Kimbella Vanderhee Biography
Kimbella Vanderhee is a reality TV star, who is best known for her role in the TV show, Love & Hip Hop: New York on VH1 in 2001. On LHHNY, she got into several physical fights with other members of the cast, including Erica Mena and Chrissy Lampkin, which gained her a significant amount of fame. The scandal affected the image of Kim, but she was quick to recover and move on.
Kimbella Vanderhee Modelling Career
Kim began her modelling career in 2003 and saw early success with cover features on the likes of Black Men’s Magazine. Although she enjoyed the fame and fortune that modelling bought, Kimbella sometimes felt it led to misconceptions:
“People don’t know me”, Kim told Sister 2 Sister magazine. “I have an education. Have a master’s degree. I went to college. Worked in the pharmacy field before I got involved in modelling. I had a 9-to-5 while I was modelling. Like nobody knows my background. I started off really young working. By the time I was 17, I got into the pharmacy field and I loved it. Before that, I was also thinking about becoming a veterinarian… I’m very educated and I always wanted to do very well for myself.”
Kim Vanderhee Social Media Star
Like most modern celebrities, Kim is a professional when it comes to promoting her image through social media. Her Instagram page boasts over 2000 posts and 1.2 million followers. On Twitter, meanwhile, she’s managed to amass over 480,000 followers. As well as using social media to showcase the thrills and spills of her daily life, Kim also uses the platform to advertise her own range of products, which includes custom coloured wigs and a line of watches called “Bella”.
Vanderhee First TV Role
Kim’s first appearance on TV came as a dancer on the 2003 series, The Roof, in which she appeared alongside Julissa Bermudez, Jessie Camacho and J. Bishop. She returned to the world of modelling after the show ended, but hit our screens again on VH1’s Love & Hip Hop: New York.
Kimbella Vanderhee Continued Reality TV Success
Kimbella was introduced to Love & Hip Hop: New York as the girlfriend of American rapper, Juelz Santana. Thanks to her fiery personality, Kimbella quickly went from an occasional guest star on seasons 3 and 5 to the main cast member in season 7. Fans of the show took Kimbella to their hearts, and she remains one of the show’s most popular stars to this day.
Kimbella Vanderhee Birthday | Age
Kimbella aka Kim or Kimberly was born on 13 October 1983 in Florida, Miami as per her wiki. She is the age of 36 in 2019 and she embraces an African-American nationality.
Kimbella Vanderhee Nationality | Parents
She comes from a mixed ethnicity with her father being an African-American and her mother is a Caucasian. Her bio suggests that Kimbella didn’t experience a normal childhood. She struggled a lot because of her abusive father. Her mother used to be the victim of her father’s abuse. As of now, it is known that Kimbella is on good terms with her family.
Kimbella Vanderhee Family | Sister
She has a sister, who is a DJ known as Lil Kim.
Kimbella Vanderhee Education
For education, not many know that she has a Master’s degree. She left the Pharmacy industry after many years of working there to start her career in entertainment cause she always felt comfortable around cameras and knew she belonged there. She brought herself as a successful model and reality star.
Kimbella Vanderhee Husband | Juelz Santana
Actress Kimbella is married to her husband, LaRon Louis James aka Juelz Santana. Juelz is an American rapper.
The reality star met her husband in Love & Hip Hop and started dating him in 2009. They never had a stable relationship, going on and off. There were trust issues in their relationship as Kimbella was accused of cheating on Juelz with American rapper Fabolous.
If that wasn’t enough, Juelz was also accused of sleeping with other women. They constantly gave their relationship several chances, and Juelz even bought her a house in 2015.
Despite all the ups and downs that they went through together in their relationship, Kimbella and Juelz made it. Juelz decided to step up their relationship and got down on one knee on 25 November 2018. Kimbella didn’t waste a moment to flaunt the diamond ring from Avianne Jewelers.
They got married on 13 January 2019.
They got married in a small and private ceremony in New York. The wedding was attended by their close friends and family. Kimbella is relishing her married life with her husband and kids.
Kimbella Vanderhee Kids
From their relationship, they even have two kids together, Juelz and Bella who are eight and six years old respectively. Juelz also has a 15-year-old son, LaRon, named after his real name LaRon Louis James, from his previous relationship. She also has a son named Leandro, now 17 from her last relationship.
Kimbella Vanderhee Plastic Surgery
Vanderhee despite being a gorgeous woman from head to toe went through plastic surgery multiple times. She got her breast inflated and also transferred some fat from her love handles to her backside. She also got a tummy tuck. Some people believe that she got her nose done too, but that is still unknown.
Vanderhee Net Worth
Kimbella’ s success as a model and TV star has earned her a pretty fortune. As of 2018, her net worth is estimated to be in the region of 800 thousand dollars. With an ever-expanding portfolio of TV and modelling work, it’s a fortune that looks set to grow.
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