Cynthia Bailey

 Cynthia Denise Bailey, born February 19, 1967 is an American model, actress and reality TV actress. She was born in Alabama and moved to New York City when she was 18 to pursue the career of a model. In New York, she signed an agreement for five years with Wilhelmina Models, and subsequently appeared as a model in various magazines and advertising campaigns. She worked as runway models in Paris and Milan.Bailey has been in films that include without You I'm Nothing (1990) and For Love or Money (1993), and on television shows, like The Cosby Show. She was on the reality television show The Real Housewives of Atlanta in 2010. She married Peter Thomas in 2010, and their divorce was completed in the year 2017. The couple's relationship with sportscaster Mike Hill was showcased on Real Housewives of Atlanta from 2018 until she left the show in 2021.Cynthia Denise Bailey was born on 19 February, 1967, in Decatur, Alabama, and was raised in Tuscumbia. Her father Elijah worked in an auto plant, while her mother Barbara was employed in an industrial sewing machine plant. Cynthia was only 18 when she became pregnant. Malorie was born about a year later. As a child, Cynthia was inspired by her grandmother, Mae Frankie Ford, who worked in a factory for sewing that sold hamburgers and hotdogs as well as cleaned homes, and helped care for an elderly woman. Ford was, according to her, "the first female black entrepreneur" in her life.