Kelly Cutrone Net Worth

What is Kelly Cutrone's Net Worth?

Kelly Cutrone is an American fashion publicist, television personality, and author who has a net worth of $5 million. Kelly Cutrone is the co-founder of the PR firm Cutrone & Weinberg and the founder of the fashion PR firm People's Revolution. She is more widely known for appearing on such reality television shows as "The Hills," "The City," and "America's Next Top Model."

Early Life and Education

Kelly Cutrone was born Kelly Blanding in 1965 in Camillus, New York. For her higher education, she went to Syracuse University, graduating in 1986.

PR Career

After graduating from college, Cutrone moved to New York City and spent a year working for entertainment publicist Susan Blond. She then became director of communications under Bob Guccione at Spin magazine. Not long after that, Cutrone co-founded the PR firm Cutrone & Weinberg with Jason Weinberg, a former intern of Susan Blond. Among their clients were music artists Eartha Kitt and Mark Ronson. After selling her half of Cutrone & Weinberg to her co-founder and spending a year and a half as a tarot card reader, Cutrone returned to the publicity world and founded the fashion PR firm People's Revolution in 1996. The agency became known for its bold branding style, nonconformist attitude, and support of fledgling designers. In 2002, People's Revolution broke the record for the most shows produced in a single day during New York Fashion Week.

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Television Appearances

Cutrone and her firm People's Revolution gained widespread recognition in the 2000s when they were prominently featured on reality television. On MTV, Cutrone showed off her brand on the shows "True Life," "The Hills," and "The City." She allowed cast members Whitney Port and Lauren Conrad to film in her office on the former two shows, and in the latter she served as the professional and personal mentor to Port. Cutrone also starred on the short-lived Bravo reality series "Kell on Earth," which focused on her as she balanced her professional life with her life as a single mother. The show aired eight episodes in early 2010 before it was canceled. Later that year, Cutrone became a contributor on the talk show "Dr. Phil."

Cutrone reached a new level of recognition for her tenure as a judge on the CW reality competition series "America's Next Top Model," which she joined for its 18th cycle in 2012. She replaced judge André Leon Talley and sat beside Tyra Banks and Nigel Barker on the judging panel. Cutrone remained on "America's Next Top Model" through the 22nd cycle, which aired in 2015 as the final cycle on the CW before the network canceled the show.

Other Activities

As an author, Cutrone co-wrote the memoir "If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You" with Meredith Bryan. It was published in 2010. Her second book, "Normal Gets You Nowhere," was published the following year. In other activities, Cutrone spoke at the TEDx events TEDxOxford and TEDxAmsterdamWomen. She also made a brief appearance in Terrence Malick's 2016 film "Knight of Cups."

Personal Life

Cutrone has been married and divorced twice, first to painter and nightclub operator Ronnie Cutrone and then to actor Jeff Kober. She has a daughter named Ava.

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