19 Facts About Kenya Moore

Kenya Summer Moore was born on January 24,1971 and is an American actress, model, producer, author, television personality, and entrepreneur.

Kenya Moore is best known for winning the Miss USA pageant in 1993 and being a main cast member on Bravo's reality series, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, starring since its fifth season in 2012.

Kenya Moore was the second black woman to be crowned Miss USA, after Carole Gist, and she holds the distinction of being the first dark-skinned woman to win the contest.

Kenya Moore subsequently appeared in films and television shows including Waiting To Exhale, Deliver Us from Eva, The Steve Harvey Show and Girlfriends.

Kenya Moore has produced several film projects, had a book published, and starred in her own exercise video.

Kenya Moore is known for her involvement in entrepreneurial ventures and is the founder of a hair care brand, Kenya Moore Hair.

Kenya Moore was born in Detroit, Michigan to teenagers Patricia Kenya Moore and Ronald Grant, and was raised by her paternal grandmother Doris Grant and aunt after her mother abandoned her at three days old.

Kenya Moore began modeling at the age of 14 and in the course of her modeling career was the January 1992 cover girl for Chicago-based Johnson Publishing Company's Ebony Man's magazine.

Kenya Moore became a model for the Ebony Fashion Fair cosmetic line.

At 22, Kenya Moore won Miss Michigan USA and then became the second African American woman to win Miss USA.

Kenya Moore then represented the United States in the Miss Universe 1993 pageant and placed in the top six.

Additionally, Kenya Moore has appeared in several films: Waiting to Exhale, Senseless, Trois, Deliver Us from Eva, Brothers in Arms, Cloud 9, I Know Who Killed Me, and Trapped: Haitian Nights.

In May 2012, Kenya Moore joined the season five cast of Bravo's The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

In 2015, Kenya Moore was cast on The Celebrity Apprentice 7.

Kenya 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.

In September 2021, Kenya Moore was announced as one of the celebrities competing on season 30 of Dancing with the Stars.

Kenya Moore has produced and directed various projects and launched her own company, Kenya Moore Vision Media in 2008.

In June 2017, Kenya Moore married businessman and restaurant owner Marc Daly.

On November 4,2018, Kenya Moore gave birth to a daughter.