Cynthia Bailey (born February 19, 1967) is an American model, reality television personality, and actress. Born and raised in Alabama, Bailey moved to New York City at the age of 18 to pursue a modeling career. There, she signed a five-year contract with Wilhelmina Models, and subsequently appeared as a model in various magazines and advertising campaigns. She also worked as a runway model in Paris and Milan.\n', '

Bailey has acted in films, including Without You I\'m Nothing (1990) and For Love or Money (1993), and on television programs, such as The Cosby Show. Bailey joined the reality television show The Real Housewives of Atlanta in 2010; the series focused primarily on her marriage to club owner Peter Thomas and her friendship with NeNe Leakes. Bailey married Thomas in 2010, and their divorce was finalized in 2017. \n', '

Cynthia Bailey was born on February 19, 1967, in Decatur, Alabama and raised in Tuscumbia. Her father, Elijah, worked at an auto factory and her mother, Barbara, worked at a sewing factory. Barbara was 18 when she was pregnant with Cynthia, and had another daughter, Malorie, roughly a year later. While growing up, Bailey was inspired by her grandmother, Mae Frankie Ford. who worked in a sewing factory, sold hotdogs and hamburgers, cleaned houses, and volunteered to care for an elderly woman. She described Ford as "the first female black entrepreneur in [her] life".\n', '

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