Kenya Moore

Moore was born on January 24, 1971 in Detroit, Michigan{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7ZYsnTPIhwC&pg=PA236 |title=Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television|date=2009|publisher=McFarland|page=236|last1=McCann|first1=Bob|isbn=9780786458042|access-date=January 3, 2016}}{{cite web|title=The Celebrity Apprentice - Kenya Moore|url=http://www.nbc.com/the-celebrity-apprentice/cast/season-7/kenya-moore|website=NBC.Com|access-date=January 4, 2016|archive-date=April 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407085248/http://www.nbc.com/the-celebrity-apprentice/cast/season-7/kenya-moore|url-status=live}} to teenagers Patricia Moore and Ronald Grant{{cite web|url=https://people.com/tv/rhoa-season-10-premiere-kenya-moore-regrets-not-inviting-her-father-to-her-wedding/|title=RHOA's Kenya Moore Regrets Not Inviting Her Dad to Her Wedding: 'I Really Wanted Him There'|website=people.com|access-date=2019-01-12|archive-date=2019-01-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113003939/https://people.com/tv/rhoa-season-10-premiere-kenya-moore-regrets-not-inviting-her-father-to-her-wedding/|url-status=live}} and raised by her paternal grandmother Doris Grant{{cite web|url=http://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/kenya-moore-grandmother-dies|title=Kenya Moore's Grandmother Has Passed Away|date=25 July 2017|website=Bravo TV Official Site}}{{cite web|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/kenya-moore-mourns-loss-of-grandmother-who-raised-her-w493976/|title=Kenya Moore Mourns Loss of Grandmother Who Raised Her|date=25 July 2017|access-date=4 December 2017|archive-date=4 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204171214/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/kenya-moore-mourns-loss-of-grandmother-who-raised-her-w493976/|url-status=live}}(1931–2017){{cite web|url=https://obittree.com/obituary/us/michigan/detroit/james-h-cole-home-for-funerals---main-chapel/doris-grant/2999840/|title=Doris A. Grant Obituary - Detroit, MI - ObitTree™|website=obittree.com|access-date=2017-12-04|archive-date=2017-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204222943/https://obittree.com/obituary/us/michigan/detroit/james-h-cole-home-for-funerals---main-chapel/doris-grant/2999840/|url-status=live}} and aunt after her mother abandoned her three days after her birth. The reality-TV-show star revealed that her mother never named her. "Since birth, my mother made the decision at age 16 to pretend she never had me. She has never spoken to me," Kenya wrote. "Even if present in the same room with other people and family, she pretends that I simply don't exist. She pretends I'm invisible," Kenya revealed on her Bravo blog.{{cite web|url=http://blackamericaweb.com/2013/12/10/kenya-moore-talks-about-mother-shes-never-spoken-to-me/|title=Kenya Moore Talks About Mother: 'She's Never Spoken to Me'|date=10 December 2013|work=Black America Web|access-date=4 April 2014|archive-date=7 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072824/http://blackamericaweb.com/2013/12/10/kenya-moore-talks-about-mother-shes-never-spoken-to-me/|url-status=live}} Moore graduated from Cass Technical High School in 1989.{{cite journal|url=http://www.freep.com/article/20121102/ENT03/121102048/Detroit-native-Kenya-Moore-explains-how-she-landed-Real-Housewives-Atlanta-role|title=Detroit Free Press - Home|journal=Detroit Free Press|access-date=2014-04-04|archive-date=2014-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407160710/http://www.freep.com/article/20121102/ENT03/121102048/Detroit-native-Kenya-Moore-explains-how-she-landed-Real-Housewives-Atlanta-role|url-status=live}} While still in high school, Moore experienced domestic violence from a much older boyfriend. In Moore's words, "He tormented me physically, mentally and once even nearly killed me by putting me into the hospital, from attacking me with a finger nail file… stabbing me with a finger nail file."{{cite web |last1=Sangweni |first1=Yolanda |title=Kenya Moore Says She Was Abused By Ex-Boyfriend Who Tried to Stab Her |url=https://www.essence.com/news/kenya-moore-abused-ex-boyfriend-stab-her/ |website=Essence |access-date=13 April 2020 |archive-date=16 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116093746/https://www.essence.com/news/kenya-moore-abused-ex-boyfriend-stab-her/ |url-status=live }}

Moore attended Wayne State University, where she majored in psychology and minored in communication.{{cite journal|last1=Hoffman|first1=Melody K.|title=Actress Kenya Moore Coaches Men On What Women Really Want In Book "Game, Get Some!"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sjsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46|journal=JET|date=March 10, 2008|volume=113|issue=9|page=46|access-date=January 4, 2016}}

