Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth

Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth
Born	February 15, 1973 (1973-02-15) (age 38)[1] Youngstown, Ohio[2]
Residence	Beverly Hills, California
Nationality	USA
Education	B.A. Broadcast Journalism (Central State University) M.A. (Howard University)
Known for	Reality TV participant
Spouse	Aaron Stallworth (2002–2005)
Website
Omarosa.com

Omaroseonee Manigault-Stallworth (born February 15, 1973),^[1] usually known simply as Omarosa, is a two-time participant on Donald Trump's television reality show The Apprentice.^[3]

Early life

Manigault-Stallworth was born in Youngstown, Ohio. She earned a Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism in 1996 at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, where she was a four year member of the women's volleyball team. She later moved to Washington, D.C. in order to attend Howard University, where she pursued both a Master's and Ph.D. in Communications.^[1] In 2000, she married Aaron Stallworth, but the two separated in 2005,^[4] and later divorced.^[5]

Career

Manigault-Stallworth worked in the office of then Vice President Al Gore during the Clinton Administration as Deputy Associate Director of Presidential Personnel. According to a People Magazine article she was transferred due to disruptive behavior.^[6]

In August 2009, Manigault-Stallworth enrolled in United Theological Seminary in Ohio to pursue a Doctor of Ministry degree.^[7]

Television career

Manigault-Stallworth first came into the spotlight in 2004 after becoming a participant on NBC's reality TV Series, The Apprentice, produced by Mark Burnett, and starring business mogul Donald Trump. With her controversial behavior, she soon became the "woman America loved to hate"^[8] and was named by E! as reality TV's No. 1 bad girl.^[9] However, Manigault-Stallworth claims the show's producers manipulated the footage to make her look like the villain, and said, "These shows are constructed. They don't happen, nor do they portray actual reality. They are constructed reality." She added, "Historically, blacks have been portrayed negatively on reality television. We don't come across well. You've got to start looking and saying, 'Is that really how all blacks are?' Because they are trying to say that this is representative of our people."^[8]

Since her participation on the first season of The Apprentice, Manigault-Stallworth has gone on to appear on more than 20 other reality shows, including VH1's fifth season of The Surreal Life, NBC's Fear Factor and Oxygen's prank show Girls Behaving Badly.^[9] She has also been a guest on nearly every major talk show on TV including a controversial appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. It was on Oprah's show where the often contentious Manigault-Stallworth accused fellow Apprentice participant Ereka Vetrini of calling her the "n-word," a claim Vetrini has strenuously denied.^[10]

In January 2008, Manigault-Stallworth became the only former Apprentice participant to be invited back to The Celebrity Apprentice,^[11] where she quickly became embroiled in a personal feud with Piers Morgan. She was eventually fired in the tenth episode after serving as the project manager of the team that, according to Trump, suffered "the biggest slaughter in the history of The Apprentice" in a challenge to sell artwork against a team led by Morgan.^[12]

In June 2010, Manigault-Stallworth and Donald Trump teamed up to create a new dating show called The Ultimate Merger, which included R&B singer/producer Al B. Sure! as one of the contestants. The show aired on TV One.^[13]

Family

Omarosa's brother, Jack, was found dead in his Youngstown, Ohio home on 11 October 2011. His death was the result of a homicide. He was 40.^[14]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Williams, Kam (Sep 10-Sep 16, 2009). "Omarosa The "Life After" TV Villain of All Time". Los Angeles Sentinel. http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/sentinel-los-angeles-calif/mi_8174/is_20090910/omarosa-life-tv-villain/ai_n50924674/?tag=content;col1. Retrieved March 16, 2010. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Natural Born Villain". Mahogany. Winter 2006-07. p. 59. http://www.mahogany-mag.com/Winter06-07.htm. 
3. ^ Elliott, Stuart. "Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1372630/Omarosa-Manigault-Stallworth. Retrieved May 20, 2010. 
4. ^ "Omarosa Fires Husband?". South Florida Times. July 22-July 28, 2005. http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/south-florida-times/mi_8179/is_20050722/omarosa-fires-husband/ai_n50543974/?tag=content;col1. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "Omarosa, Trump Team Up For Dating Show". TodaysTHV.com. http://www.todaysthv.com/news/ksink/story.aspx?storyid=73630&catid=70. 
6. ^ "Omarosa's Long History of Being Fired". People. April 8, 2004. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,628071,00.html. 
7. ^ "Reality TV villain Omarosa entering a seminary". Dayton Daily News. Associated Press (Yahoo! News). August 14, 2009. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090814/ap_en_ce/us_people_omarosa. 
8. ^ ^{a b} "Omarosa". (Apr 12, 2004) Jet, p. 60.
9. ^ ^{a b} Coleridge, Daniel R. (November 16, 2004). "Omarosa, Come Up for Oxygen!". TV Guide. http://www.tvguide.com/news/omarosa-apprentice-badly-38152.aspx. Retrieved March 16, 2010. 
10. ^ Silverman, Stephen M. (April 13, 2004). "Oprah Fans Outraged by Omarosa Segment". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,628084,00.html. Retrieved March 16, 2010. 
11. ^ "The Celebrity Apprentice: Omarosa". NBC. http://www.nbc.com/The_Celebrity_Apprentice/candidates/omarosa.shtml. Retrieved March 27, 2009. 
12. ^ Soll, Lindsay (March 7, 2008). "'Celebrity Apprentice' recap: 'Selling out'". Entertainment Weekly. http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2008/03/celebrity-appre.html. Retrieved March 27, 2009. 
13. ^ Kinon, Cristina (June 17, 2010). "Omarosa Manigault-Stallwort is back and has teamed up with Donald Trump to create new dating show". New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2010/06/17/2010-06-17_omarosa_is_back_and_this_time_its_personal.html. Retrieved June 19, 2010. 
14. ^ http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/omarosas-brother-murdered-in-shooting-20111110

External links

• Official website
• Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Manigault-Stallworth, Omarosa
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Date of birth	February 15, 1974
Place of birth	Youngstown, Ohio
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