Besides being a former model, Gizelle Bryant, American television personality and reality TV star, is best known for her role on The Real Housewives of Potomac. She is a mother of three daughters and a philanthropist working with the government, specifically with the city council of Birmingham, Alabama.
Gizelle Bryant bio
Born September 9, 1970 in Houston, Texas, Gizelle Bryant grew up in a prominent political family where she learned everything she knows about government issues; she is one of three children born into her family.
Bryant attended the private Hampton University in Virginia, where she earned a degree in marketing and later got a job as an event planner with the NAACP.
Career
Gizelle Bryant started out as a normal working class lady; an event planner and a template. She was also popular as the wife of a prominent pastor and “First Lady” of the Empowerment Temple AME Church in Baltimore.
In addition to 7-8 years of popularity as the wife of mega-church pastor, Jamal Bryant, she began appearing as one of the characters in a reality television series, The Real Housewives of Potomac, alongside four other wealthy women. So far, the reality show has over 46 episodes, airing in America and across America.
Building on her experience as an event planner, Bryant has become a passionate entrepreneur who knows how to diversify her income. She started her own line of baked goods; prepare delicious desserts and sell them in famous restaurants, including that of a contestant of one of the most popular cooking shows, Top Chef, Timothy Dean. Bryant also works with the government, which isn’t all that surprising considering she grew up in a political family.
There’s simply no limit to what Gizelle Bryant can do as a businesswoman. Right now, the mother-of-three has her own makeup line called EveryHue Beauty. Bryant launched the beauty products in collaboration with three other women, Karlene Damallie, Erika Liles and Sophia Rabkin who believe “beauty comes in all shapes, sizes and skin tones,” as it was written on the company’s website. ‘business.
Speaking about her goal of creating EveryHue Beauty, Bryant said she believes the body is the temple and the skin is the canvas and everyone has the potential to look radiant and flawless.
Beauty products focus on the needs of all modern women and the multi-ethnic woman. With the beauty business up and running, Bryant is working on publishing her first book which she says will reveal her life in the church and the dirty act surrounding the faith-based world.
Net value
As a television personality and businesswoman, Gizelle Bryant makes plenty of money to last her lifetime, The Real Housewives of Potomac star’s net worth is estimated at $4 million. She resides in a $1.6 million home in Bethesda with her three daughters where she occasionally showcases insight into their lives on social media.
Parents
Gizelle Bryant’s parents are Curtis and Joanne Graves. His father, Curtis, was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1967 to 1973. He was the first African American to hold that position. Bryant’s father also worked at NASA for 30 years after his tenure in Washington ended and is now a fine art photographer.
husband or ex-husband
Gizelle Bryant was married to Reverend Jamal H. Bryant of the Empowerment Temple AME Church in Baltimore, Maryland. She was the wife and first lady of the ministry for about eight years (2002-2009) before the marriage fell apart due to irreconcilable differences. The beauty mogul wasn’t about to stay in the marriage after finding out about her husband’s infidelity, according to her, ‘you only have one life and you don’t have to stay in anything that makes you unhappy.”
The couple have three daughters together, Grace Bryant, Angel Bryant and Adore Bryant. Apart from his three daughters, her husband also has two other children outside of marriage, Topaz Bryant and John Karston Bryant.
Bryant left her husband in Baltimore and returned to Potomac with the girls. Despite their separation, she continues to use her ex-husband’s name and revealed that the two [she and her ex-husband] have remained good friends and are doing a great job of co-parenting their children.
Through her personal marital experience, Gizelle Bryant decided to counsel other women, giving them advice on how to handle their own situation. But that doesn’t mean, The Real Housewives of Potomac star has any intention of quitting dating. In one of her Bravo TV interviews in August 2018, Bryant said she had started dating again and that she and the mystery man were determined to make it work.