| Brandi Glanville | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 16, 1972 Salinas, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Television personality |
| Spouse | Eddie Cibrian (2001-2010) Darin Harvey (2011) |
Brandi Glanville (born November 16, 1972) is an American television personality, featured in The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
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Glanville was born on November 16, 1972 (some sources say 1973) to parents Guy and Judith Ann Glanville of Galt, CA. She has an older sister, Tricia, and a younger brother, Michael.[1]
At age 16, Glanville began modeling. By the next year, she was taking part in Paris runway shows.[1] During a 17-year modeling career, she appeared in the pages of Glamour and Cosmopolitan and worked for design houses including Gucci, Chanel and Giorgio Armani.[2]
Glanville has acknowledged undergoing plastic surgery procedures, including having her lips plumped and her breasts augmented.[3]
Glanville was introduced as a “Friend of the Housewives” in the fourth episode of the second season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
She is currently working on an upcoming cookbook.
Glanville married actor Eddie Cibrian, known primarily for his work on soap operas, on May 12, 2001. The couple had two sons together, Mason Edward (born June 8, 2003) and Jake Austin (born April 7, 2007).[4]
In early 2009, reports surfaced that Cibrian was having an affair with married country singer LeAnn Rimes, his costar in Northern Lights. Though Glanville initially stood by her husband in public and attended counseling with him, Cibrian and Rimes took their relationship public in August 2009, one week after Rimes separated from her husband.[5]
Cibrian soon filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. Cibrian and Glanville's divorce was finalized on September 30, 2010.[6] Cibrian and Rimes got engaged three months later and married April 22,2011.
On January 1, 2012, Glanville announced to her twitter followers she had married her best friend Darin Harvey in Las Vegas on New Years Eve.
Glanville joined the series as a "Friend of the Housewives" in the fourth episode of season two. Mutual friend Adrienne Maloof introduced her to the women of the main cast at a party because "she's going through a divorce and I wanted to show her a good time." [7] The meeting got off to a rocky start: Lisa Vanderpump was immediately suspicious of Glanville because of Glanville's association with Vanderpump's enemy and former houseguest Cedric Martinez; others ridiculed Glanville for showing up to a charity event wearing a high wedge-heeled shoe while on crutches (due to a broken leg).
In Episode Seven, the relationship between Glanville and the other wives spiraled out of control after Kyle Richards and her sister made fun of her and mentioned that one of Glanville's sons had urinated on Adrienne's lawn. In response, Glanville accused Kim Richards of doing crystal meth in Dana's bathroom all night long. Richards then hid Glanville's crutches.[8]