Brandi Glanville

At the age of 16, Glanville moved to Paris, France, and began modeling.[5] She was signed to Elite Model Management and worked in Hamburg, Munich, Los Angeles, New York and Tokyo.[6][4] By the next year, she was taking part in Paris runway shows.[3][7] She has appeared in several magazines, including Glamour,[8] Cosmopolitan, NW[9][10] and Beverly Hills Lifestyle Magazine.[11][12][13] She appeared on the magazine cover of UK's The Times in January 2014.[14][15] Glanville has worked for well-known brands including Valentino, Versace, Chanel, Giorgio Armani, and Gucci.[16][4] She has appeared in a commercial for Coors Light.[17][18]

In December 2012, she launched a clothing line called "Brand B", which was sold exclusively on Amazon.[19][20][21] Glanville's T-shirt line was launched in her official online store in 2014. The tops feature slogans such as "Medicated" and "It's Not Fun To Be Sober" and are priced between $25 to $30.[22][23]

In 2011, Glanville appeared on the second season of the Bravo reality series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.[24] She made several appearances throughout the season as a "Friend of the Housewives", and on the reunion episode.[25][26] She revealed to radio host Howard Stern that she made $18,000 as a part-time cast member during her first season on the show.[27] The following year, she and Yolanda Hadid joined the cast as housewives for its third season.[28] She was fired from the series after its fifth season in 2015, before returning as a “friend of” in the show's sixth, ninth and tenth seasons. [29]

In 2015, Glanville competed on the seventh season of Celebrity Apprentice,[30] where she was fired two weeks before the finale.[31][32] She appeared on the E! reality series Famously Single in 2016.[33] In 2017, Glanville competed with Dean Sheremet on the FOX reality cooking series My Kitchen Rules,[34] where they finished in third place. That same year, she took part as a housemate on season 20 of Celebrity Big Brother UK. She was the fourth housemate to be evicted on Day 18. In 2018, Glanville took part as a HouseGuest on season 1 of Celebrity Big Brother U.S.[35] She was the fifth HouseGuest to be evicted on Day 24. She also appeared on the second season of Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars Family Edition with her father, Guy Glanville.

In 2013, she co-hosted an episode of CNN anchorman Anderson Cooper's talk show Anderson.[36] In February 2013, she worked as a fashion correspondent and hosted the Academy Awards for ABC’s On the Red Carpet.[37][38] In 2013, she also appeared as herself on The CW's teen drama series 90210, in the episode "Dude, Where's My Husband?". She portrayed Erica in Lifetime's television film Missing at 17 (2013),[39] Housewife Veronica in comedy film The Hungover Games (2014) and Tech Whitley in Syfy's disaster television film Sharknado: The 4th Awakens (2016).

In February 2013, Glanville released a book with Leslie Bruce, Drinking and Tweeting: And Other Brandi Blunders,[40] which became a #1 New York Times bestseller. LA Weekly called the book "the best piece of celeb literature we've ever come across."[40] People magazine also gave the book a positive review by writing: "Yet as crazy as she might come off here (and on TV), she's strangely relatable, like someone it would be really fun to have drinks with."[41] Glanville's second book with Leslie Bruce, Drinking and Dating: P.S. Social Media Is Ruining Romance was published on February 11, 2014. The book focuses on her relationships and dating life as a single mother.[42][43]

In 2014, Glanville wrote a weekly column for an Australian celebrity magazine NW.[44]

Glanville is popular on social media and endorses products such as beauty and wellness products on Instagram. She has partnered with several brands, including Hand MD Skincare hand care range,[45] Lifeline Skin Care products,[46] FabFitFun beauty subscription box,[47] Teami Blends teas[48] and Singles Swag subscription box.[49] On November 4, 2013, Glanville began a weekly podcast show entitled Brandi Glanville Unfiltered.[50] On the podcast Glanville discusses her life, popular culture, and holds interviews with various personalities.[51]

Glanville's Sonoma County Chardonnay titled “Unfiltered Blonde" was launched in partnership with Rippey Wine Company in April 2015.[52][53][54] The wine received a Bronze Medal in the Celebrity Wine Division at the 2015 Los Angeles International Wine Awards and was rated 90 points by Wine Enthusiast Magazine.[55][56] She has also created an Android mobile application called Blunder Block.[52]