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NeNe Leakes is one of the housewives on Bravo TV’s docu-drama series The Real Housewives of Atlanta where she was once good friends with co-star Kim Zolciak but are now embattled in a feud.
The series, which earned her a Bravo A-List Award for "Guiltiest Reality Pleasure" in 2009,follows five women from Atlanta’s social elite as they cope with their busy home lives and promising careers. The glamorous southern belles will show that life in their turf is no easy feat, since they have to prove that they are not just housewives, but ambitious and classy entrepreneurs as well. The series expands the success brought about by its predecessors, the famed The Real Housewives of Orange County and The Real Housewives of New York. With the series being brought to the exclusive Atlanta areas, there’s no doubt that these ladies will show everyone what it takes to stand out as a real housewife in the south.