Victoria Gunvalson (

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

Steinmetz; formerly Wolfsmith) is an American reality television personality and

businesswoman A businessperson, businessman, or businesswoman is an individual who has founded, owns, or holds shares in (including as an angel investor) a private-sector company. A businessperson undertakes activities (commercial or industrial) for the ...

best known for a starring role as a housewife in the

Bravo Bravo(s) or The Bravo(s) may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music Groups and labels *Bravo (band), a Russian rock band * Bravo (Spanish group), represented Spain at Eurovision 1984 *Bravo Music, an American concert band music publishing company ...

reality television series ''

The Real Housewives of Orange County ''The Real Housewives of Orange County'' (abbreviated ''RHOC'') is an American reality television series that premiered on Bravo on March 21, 2006. It has aired sixteen seasons and focuses on the personal and professional lives of several wome ...

'' for fourteen seasons. She is the founder of Coto Insurance.

Career

She is one of the original cast members of

's reality television show ''

.'' In January 2020, Gunvalson was fired from the franchise. In 2020, she hosted a podcast titled ''Whoop It Up with Vicki''. Gunvalson is a successful insurance agent in Coto de Caza, California.

Personal life

Gunvalson is one of five children. Her father owned a construction company and her mother was a housewife. She married her first husband Michael J. Wolfsmith at the age of 21 and they had two children, Michael Wolfsmith (b. 1986) and Briana Culberson (née Wolfsmith, b. 1987). At the age of 29, they divorced and she began a part-time job at her father's construction company. In 1991, after her father's death from

Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegeneration, neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens. It is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in short-term me ...

, she joined the health insurance business. In 1994, she married Donn Gunvalson and founded Coto Insurance and Financial Services, after obtaining her insurance license in

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

. Vicki and Donn divorced in 2014. Vicki was engaged to Steve Lodge, brother of

Roger Lodge Roger Lodge (born March 12, 1960) is an American TV game show host, game-show and sports-radio host and actor. He is known for hosting the syndicated dating show ''Blind Date (US TV series), Blind Date''. Lodge's acting credits include appearance ...

, from April 2019 until September of 2021. During the tenth season of ''

'', Gunvalson dated Brooks Ayers. It was revealed that Ayers' claim that he had cancer, which was a story line throughout the season, was untrue, and that Gunvalson lied about it. In 2015, Ayers admitted that he had fabricated "documents to 'prove' to the world that I, in fact, have cancer." In November 2021, Gunvalson revealed she had recently battled cancer.

Filmography

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gunvalson, Vicki 1962 births American businesspeople in insurance Businesspeople from California California Republicans Living people People from Cook County, Illinois The Real Housewives cast members