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

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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

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's television show ''

.'' As of 2021, she continues to be one of the series' main cast members after 13 seasons. Also as of 2021, the series is on hiatus. 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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. The title of her book was a quote from past RHONY cast-mate,

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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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