*Lennithia "NeNe" Leakes -- A Duluth resident, she is married to real estate seller Gregg Leakes. Leakes met Gregg when she danced for him at the strip club and he told her to quit and marry him. She is the founder of the Twisted Hearts Foundation that addresses domestic violence against women. Leakes was evicted from her rental home in the Stonebrier at Sugarloaf gated community on Sugarloaf Parkway, which is approximately 40 minutes northeast of downtown Atlanta. As of the filming of season two she was renting a home in the St. Marlo Country Club community.
*Sheree Whitfield -- Originally from Shaker Heights, Ohio. At 15 she gave birth to daughter Tierra, who she publically refers to as "my friend". She is the ex-wife of NFL professional football player Bob Whitfield, with whom she has two children. She used to reside in a Sandy Springs mansion with her ex-husband until it was sold into foreclosure. The house is approximately 20 minutes north of downtown Atlanta. She is attempting to develop a clothing line called She by Sheree. She had a feud with cast mate NeNe Leakes earlier in the show, but the two women have since reconciled.
*Lisa Wu-Hartwell -- Originally from Inglewood, she is multiethnic as her mother is Afro-Carribbean and her father is Chinese. She has also gone by the names Sharon Millette Wu, Sharon Lisa Sweat, and Lisa Wu-Sweat when she filed chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2007, despite her mantra during the introduction of the show, "If it doesn't make me money, I don't do it". Hartwell was married to R&B singer Keith Sweat from 1992-2002. They have two sons Jordan(1995)and Justin(1998). Both sons live with Sweat as he has full custody. Wu-Hartwell is currently suing Sweat for custody of their children. On 31 December 2005 she and former NFL linebacker Edgerton Hartwell--who was recently released by the Oakland Raiders-- eloped[8]. Their son Ed Jr was born in 2007. During the filming of the first two seasons, she lived in the exclusive gated community of the St. Marlo Country Club in Duluth, Georgia. She is co-owner of Hartwell and Associates, an Atlanta-based real estate firm. In addition she runs three businesses: Wu-Girls Designs jewelry line; and two clothing lines: Hart2Hart Baby (baby clothes) and Closet Freak (sexy t-shirts designed for women). As of July 2009 all of her personal and business websites are down. The house she lived in while filming the first two seasons is now a bank owned property after failing to get a 1.9 million dollar bid during a foreclosure auction held on August 4, 2009. Her family has moved to a property her husband owns in Hoschton, Georgia which is approximately 40 miles north of Atlanta.
*Kimberleigh "Kim" Zolciak -- A Connecticut native and Johns Creek resident, the divorced mother of two is attempting to pursue a career as a country singer while half-heartedly trying to quit smoking. She has a CNA or nursing degree. She had a "sugar daddy" whom she mysteriously referred to as "Big Poppa". In October 2008, Jezebel reported that "numerous blind items and internet rumors" had identified Big Poppa as entrepreneur Lee Najjar. He funded her somewhat lavish lifestyle, buying her $14,000 in diamonds and a $60,000 Cadillac Escalade. Zolciak and "Big Poppa" broke up in the last episode of season one. Since the end of the first season, Zolciak has linked in media reports to billionaire Dr. Stefan Lemperle and Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis. At 17, Kim was involved in an affair with a 25-year veteran of the Windsor Locks Police Department that resulted in his firing.
*Kandi Burruss -- The Georgia native and former Xscape member is the newest Housewife, replacing Deshawn Snow. Burruss is a Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter who resides in Fayetteville, GA with her six-year-old daughter Riley. Her fiancé Ashley Jewell (AJ) (whose work is some "involvement in the music business") and his twin daughters now live with her. She is a former member of the platinum-selling musical group Xscape, and won a Grammy Award for her work on TLC's mega hit "No Scrubs." She has also written/co-written music for artists that include Mariah Carey, 'N Sync, Destiny's Child, Alicia Keys, American Idol Fantasia Barrino, female rapper Solé, Pink and Whitney Houston.
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