Moore began modeling at the age of 14, and was the January 1992 cover girl for Ebony Man magazine.{{cite journal|title=Miss USA KENYA MOORE Tells Why She Feels 'Beauty Is Within'|journal=JET|date=March 22, 1993|volume=83|issue=21|pages=20–23|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uLoDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20|access-date=January 4, 2016}} She also modelled for the Ebony Fashion Fair cosmetic line. Moore has also appeared on the covers of Glamour, Seventeen, Ebony, and Essence magazines. At 22, Moore won Miss Michigan USA 1993 and then became the second African American woman to win Miss USA. She then represented the United States at Miss Universe 1993, and reached the top six.{{cite web|title=Watch Kenya Moore Win Miss USA 1993!|url=http://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/watch-kenya-moore-win-miss-usa-1993|website=BravoTV.Com|access-date=April 17, 2016|date=February 5, 2015}}

Moore has appeared in TV shows including: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Meet the Browns, Homeboys in Outer Space, Sparks, Smart Guy, Video Soul, Living Single, Damon, In the House, The Jamie Foxx Show, The Parent 'Hood, The Steve Harvey Show, Martin, Nubian Goddess, Men, Women & Dogs, The Parkers, Under One Roof, and Girlfriends{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} she has appeared in the music videos for Jermaine Dupri's "Money Ain't a Thang" (1998), Nas's "Street Dreams" (1996), Shai's "I Don't Wanna Be Alone" (1996),{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js-oLHa5erM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Js-oLHa5erM |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=2Pac - Temptations [Music Video]|date=13 September 2013|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} and Tupac's "Temptations".{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4NtdEuJ75k |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/x4NtdEuJ75k |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Nas - Street Dreams|date=27 March 2011|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} Additionally, Moore has appeared in several films: Waiting to Exhale (1995), Senseless (1998), Trois (2000), Deliver Us from Eva (2003), Brothers in Arms (2005), Cloud 9 (2006), I Know Who Killed Me (2007), and Trapped: Haitian Nights (2010).{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}

In May 2012, Moore joined the season five cast of Bravo's The Real Housewives of Atlanta.[http://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-atlanta/season-5 Season 5 Overview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414025808/http://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-atlanta/season-5 |date=2014-04-14}}. The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Bravo. NBCUniversal In 2015, Moore was cast on The Celebrity Apprentice 7.{{cite web|last=Scott |first=Tracy |url=http://s2smagazine.com/93068/nene-leakes-porsha-williams-was-provoked/ |title=NeNe Leakes: Porsha Williams was provoked |publisher=S2SMagazine.com |access-date=2014-04-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413071051/http://s2smagazine.com/93068/nene-leakes-porsha-williams-was-provoked/ |archive-date=2014-04-13}} Moore starred in The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, a spin-off featuring various women from The Real Housewives franchise, that premiered on Peacock in November 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/real-housewives-series-on-peacock-all-stars-cast|title=The Real Housewives Are Planning the Ultimate Series on Peacock|website=Bravo|first=Jocelyn|last=Vena|date=April 26, 2021|access-date=May 1, 2021|archive-date=March 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321101706/https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/real-housewives-series-on-peacock-all-stars-cast|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://people.com/tv/ramona-singer-teresa-giudice-more-real-housewives-stars-confirmed-to-appear-in-all-stars-spinoff/|title=Ramona Singer, Teresa Giudice, More Real Housewives Stars Confirmed to Appear in All-Stars Spinoff|website=People|first1=Jodi|last1=Gugelimi|first2=Benjamin|last2=VanHoose|date=April 26, 2021|access-date=May 1, 2021|archive-date=May 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505054309/https://people.com/tv/ramona-singer-teresa-giudice-more-real-housewives-stars-confirmed-to-appear-in-all-stars-spinoff/|url-status=live}}

In September 2021, Moore was announced as one of the celebrities competing on season 30 of Dancing with the Stars.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2021-09-08|title='Dancing With the Stars' 2021: Meet the season 30 celebrity cast|url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/dancing-stars-2021-meet-season-30-celebrity-cast-79752719|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-11|website=Good Morning America|language=en|archive-date=2021-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908131759/https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/dancing-stars-2021-meet-season-30-celebrity-cast-79752719}} She and her professional dance partner, Brandon Armstrong, were the sixth couple to be eliminated, ultimately finishing in 10th place.{{Cite news|date=October 25, 2021|first=Gabrielle|last=Duncan|title=DWTS: Who Was Sent Home on Horror Night?|url=https://people.com/tv/dwts-kenya-moore-eliminated-from-season-30-horror-night/|access-date=2021-11-23|website=people.com|language=en|archive-date=2021-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120092325/https://people.com/tv/dwts-kenya-moore-eliminated-from-season-30-horror-night/|url-status=live}} In 2023, she placed 7th in the Fox reality competition series, Special Forces: World's Toughest Test.

