The ladies featured on Bravo’s newest Real Housewives installment, The Real Housewives of Dubai, share millions of Instagram followers between them. The six cast members having their professional and personal lives documented are Nina Ali, Chanel Ayan, Caroline Brooks, Dr. Sara Al Madani, Lesa Milan, and Caroline Stanbury. It’s been almost a month since the series premiered on June 1, and so far, fans have been pleased with the amount of drama, entertainment, and opulence the show has brought.
Instagram and other popular social media outlets aren’t just easy ways for stars of RHODubai to connect with their thousands of fans, but an easy way to provide updates on whatever is going on in their lives, particularly their businesses. While cast members spend a great deal of time promoting their current season, Instagram is also a popular place for reality stars to take jabs at one another. Caroline Stanbury and Chanel, for example, have already found themselves at odds, with more conflicts sure to pop up as the season continues.
While social media isn’t a completely-transparent representation of reality stars’ lives, Real Housewives fans love to follow their favorite housewives online and keep up to date with what is going on with them. This has become even more evident as the long-awaited debut season of RHODubai continues airing weekly episodes, especially since former The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Phaedra Parks will make a guest appearance. Below are the most popular RHODubai stars based on how many Instagram followers they have as of June 2022.
6. Lesa Milan (147,000 Followers)
Lesa, who was born in Jamaica, moved to Dubai in 2014. According to Cheat Sheet, Lesa graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a Bachelor’s in Journalism and a minor in Fashion Design. Since then, the 33-year-old has risen to become a successful entrepreneur with a reported net worth of around $9 million. In 2017, Lesa launched the luxury maternity brand Mina Roe. Lesa later founded My Little Makers, which sells toys and educational content for children. When Lesa isn’t promoting RHODubai or her businesses on Instagram, she frequently shares photos of her family, comprised of Lesa’s husband Richard Hall and their three sons, to her 147,000 followers.
5. Chanel Ayan (229,000 Followers)
Chanel, who is quickly becoming a fan favorite on RHODubai, describes herself as “The first Black supermodel in Dubai.” Chanel (who is also commonly called Ayan) was born in Kenya to a family of Somalian and Ethiopian descent. Chanel’s modeling career not only took off when she moved to Brazil at 18, but Brazil is also where she met her husband, Luca Salves. Chanel, Luca, and their son Taj have lived in Dubai for almost 20 years, and the model now has an estimated net worth of $1 million. Throughout Chanel’s career, the 43-year-old has worked for several fashion houses, including Chanel, Tiffany, Cartier, Valentino, and Dolce & Gabbana. Chanel’s 229,000 Instagram followers are frequently treated to uploads showcasing Chanel’s luxurious clothes and travels.
4. Caroline Brooks (254,000 Followers)
Caroline is a first-generation American who was born in Massachusetts to Honduran parents. The Afro-Latina has been a resident of Dubai since at least 2011; Caroline moved to Dubai to live with her ex-husband, with whom she shares a 10-year-son Adam. Since immigrating to the UAE, Caroline has enjoyed a successful career as a real estate developer and entrepreneur. The 36-year-old, whose net worth is approximately $5 million, currently works as the executive director of a Dubaian brokerage firm. Caroline also recently founded a luxury beauty salon, Glass House Dubai, in early 2022. When Caroline isn’t promoting RHODubai or sharing her opulent lifestyle with her Instagram followers, fans can find the mother-of-one proudly gushing over Adam.
3. Nina Ali (539,000 Followers)
While Nina was born in Lebanon, the 42-year-old, like Caroline Brooks, was raised in the United States after moving to Texas at an early age. Nina married her husband, Munaf Ali, in 2010 and moved to Dubai shortly after. Since settling down in the UAE, Nina has become a successful businesswoman whose net worth is estimated to be around $3 million. Nina not only runs a parenting and fashion company called Lipstick Mommy but co-founded the bakery Fruit Cake in 2020. Besides sharing her professional ventures and travels with her 539,000 Instagram followers, Nina frequently posts photos and videos of Munaf and their three children, Sophia, Nour, and Ayan.
2. Dr. Sara Al Madani (550,000 Followers)
Sara, who was born and raised in the UAE, is an award-winning businesswoman, entrepreneur, and public speaker who started her first company at just 15 years old. Twenty years later, the now-36-year-old has one of the highest estimated net worth’s among the RHODubai cast at $15 million. Sara is a single mother who has been married and divorced twice, although public information on her ex-husbands isn’t available. Regardless, Sara has not only delivered speeches in over 100 countries but runs several successful businesses, including the personalized-video company HalaHi and a restaurant, Shabartush. Sara frequently documents her life on Instagram, where her followers are kept up to date with her personal and professional ventures.
1. Caroline Stanbury (590,000 Followers)
Before Caroline was on RHODubai, the 46-year-old British reality star was a cast member on Bravo’s Ladies of London. Caroline also made an appearance on Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, another Bravo series. Born and raised in London, Caroline moved to Dubai in 2014 with her now ex-husband Cem Habib and their three children. In November 2021, Caroline married her second husband, Sergio Carrallo, a Spanish former professional soccer player. Although Caroline’s former business, Gift Library, shut its doors in 2016, Caroline has been the host of the Divorced Not Dead podcast since its inception in 2020. As of June 2022, Caroline also has the highest estimated net worth among the RHODubai cast at $30 million. Caroline’s Instagram, which boasts almost 600,000 followers, frequently posts updates of her family, travels, and fashion pieces. RHODubai season 1 is only a few weeks in, but if the series is anything like its Bravo predecessors, fans have a lot more in store for them.
The Real Housewives of Dubai airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. EST on Bravo.
Sources: Cheat Sheet, Lesa Milan/Instagram, Chanel Ayan/Instagram, Caroline Brooks/Instagram, Nina Ali/Instagram, Dr. Sara Al Madani/Instagram, Caroline Stanbury/Instagram
