Cynthia Bailey

 Cynthia Denise Bailey (born February 19 1967) is an American model, reality TV personality, and actress. Born in Alabama and then moved to New York City at the age of 18 to pursue an acting career. There, she signed an agreement for five years with Wilhelmina Models, and subsequently appeared as a model in various magazines and advertising campaigns. She was runway models in Paris, Milan, and was in movies like without You I'm Not (1990) or For Love or Money (1993). She joined the reality television show The Real Housewives of Atlanta in 2010. She married Peter Thomas in 2010, and divorced from Peter Thomas was finalized in 2017. She got married to Peter Thomas in 2010 and their divorce was finalized in the year 2017. Her father Elijah worked at an auto factory, and her mother Barbara worked in a sewing machine factory. Cynthia was only 18 when she became pregnant. Malorie was born about one year later. Cynthia's grandmother Mae Frankie Ford was a operator on a sewing machine. She served hotdogs, hamburgers and hot dogs as well as cleaned homes and took care for the elderly. Cynthia described Ford as "the first female black businesswoman in her life."