The Real Housewives of Orange County – net worths, ranked: from Heather Dubrow and Shannon Storms Beador to newbie Noella Bergener, which cast member is the richest?
- Elizabeth Lyn Vargas and Kelly Dodd Leventhal have also left, replaced by the series’ first black member, model Noella Bergener, and aesthetic doctor Jennifer Armstrong
- Dubrow owes her fortune to her Californian plastic surgeon husband while Shannon Storms Beador makes bank from her veggie meals business and her divorce settlement
With three housewives departing, namely Braunwyn Windham-Burke, Elizabeth Lyn Vargas and the problematic Kelly Dodd Leventhal, fans are in for a cast shake-up this season. So, which housewives are returning, who are the newest additions and – of course – which of them is the richest?
Heather Dubrow – US$50 million
The prodigal housewife returns! As announced last year, Dubrow is returning for the 16th season after a five-year hiatus following her dramatic exit in 2016. The 52-year-old actress married her wealthy Californian plastic surgeon husband Terry Dubrow in 1999 and the couple recently moved into a 22,000 sq ft mansion they called “Dubrow Chateau” in the Crystal Cove area. Besides seven bedrooms and 14 bathrooms, the US$21 million mansion boasts a spiralling chandelier in the 9-metre-high (30-foot-high) hallway, a champagne chiller/art wall and a private cinema, as per Bravo TV.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, the mother-of-four is worth US$50 million, thanks to her husband’s massive income, and is often called “fancy pants” by her (hardly impoverished) fellow housewives due to her OTT lifestyle.
Shannon Storms Beador – US$20 million
According to Women’s Health, Beador has amassed a net worth of US$20 million. While her wealth comes mostly from ex-husband David Beador, she earns healthy pay cheques outside her TV gig, from personality bookings, endorsement deals and network sponsored events, on top of a US$800,000 salary for starring in RHOC, reports the publication.