Kenya Summer Moore Daly (née Moore; born January 24, 1971) is an
American actress, model, producer, author, television personality, and
entrepreneur. She co-starred in the Bravo series The Real Housewives
of Atlanta from 2012 onwards and was a member of the cast of The
Celebrity Apprentice 7 in 2015. Moore rose to prominence in 1993 after
winning the Miss USA contest which led her to compete in that year's
Miss Universe pageant ultimately landing her among the top six. She
subsequently appeared in films and television shows including Waiting
To Exhale (1995) and Deliver Us From Eva (2003), The Steve Harvey Show
(1998) and Girlfriends (2004). Moore has produced several film
projects, had a book published, and starred in her own exercise video.
She is also known for her involvement in entrepreneurial ventures and
is the founder of hair care brand, Moore Hair.Moore was born in
Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of teenagers Patricia Moore and Ronald
Grant, and was raised by her paternal grandmother Doris
Grant(1931â€"2017) and aunt after her mother abandoned her at three
days old. The reality TV show star revealed that her mother never
named her. "Since birth, my mother made the decision at age 16 to
pretend she never had me. She has never spoken to me,†Kenya wrote.
“Even if present in the same room with other people and family, she
pretends that I simply don’t exist. She pretends I’m invisible,"
Kenya revealed on her Bravo blog. Moore graduated from Cass Technical
High School in 1989. While still in high school, Moore experienced
domestic violence from a much older boyfriend. In Moore's words, "He
tormented me physically, mentally and once even nearly killed me by
putting me into the hospital, from attacking me with a finger nail
file… stabbing me with a finger nail file.†Moore attended Wayne
State University, where she majored in psychology and minored in
communication.Moore was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of
teenagers Patricia Moore and Ronald Grant, and was raised by her
paternal grandmother Doris Grant(1931â€"2017) and aunt after her
mother abandoned her at three days old. The reality TV show star
revealed that her mother never named her. "Since birth, my mother made
the decision at age 16 to pretend she never had me. She has never
spoken to me,†Kenya wrote. “Even if present in the same room with
other people and family, she pretends that I simply don’t exist. She
pretends I’m invisible," Kenya revealed on her Bravo blog. Moore
graduated from Cass Technical High School in 1989. While still in high
school, Moore experienced domestic violence from a much older
boyfriend. In Moore's words, "He tormented me physically, mentally and
once even nearly killed me by putting me into the hospital, from
attacking me with a finger nail file… stabbing me with a finger nail
file.†Moore attended Wayne State University, where she majored in
psychology and minored in communication.Moore began modeling at the
age of 14 and in the course of her modeling career was the January
1992 cover girl for Chicago-based Johnson Publishing Company's Ebony
Man's (EM) magazine. She also became a model for the Ebony Fashion
Fair cosmetic line. At 22, Moore won Miss Michigan USA (1993) and then
became the second African American woman to win Miss USA. She then
represented the United States in the Miss Universe 1993 pageant and
placed fifth.Moore had parts in television programs including: The
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Meet The Browns, Homeboys in Outer Space,
Sparks, Smart Guy, Video Soul Living Single, Damon, In the House, The
Jamie Foxx Show, The Parent 'Hood, The Steve Harvey Show, Martin,
Nubian Goddess, Men, Women & Dogs, The Parkers, Under One Roof, and
Girlfriends[citation needed]. She has also appeared on the covers of
Glamour, Seventeen, Ebony, and Essence magazines and can be seen in
the music videos for Jermaine Dupri's "Money Ain't a Thang" (1998),
Nas's "Street Dreams" (1996), Shai's "I Don't Wanna Be Alone" (1996),
and Tupac's "Temptations". Additionally, Moore has appeared in several
films: Waiting to Exhale (1995), Senseless (1998), Trois (2000),
Deliver Us from Eva (2003), Brothers in Arms (2005), Cloud 9 (2006), I
Know Who Killed Me (2007), and Trapped: Haitian Nights
(2010).[citation needed] In May 2012, Moore joined the season five
cast of Bravo's The Real Housewives of Atlanta. In 2015 Moore was cast
on The Celebrity Apprentice 7. Kenya Moore Top Movies & Young Movies