Ramona Singer ( Mazur; born November 18, 1956) is an American television personality, businesswoman, and author. She is best known as a cast member on the

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'', in which she has starred in the first 13 seasons from 2008 to 2021.

Career

Singer studied marketing at the

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, where she was the first female graduate of the four-year honor program. After graduating college, Singer took part in a traineeship program at

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and later became a buyer for the department store chain. She also worked in sales management for the fashion companies Calvin Klein and French Connection. In 1986, Singer started her own wholesale clothing business ''RMS Fashions, Inc.'' Together with her former husband Mario Singer, she founded a jewelry company named ''True Faith Jewelry'' in 2005. Singer joined as a cast member on the first season of

's television show ''

.'' She remained on the show for thirteen seasons before the series was rebooted with a fully new cast. Singer starred in the first season of ''

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'', a spin-off featuring various women from ''

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'' franchise, that premiered on

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in November 2021. She starred on the fourth season of ''The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip'', which was released in December 2023. Between 2009 and 2010, Singer sold two jewelry collections on the

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. In 2010, she also launched the skincare line ''Tru Renewal'', which she relaunched as ''Ageless by Ramona'' in 2018. In 2011, Singer brought a

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brand on the market (''Ramona Pinot Grigio''). Singer's memoir ''Life on the Ramona Coaster'' was published in 2015 by

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. As of 2018, Singer rents out her

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mansion for $165,000 per month.

References

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