cancer Studies based in California on May 6, 2015. In June 2017, Glanville participated in a bachelor auction with television personality Eden Sassoon. The event raised money for the breast cancer organisation Susan G. Komen, as part of the Babes For Boobs charity event.

In March 2018, Glanville, Carole Radziwill and Teresa Giudice participated in "An Evening With Celebrity Housewives" charity event at The Ridgefield Playhouse. Proceeds from the event's meet and greet tickets benefited actress Mariska Hargitay's Joyful Heart Foundation.

## Family

**Husbands and Partners**

* Eddie Cibrian (Ex-husband; 2001-2010)

**Children**

* Mason Cibrian
* Jake Cibrian

**Parents**

* Guy Glanville
* Judith Glanville

**Siblings**

* Guy Glanville
* Judith Glanville

## Filmography

### Film

 2014
 2016

## Bibliography

* Drinking and Tweeting: And Other Brandi Blunders (January 16, 2014)
* Drinking and Dating: P.S. Social Media Is Ruining Romance (February 27, 2014)