In June 2024, it was reported that Moore would be exiting The Real Housewives of Atlanta following her suspension during the production of the sixteenth season, due to the allegations of revealing sexually explicit pictures of newcomer Brittany Eady.{{cite news |last1=Kang |first1=Esther |last2=Quinn |first2=Dave |title=Kenya Moore Exits Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 16 After Suspension for Explicit Photos Scandal|url=https://people.com/kenya-moore-exits-real-housewives-of-atlanta-after-suspension-for-explicit-photos-scandal-8669281/ |work=People |date=June 25, 2024|access-date=June 25, 2024}}{{Cite web |date=2024-07-03 |title=Kenya Moore's Real Housewives of Atlanta Exit Explained |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/kenya-moore-real-housewives-atlanta-073000180.html |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Yahoo Entertainment |language=en-US}}

Moore has also produced and directed various projects and launched her own company, Moore Vision Media in 2008.{{Cite web |title=Moore Vision Media |url=http://www.moorevisionmedia.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621090817/http://www.moorevisionmedia.com/ |archive-date=2009-06-21 |access-date=2024-02-13}} Moore Vision Media produced the erotic thriller "The Confidant". Moore is credited as producer/director of the film Trapped: Haitian Nights.[https://web.archive.org/web/20081010114946/http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur47305.cfm Kenya Moore]. eurweb.com (September 24, 2008) After the project lost its director, Moore took over the production and completed the film. When the film failed to find distribution, Moore founded Moore Vision Media, an independent movie production and home-video distribution company. The company's first production was The Confidant, released by Universal Vivendi on August 24, 2010.{{cite news|website=BlockBuster.com |title=The Confidant (2010) |url=http://www.blockbuster.com/browse/catalog/movieDetails/487892 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823062105/http://www.blockbuster.com/browse/catalog/movieDetails/487892 |archive-date=August 23, 2010 }}

On November 28, 2007, Moore published a book titled Game, Get Some!: What Women Really Want.{{cite work|title=Game Get Some!|url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/game-get-some-kenya-moore/1121697084|publisher=Barnes & Noble|access-date=18 April 2020|archive-date=7 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407061358/https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/game-get-some-kenya-moore/1121697084|url-status=live}}https://www.amazon.com/Game-Get-Some-Kenya-Moore/dp/0979767504 Game, Get Some! on Amazon.com Described as a how-to guide, the book is a self-help and conduct containing relationship advice, as well as the author's personal experiences regarding interpersonal and intimate relationships.{{cite journal|last1=Hoffman|first1=Melody K.|title=Actress Kenya Moore Coaches Men On What Women Really Want In Book "Game, Get Some!"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sjsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46|journal=JET|date=March 10, 2008|volume=113|issue=9|page=46|access-date=April 18, 2020}} Moore has stated about the book, "No one man can know everything there is to know about women, but with my help, they may just come close; I feel like the female Ms. Hitch! I want to bring us together not apart."{{cite book|title=Game, Get Some!|isbn=978-0979767500|last1=Moore|first1=Kenya|year=2007|publisher=Dark Horse Productions }} The author reviews self-esteem and self-concept issues, offers sexual advice, discusses tips on mending a relationship or the proper way to break up. "If you have shared a special bond with someone you have dated, if you always treat her with respect, you will always have a friend at the end of the day." Moore writes.

