Meri Brown Bio, Family, Husband, Career, Net Worth, Measurements

Meri Brown is an American television personality, author, and married to polygamist Kody Brown. She is Kody’s first wife who got married legally in 1990. However, she divorced Kody in 2014 in order to get married. Robyn Brown and adopt her three children. But the couple remained spiritually married.

Additionally, she gained attention by appearing on the hit TLC reality series ‘Sister Wives’. The series features unconventional families or lifestyles that were created in 2010. The show follows the life of the Brown family, led by Kody Brown and his four wives: Meri, Janelle, Christine and Robyn Brown. Scroll down for more from the TV personality.

MERI BROWN: BIO, FAMILY, CAREER

The author was born on January 16, 1971 as Meri Caroline Barber in Alameda, California. She was born as the daughter of father William James Barber, Jr. (1942-2007) and mother Bonnie Barber. Additionally, her father was also a polygamist with five wives and 26 children including her. She holds US citizenship and is of mixed ethnicity.

The television personality has not documented his academic qualifications. She rose to prominence as a reality TV star when she appeared on the TLC show Sister Wives in 2010. As mentioned above, the series follows the life of the Brown family where Kody is her husband , as well as three other women and their eighteen children. Additionally, she runs a clothing company called LuLaRoe created in 2012 by DeAnne Stidham for women.

She once revealed that she was fished out after having a six-month online relationship with a woman she thought was a man. Following this incident, she published two books: ‘Almost Meri’ed’ and ‘Almost Defamed: Life After A Public Scandal’, both in 2016. Additionally, she started a bed and breakfast pub called ‘Lizzies’s Heritage Inn ‘ in December. 2017 in Parowan, Utah, and runs the hostel with his mother.

MERI BROWN: PERSONAL LIFE AND HUSBAND

Moving on to her personal life, as mentioned earlier, she married Kody Winn Brown of Sister Wives. If you think about what Kody does for a living besides appearing in the TV series. His work is still a mystery, however, he once said that he had many odd jobs, including being a salesman and a lumberjack.

Moreover, the couple first met in 1989, introduced by one of his sisters. Following this they started dating and Kody proposed to her on December 24, 1989, in return she accepted. On April 21, 1990, they officially got married. Initially, they planned to have eight children. But Meri struggled to get pregnant and even had a miscarriage around 2007 after the birth of her first child. She produced a daughter Mariah Lian in 1994.

On January 20, 1993, Meri’s friend Janelle Schriever spiritually married her husband Kody. Then her husband spiritually married again to a woman named Christine Allred on March 25, 1994. Kody and Meri divorced each other in December 2014, so he could marry Robyn and adopt Robyn’s three children. At present, the couple are still spiritually married to each other.

MERI BROWN: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

Talking about her income, she makes a fortune from her various works and business ventures. Additionally, reports indicate that the TLC program spends around $250-450,000 per episode. Therefore, the show’s producer estimated that 10% of the episode per episode goes to the cast members, i.e. between $25,000 and $40,000. Anyway, Meri’s net worth is estimated to be around $800,000.

She has a personal and verified Instagram account @therealmeribrown with 493,000 followers. On Twitter, she goes by the unverified account @MeriBrown1 with 172.6k followers. She has an unverified Facebook account under her name with over 18.6k followers.

MERI BROWN: BODY MEASUREMENTS

The TV personality has an average looking body that is 5 feet 7 inches or 1.70 meters tall. Her body weighs approximately 71 kg with unknown measurements. She has blonde hair color with blue eye color.