Kenya Bell

Background

Bell was born in Detroit, Michigan. The daughter of William Howard, a pastor, and Vergie Howard, a registered nurse

Education

She attended Michigan State University and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering as well as an Master of Business Administration, graduating summa cum laude.

Career

She made her debut on the fourth season. After graduation, Bell worked as an engineer for General Motors. Bell was first introduced to the entertainment world as a model, appearing in campaigns for Ford Motor Company, Bally’s, The Essence Festival, and Torrence’s House of Fashion.

She followed up her modeling career as a beauty queen, and at the age of 24 years Bell was crowned Mission Michigan United States of America 2001.

As the wife of a professional basketball player, Bell focused on charity initiatives and was featured on East! True Hollywood Story: Basketball Wives. Following her appearance on the television special, she was then approached by the production company, Shed Media United States, to appear as a series regular on the reality show, Basketball Wives on Video Hits One.

Bell made her debut as a series regular on the fourth season premiere of Basketball Wives on February 20, 2012 to an audience of 3.7 million viewers. On April 2, 2012 Lozada confronted Bell about some comments she had made about her during an earlier conversation, in particular trying to make Bell say the word "loose," as it refers to her.

The altercation continued to escalate to the point where Lozada tried to physically assault Bell, and threw a champagne bottle at her.

As Bell seemed unnerved by the tirade, producers stepped in to hold Lozada, to which she uttered: ""Why y"all stop me all the fucking time?" and Tami Roman separated Bell from the situation by taking Bell out of the room. Bell released a song "Hate Maine" which "seems to directed at her reality show cast mates". Bell signed a distribution deal with Bungalo Records in November 2012 for her C3K Records label and released her song "Hate Maine" on December 11, 2012.

Achievements

• Bell went on to compete for the title of Mission United States of America 2001 and ultimately finished the national beauty competition as a semi-finalist.