Ariana Madix

Madix was born on June 24, 1985 in Melbourne, Florida and raised by her father Jim and mother Tanya.[3] According to a Radar Online report, her childhood was unstable.[4] She began riding horses at age 6 and had a competitive equestrian career.[5][6] She also won two national dance championships.[7]

She graduated from Eau Gallie High School in 2003. In 2007, she graduated from Flagler College, where she received two bachelor’s degrees: Theatre and Broadcast Communications.[6] She worked as costumed characters such as Ariel, Cinderella and Aurora at Disney World while she was studying in college.[2][8]

Early in her career, she was frequently cast in videos for comedy website CollegeHumor.[9] She has appeared in guest roles on several television series, including Dads, Anger Management, Single Siblings and Waking Up with Strangers. She has appeared in films Working It Out (2010), Killer Eye: Halloween Haunt (2011), Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader (2012), Dirty Dealing 3D (2018) and Dead End (2019). She started working at Lisa Vanderpump's restaurants SUR and Villa Blanca, which earned her a spot on the reality television series Vanderpump Rules in 2013, following the lives of the SUR, PUMP, and Villa Blanca servers.[10][11]

In November 2017, she released a holiday lip kit, "Ariana Nudist Lip Set" with Frankie Rose Cosmetics, consisting of three nude-colored lipsticks.[12] In 2019, she appeared as herself in the comedy television series The Other Two, in the episode "Chase Shoots a Music Video". On December 3, 2019, Madix and Tom Sandoval released their cocktail book Fancy AF Cocktails: Drink Recipes from a Couple of Professional Drinkers by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.[13][14] In 2022, Madix and her Vanderpump Rules co-star Katie Maloney announced plans to open a sandwich shop and wine bar called "Something About Her."[15][16][17]

In March 2023, Madix began filming Lifetime film Buying Back My Daughter (2023) in Vancouver.[18] She plays a police officer Karen, investigating a sex trafficking case.[18][19] The film is part of the messaging of the network's "Stop Violence Against Women" campaign.[20] On April 9, 2023, Page Six reported that she would be joining the latest season of Dancing with the Stars as a contestant.[21][22] For her role on Vanderpump Rules, Madix and her co-stars Scheana Shay, Katie Maloney and Lala Kent won the "Best Reality On-Screen Team" award at the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards.[23]

Madix was in a relationship with Tom Sandoval from 2014 to 2023. Madix separated publicly from Sandoval after it was revealed that he had begun dating co-star, Raquel Leviss. Madix has received much support from the public after the cheating scandal. The media outlets referred to their break-up and its aftermath as "Scandoval".[24][25]

In 2018, she had surgery to remove a tumor after being diagnosed with skin cancer.[26][27] She became an ambassador for The Skin Cancer Foundation and Madix uses her public platform to advocate and bring awareness to skin cancer.[28][29] She discussed the foundation's services in an episode of E!'s Daily Pop.[28]

She is good friends with co-star Scheana Shay, and was a bridesmaid in both of her weddings.

In February 2022, Madix revealed that she had been struggling with an eating disorder when she joined Vanderpump Rules but has recovered since.[30]

• Madix, Ariana; Sandoval, Tom. Fancy AF Cocktails: Drink Recipes from a Couple of Professional Drinkers. (2019). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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