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Promoting New York Metropolis? Kelly Killoren Bensimon could have left her life as a Housewife lengthy behind, however she is open to returning to actuality TV in the future.
“I’d like to have fun any present that highlights the world of actual property,” the Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis alum, 54, completely instructed Us Weekly on Tuesday, August 30, earlier than joking that her busy schedule would offer loads of material for the mission. “I’m a multi-hyphenate — mama-bear of two women, queen of unpolluted, hunter for the chicest new interiors … I actively work for Foodbank For New York Metropolis with my women. … I’m an actual property dealer. My life is a actuality present. You possibly can’t make this up.”
Bensimon, who starred on the Bravo collection from 2009 to 2011, started working in luxurious actual property in 2018. Whereas the profession transfer might need been shocking for some followers, the previous mannequin defined that it felt like a becoming subsequent step. “I’ve been ready for high-end [and] luxurious purchasers [since] manner earlier than I did Housewives,” Benismon instructed Us. “I had been within the luxurious sector throughout my modeling days, had labored with ELLE journal, and wrote luxurious life-style books. It has been a pure and seamless segue.”
She continued: “I contemplate myself an arbiter of luxurious, structure and inside design. Luxurious actual property is a pure development for me. … It’s a convergence of all the pieces I like to do.”
Even earlier than she earned her actual property license, Bensimon was fascinated by properties and design. “I constructed and offered my own residence,” she defined. “I’ve written seven books on model and life-style, [including] one for the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork and A Harmful Age, [which is] all in regards to the artwork world for Simon and Schuster.”
All of these earlier experiences set the entrepreneur up for fulfillment on the Douglas Elliman Agency, the place she works with a “dynamic and distinctive” group of brokers. “I used to be Rookie of the Yr 2021 for promoting the primary deal downtown throughout the pandemic for $41 million,” Bensimon instructed Us. “At the moment, the whole of worldwide listings I’ve is over $274 million. I’m so grateful to accomplice with probably the most fascinating purchasers [and] promote probably the most unbelievable properties.”
After all, not all the pieces has modified for Bensimon since her RHONY days. Followers of her iconic visitors jog will possible be happy to know that the American Model writer is simply as devoted to health as ever. “I deal with my physique like knowledgeable athlete,” she revealed. “I prepare like knowledgeable athlete. I eat consciously and mindfully. I’ve to maintain up with the Knicks and the Rangers at MSG!”
She does nonetheless make time to unwind, although, including: “I can’t drink beer every single day, however somedays, I loosen up and deal with myself.”
