Model and advisor, Racquel, is joining Jenna Lyons on The Real Housewives of New York City. One of Racquel’s first beauty campaigns was for top brand, Bobbi Brown, back in 1998.
Racquel Chevremont joins RHONY cast
Racquel Chevremont featured in rumors she was joining RHONY from March, but she’s now officially been spotted in season 15 promo. She has been friends with Jenna Lyons for years.
She is an art curator, collector and model who attends prestigious events all across the city, so she’ll fit in perfectly! Born in Brooklyn and raised in the Bronx, Chevremont has Latina roots in her family.
The newbie ventured into the art world over 20 years ago. In 2003, she joined acquisition committees at the Studio Museum in Harlem and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
She’s modelled since the 90s
Racquel has graced beauty campaigns and runways since the 90s, her first being a Bobbi Brown shoot where she claimed they edited out her freckles in 1998. Now 53, she’s not stopping!
She recently walked the runway for Batsheva, under a catwalk for women above 40 years old. Chevremont was first discovered by photographer and model scout Steve Landis for Elite models in 1993.
The Bravo newbie then graced ad campaigns for Benetton, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Fila, L’Oréal, Nivea and International Elle magazine covers. But alongside modelling, she’s passionate about art.
Making history as second queer star
Racquel is making history as the second queer housewife ever, behind Jenna Lyons, who was the first openly queer housewife to appear on RHONY, and told GLAAD she didn’t think Bravo would hire her.
She said, “I honestly didn’t think they would be interested in me in the end because they already had a queer woman. I wasn’t sure if they were going to want two queer women on a franchise.”
Adding that the show has “historically been about married heterosexual women,” Chevremont added, “I think it was a bold decision and honestly a more authentic representation of NYC.”
She co-founded and funded the State Street Salon, a Brooklyn-based hub for artists, curators and collectors in 2008, while curating the art awards program for the Tribeca Film Festival for three years.