In 2012, Moore released her debut single, "Gone With the Wind Fabulous." In 2013, Moore released her own exercise video, named "Kenya Moore: Booty Boot Camp".{{Cite AV media|title=Kenya Moore: Booty Boot Camp|date=March 5, 2013 |type= Color, NTSC, Widescreen |ASIN= B00BEZEFM4}} This venture rivalled former The Real Housewives of Atlanta co-star Phaedra Parks own workout video and was a primary storyline in the show's fifth season. In 2014, Moore launched a hair care products brand, Kenya Moore Haircare.{{cite web |url=https://www.bravotv.com/photos/real-housewives-of-atlanta-kenya-moore-haircare-line-launch|title=Kenya Moore's Hair Care Line Launch|date=August 17, 2014|work=Bravo}}{{cite web|url=https://celebrityinsider.org/kenya-moores-hair-products-are-some-of-the-most-appreciated-ones-out-there-366241/|title=Kenya Moore's Hair Products Are Some Of The Most Appreciated Ones Out There|date=February 4, 2020|work=celebrityinsider.org|access-date=February 19, 2020|archive-date=April 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402154150/https://celebrityinsider.org/kenya-moores-hair-products-are-some-of-the-most-appreciated-ones-out-there-366241/|url-status=live}}

In June 2017, Moore married businessman and restaurant owner Marc Daly.{{cite web|url=http://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/kenya-moore-husband-marc-daly-restaurant-soco-brooklyn-photo|title=Here's a Mouthwatering New Fact About Kenya Moore's Husband Marc Daly|date=25 September 2017|website=Bravo TV Official Site|access-date=13 November 2017|archive-date=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328164634/https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/kenya-moore-husband-marc-daly-restaurant-soco-brooklyn-photo|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|last1=Quinn|first1=Dave|title=Kenya Moore Is Married! Details from The Real Housewives of Atlanta Star's Romantic St. Lucia Getaway|url=http://people.com/tv/real-housewives-atlanta-kenya-moore-married-exclusive/|magazine=People|access-date=June 21, 2017|date=June 15, 2017|archive-date=June 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620140535/http://people.com/tv/real-housewives-atlanta-kenya-moore-married-exclusive/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|last1=Oliver|first1=Brittney|title=What We Know About Kenya Moore's New Husband|url=http://www.essence.com/celebrity/kenya-moores-new-husband-marc-daly|magazine=Essence|access-date=June 21, 2017|date=June 20, 2017|archive-date=June 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620162948/http://www.essence.com/celebrity/kenya-moores-new-husband-marc-daly|url-status=live}} In April 2018, she announced that they were expecting their first child.{{Cite web|author=Lisa Respers France|date=2018-04-09|title=Kenya Moore and husband Marc Daly are expecting a baby|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/09/entertainment/kenya-moore-baby/index.html|access-date=2021-03-16|website=CNN|language=en|archive-date=2021-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226141245/https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/09/entertainment/kenya-moore-baby/index.html|url-status=live}} On November 4, 2018, Moore gave birth to a daughter.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bet.com/article/0o45zu/kenya-moore-s-baby-girl-is-here-and-she-has-the-cutest-name|title=Kenya Moore Birth|website=BET|access-date=2018-11-05|archive-date=2018-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105202659/https://www.bet.com/celebrities/news/2018/11/04/kenya-moore-baby.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://people.com/parents/kenya-moore-gives-birth-to-daughter-exclusive/|title=Kenya Moore, 47, Welcomes First Child — Daughter Brooklyn Doris — After Pregnancy Complications|website=people.com|access-date=2018-11-04|archive-date=2018-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105030511/https://people.com/parents/kenya-moore-gives-birth-to-daughter-exclusive/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|last1=Quinn|first1=Dave|title=Kenya Moore, 47, Welcomes First Child — Daughter Brooklyn Doris — After Pregnancy Complications|url=https://people.com/parents/kenya-moore-gives-birth-to-daughter-exclusive/|magazine=People|access-date=Nov 4, 2018|date=Nov 4, 2018|archive-date=November 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105030511/https://people.com/parents/kenya-moore-gives-birth-to-daughter-exclusive/|url-status=live}} Moore filed for divorce from Daly in August 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/tv/kenya-moore-files-for-divorce-from-husband-marc-daly/|title=RHOA's Kenya Moore Files for Divorce from Husband Marc Daly After 4 Years of Marriage|access-date=2022-03-14|archive-date=2022-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310150955/https://people.com/tv/kenya-moore-files-for-divorce-from-husband-marc-daly/|url-status=live}} The divorce was finalized in June 2024.{{cite magazine|last1=Naumann|first1=Ryan|title= Kenya Moore's Ex-Husband Marc Daly Ordered to Pay $2k a Month in Child Support, Daughter Allowed to Film 'RHOA'|url= https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/kenya-moores-ex-marc-ordered-to-pay-2k-a-month-in-child-support/|magazine=In Touch Weekly|access-date=21 June 2024|date=21 June 2024}}

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• [http://www.kenyamoore.com/ Kenya Moore's Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228163019/http://kenyamoore.com/ |date=2011-12-28 }}

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