We remember Amanza Smith as the star of Selling Sunset Part 2 and 3. Selling Sunset on Netflix first introduced her in the second season as a newcomer to the Oppenheim Group.
Amanza, after a successful career in modeling and entertainment, returned to her first love, interior design, joining the Oppenheim Group as an in-house interior designer.
Learn more about Amanza in the rest of the article.
What is Amanza Smith’s net worth?
Despite growing up in poverty in a trailer park, Amanza Smith learned to work with what she had and has amassed a net worth of around $1 million.
The Indiana State University interior design graduate was a model and interior decorator before becoming a real estate agent. After a long career as an interior designer, she thought about trying her hand at real estate and landed at The Oppenheim Group. She had known the Oppenheim brothers (Jason and Brett Oppenheim) for years through her best friend and real estate agent, Mary Fitzgerald.
But it’s not just her connections that have brought her to such a great platform. It’s also her knowledge of everything design-related, her ability to communicate openly and honestly with clients, and her established name in the industry.
Even before working at The Oppenheim Group, she decorated and staged homes for Hollywood A-list celebrities.
The cast of Selling Sunset have proven time and time again that selling homes is definitely profitable. Their commissions for a single family home often exceed the average annual income by hundreds of thousands of dollars.
And it’s clear that like her co-stars, Amanza is also extremely wealthy. From the way she dresses to the car she drives to the house she lives in, she lives like the entertainment industry’s elite.
However, Amanza also admitted that there were some tough times. Last year, on an episode of the Dear Media podcast, she talked about how her ex Taye Digg, whom she dated for five years, “took care” of her and her children financially when her ex-husband couldn’t.
What happened to Amanza Smith’s ex-husband?
Amanza Smith’s ex-husband is NFL player Ralph Brown. Amanza has two children with him.
Meanwhile, the public only learned about the relationship between Amanza and Ralph after Amanza appeared in the Netflix series when the audience also learned about Ralph’s disappearance.
ABOVE Selling Sunset Amanza is also seen dealing with this very personal issue in addition to dealing with the stress of her new job.
Ralph was the 140th overall pick in the 2000 NFL draft for the New York Giants. He played for the Giants from 2000 to 2004, the longest stretch of his career. However, shortly after his great year with the Giants, he was traded to the Minnesota Vikings for two seasons.
After one season with the Vikings, Ralph spent another season with the Cleveland Browns and two more seasons with the Arizona Cardinals until ending his football career in 2009.
A year later, he and Amanza married in July 2010. At that time, they had their first child, daughter Noah (born 2009). A year after the wedding, their son Braker was born.
Two years after their marriage, they divorced.
Then, Ralph started disappearing for long periods of time. But, he always came back. But, according to what Amanza told E! News, one day in August 2019 was the last time she and the kids saw Ralph.
The fact is that Ralph had serious money problems after leaving the NFL. Meanwhile, his departure from the NFL could have been due to some lingering football-related injuries.
Either way, Ralph is still missing and Amanza is given sole custody of the child.
Does Amanza Smith have a boyfriend?
Amanza Smith started dating a new man in May 2020. While she remained tight-lipped about his identity, she revealed details about her boyfriend exclusively to Life & Style in early 2021. “I’m so happy. I’m so in love. He’s super hot and the most amazing man I’ve ever known. Period. That’s all you’re going to get,” Amanza gushed.
However, Amanza also revealed that her boyfriend this time is younger than her. With this, Amanda added that she never thought she would be with a younger man. That, she always thought it was “super scary, and I don’t understand but here I am.”
Previously, Amanza also dated Taye Diggs, *NSYNC member JC Chasez and The Script lead singer Danny O’Donoghue.
Amanza Smith Height
The beautiful Amanza Smith is 5′ 7″ or 1.70 meters tall.
Amanza Smith Family
Amanza Smith is of mixed race descent from a black father and a white mother.
People don’t understand how much they were involved in raising their daughter. Because Amanza credits her best friend Jamie Ranah’s mother, Shirley, with raising her daughter. In a photo with Jamie, Amanza said — “Her sweet mother raised me and is the reason I am the mother I am today. Thank you Shirley and PR for this wonderful daughter! Thank you God for blessing us with sweet Shirley, who now rests beside you.”
Furthermore, Amanza said Deal or no deal? that if she could have dinner with anyone dead or alive it would be the woman who raised her, and “I think of her as a mother.”
Amanza shares that even though Shirley passed away from cancer a long time ago (when Amanza was 19), she still holds a special place in her heart as she raises her children alone. “I would love to sit down with her and see what advice she would give me as a mother and also ask her how she thinks I am doing as a mother because she is such a great role model!”
Amanza has a tattoo on her wrist that reads, “Everything I have or hope to have is because of my angel mother.”
Related FAQs
Amanza Smith turns 44 in December 2021.
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When is Amanza Smith’s birthday?
Amanza’s birthday is December 12, making her a Sagittarius.
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Is Amanza Smith on Instagram?
Yes. Amanza Smith is on Instagram.
As of November 26, 2021, Amanza has 1,263 posts and 516k followers on her Instagram @amanzasmith. She also has a business account @kidteriordesign, where she showcases, primarily, her work and life as an interior decorator. This account has an additional 10.5k followers.
However, Amanza doesn’t seem to be very active on her TikTok account @amanzasmith.