Sonja Morgan

Morgan worked as a fashion model in Paris and Milan before studying marketing at the Fashion Institute of Technology.[1]

Morgan owns a wine company called Tipsy Girl, which distributes Prosecco and sparkling Rosé, and runs her own fashion lifestyle brand.[2][1] Her fashion line, Sonja by Sonja Morgan, was launched in 2015 and is sold at the Vanessa Noel store on East 64th Street and online.[2][3]

Morgan appeared in the off-Broadway play Sex tips for Straight Women by a Gay Man.[2][1] She has been a regular cast member of Bravo's reality television series The Real Housewives of New York City since its third season, joining the cast in 2010.[4]

A philanthropist, Morgan has contributed to charities involving children, visual and performing arts, animal rights groups, and LGBTQ rights.[1] She hosts cabaret and burlesque charity events, called Sonja in the City, that help raise money for charity.[1] She received a Singular Sensation Award in 1990 at the St. Regis Hotel for her work alongside Vanessa Noel and Mira Sorvino.[1] In July 2013 she received a New York State Senate Award for entrepreneurship and charity work.[1][5]

Morgan met John Adams Morgan, a member of the prominent Morgan family, in the 1990s while working as a hostess at an Italian restaurant on Madison Avenue.[6] They were married from 1998 until 2006.[7][8] They have one daughter, Quincy Morgan.[6] Morgan's divorce left her in financial ruin. She filed for bankruptcy, paying off creditors for four years after the divorce.[9] She sold her house in Ramatuelle, France for $5.7 million, and remortgaged her $3.3 million home in New York City.[9] Morgan paid $6.95 million to Hannibal Pictures Incorporated after a failed movie project.[9] The American Home Mortgage Servicing received $600,000 from Morgan's estate and the deed to her $5.8 million home in Colorado.[9]

On October 13, 2016, The Huffington Post mentioned Morgan in a report on allegations of sexual misconduct made by Lisa Boyne against U.S. President Donald Trump.[10] Boyne said Morgan invited her to a dinner with Trump, modeling agent John Casablancas, and five or six models.[11] Boyne alleged that Trump made the models walk across the table, looked under their skirts, and described if they were wearing underwear. Morgan told The Huffington Post that the dinner took place with those participants, did not recall lewd behaviour by Trump, and said: "But I have been known to dance on tables."[10]

In September 2020, Morgan spoke publicly about her experiences with cosmetic surgery.[12][13][14]