American actress and model Kenya Moore is also a published author and entrepreneur. After winning the Miss USA pageant in 1993, Moore competed in the Miss Universe competition and finished in the top six. For her role in ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta,' she is well known. Kenya Moore is expected to have a net worth of $800,000 by 2022.
Early Life
Kenya Moore was born in Detroit, Michigan, on January 24, 1971. At the time of her birth, Patricia Moore and Ronald Grant were still in their early twenties. Doris Grant, the grandmother of her father's father, and her aunt reared her when her birth mother abandoned her at the age of three days. Kenya has never communicated with her biological parents.
Moore was the cover girl of the Chicago-based Johnson Publishing Company's Ebony Man magazine in January 1992, when she was 15.
She was also a model for Ebony Fashion Fair's cosmetics collection. Moore attended Wayne State University after graduating from Cass Technical High School in 1989, where she majored in psychology and minored in communication.
Kenya was crowned Miss Michigan USA in 1993 when she was just 22 years old. In the following year, she went on to compete in the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants. It wasn't until the early '90s that she started competing in beauty pageants.
There had never been a Miss USA from an African American ethnic group before her. Although she finished fifth in Miss Universe, the boos she received from the audience as her name was called overshadowed her accomplishment.
Career
Moore began her modeling career when she was 14 years old. In 1992, she was the cover girl for Johnsson Publishing Company's magazine ‘Ebony Man.'
She also served as the face of the company's Ebony Fashion Fair cosmetic range. She won Miss Michigan USA in 1993, allowing her to represent her state in the Miss USA competition.
In 1994, she portrayed Dane in the sitcom ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,' and in 2010, she got the starring role of Jasmine Davis in ‘Trois.'
The picture grossed nearly $1.3 million at the box office, making it one of the year's highest-grossing African-American films. She featured in several other films, including ‘Deliver Us From Eva,' ‘Cloud 9,' and ‘I Know Who Killed Me.'
She appeared in the American reality show ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta' in 2012. She has appeared in television shows and series such as ‘Men, Women, and Dogs,' ‘Girlfriends,' and ‘The Millionaire Matchmaker.'
Moore has also appeared on magazine covers such as ‘Essence,' ‘Glamour,' ‘Ebony,' and ‘Seventeen.' She also founded and served as CEO of her own hair care business, ‘Kenya Moore Hair Care.'
Shampoo and hair conditioner are among the goods available. Kenya Moore's net worth is expected to be $800,000 in 2022.
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Personal Life
Kenya married restaurant owner and businessman Marc Daly in June 2017. They announced their pregnancy in April 2018, and Moore gave birth to their first child, Brooklyn Doris Daly, on November 4, 2018.
Moore claims their daughter is called after the city where she met her husband, Brooklyn (obviously), and Doris is named for her late grandma. Kenya and Marc Daly's relationship ended in early 2020.
She revealed the split in the March 9, 2020 edition of Real Housewives, claiming she discovered “sexting” messages from Marc's ex on his phone.
Kenya Moore's financial habits
Kenya Moore began modeling early and has amassed a fortune since then. Moore enjoys shopping and lavishly adorning her residence. She always ensures that she wants a lavish lifestyle.
Kenya Moore: Some of My Favorite Quotes
“People get exhausted, trying to figure me out. And I just let them.” – Kenya Moore.
I love fashion. But I love it in a different way than most people. I'm not obsessed with it. I'm obsessed with looking good and wearing clothes that make me feel good.” – Kenya Moore.
“Somehow, we went to his house, and there were some very explicit things on TV. I was lost. He left me alone wandering around his house, and then when I followed the noises, he was watching something on TV that he probably shouldn't have been.” – Kenya Moore.
“The Marc you guys saw on TV, I believe, was like, you know, an angry Marc; he didn't want to be there. I think that he had some resentment. It's a little heartbreaking to see that we are in this situation, and we just had our third-anniversary last week, and we weren't able to spend it together.” – Kenya Moore.
Kenya Moore's Net Worth
Kenya Moore is a reality television actress and model based in the United States. Her role as a cast member on the reality show “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” is perhaps the thing that has brought her the most notoriety. Her current net worth is $800,000.
Producers and Other Businesses
Kenya has been producing and directing since 2007, and she founded Moore Vision Media in 2008. Her firm has only made one feature film, an erotic thriller called The Confidant, which was released in 2010.
Kenya is also a producer/director on the film Trapped; Haitian Nights. After the project's director left, she took over production and finished the picture. She also made an appearance in the movie.
Kenya Moore Booty Camp is a DVD workout that she has launched. Moore's book, Game, Get Some! was released in 2007. In 2014, she also started a hair care product line.