Fashion At the age of 16, Glanville moved to
Paris, France to begin modeling, after being signed to
Elite Model Management. In addition to Paris, she worked in cities such as
Hamburg,
London,
Los Angeles,
Munich,
New York and
Tokyo. Glanville has appeared in several magazines, including
Glamour, Cosmopolitan, NW and
Beverly Hills Lifestyle Magazine. She appeared on the magazine cover of UK's
The Times in January 2014. Glanville has worked for well-known fashion brands and designers, including
Valentino,
Versace,
Chanel,
Giorgio Armani, and
Gucci. In December 2012, she launched a clothing line called "Brand B", which was sold exclusively on
Amazon. Glanville's T-shirt line was launched in her official online store in 2014. The tops feature slogans such as "Medicated" and "It's Not Fun To Be Sober" and were priced between $25 and $30.
Television In 2011, Glanville appeared on the
second season of the
Bravo reality series
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (
RHOBH). She made several memorable appearances throughout the season as a "friend of the housewives", and appeared on their reunion episode. She revealed to radio host
Howard Stern that she made $18k as a part-time cast member during her first season on the show. The following year, she and
Yolanda Hadid (mother of
Bella and
Gigi Hadid) joined the cast of
RHOBH as official housewives for the show’s
third season, Glanville becoming the first friend of the show to be cast as a full-time housewife. She was fired from the series after its fifth season in 2015 Glanville made random appearances in the future and appeared under “guest” capacities for the show's sixth, ninth and tenth seasons. In 2013, she co-hosted an episode of
CNN anchorman
Anderson Cooper's talk show
Anderson. In February 2013, she worked as a fashion correspondent and hosted the
Academy Awards for
ABC's
On the Red Carpet. In 2013, she also appeared as herself on
The CW's teen drama series
90210, in the episode titled "Dude, Where's My Husband?". She portrayed Erica in
Lifetime's television film
Missing at 17 (2013), Housewife Veronica in comedy film
The Hungover Games (2014) and Tech Whitley in
Syfy's disaster television film
Sharknado: The 4th Awakens (2016). In 2015, Glanville competed on the
seventh season of
Celebrity Apprentice, where she was fired two weeks before the finale. She also appeared on the
E! reality series
Famously Single in 2016. In 2017, Glanville competed with Dean Sheremet on the
FOX reality cooking series
My Kitchen Rules, where they finished in third place. Later in 2017, she participated as a housemate on
season 20 of
Celebrity Big Brother UK, where she was the fourth housemate to be evicted from the show, on Day 18. In 2018, Glanville appeared as a houseguest on the
American version of
Celebrity Big Brother, on the series’ premiere season, where she was the fifth person to be evicted, on Day 24. She also appeared on the second season of
Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars Family Edition with her father, Guy Glanville. In 2022, Glanville (along with a mixture of housewives from different franchises) appeared on the second season of
The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip; the season was filmed in late 2021 at
Dorinda Medley's Blue Stone Manor in
The Berkshires,
New England. In 2022, Glanville was, reportedly, being considered for a return to the
RHOBH (as part of a cast 'shake-up' for its thirteenth season), after the departures of veteran housewife
Lisa Rinna and newcomer
Sanela Diana Jenkins. In 2023, Glanville appeared as a contestant on
Peacock's
reality TV series
The Traitors. However, she was absent from
The Traitors reunion. Additionally, Bravo and Peacock confirmed that Glanville would be returning for the initially planned fifth season of
The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, with other returning cast members
Phaedra Parks,
Vicki Gunvalson and
Eva Marcille, initially set to premiere in 2024. Glanville was allegedly removed from filming after an altercation with original
The Real Housewives of New Jersey alum
Caroline Manzo. The sexual misconduct surrounding the alleged altercation lead the season being indefinitely shelved and never aired.
Books and writing In February 2013, Glanville released a book with Leslie Bruce,
Drinking and Tweeting: And Other Brandi Blunders.
LA Weekly called the book "the best piece of celeb literature we've ever come across." Glanville's second book with Leslie Bruce,
Drinking and Dating: P.S. Social Media Is Ruining Romance was published on February 11, 2014. The book focuses on her relationships and dating life as a single mother. In 2014, Glanville wrote a weekly column for an Australian celebrity magazine
NW.
Other ventures Glanville is active on social media and endorses products such as beauty and wellness products on
Instagram. She has partnered with several brands, including
Hand MD Skincare hand care range,
Lifeline Skin Care products,
FabFitFun beauty subscription box,
Teami Blends teas and
Singles Swag subscription box. On November 4, 2013, Glanville began a weekly podcast show entitled
Brandi Glanville Unfiltered. On the podcast Glanville discusses her life, popular culture, and holds interviews with various personalities. Glanville's Sonoma County
Chardonnay titled "Unfiltered Blonde" was launched in partnership with Rippey Wine Company in April 2015. The wine received a bronze medal in the Celebrity Wine Division at the 2015 Los Angeles International Wine Awards and was rated 90 points by
Wine Enthusiast Magazine. She has also created an
Android mobile application called Blunder Block. On July 7, 2022, Glanville debuted her first single named "Life of a Housewife" under the name B-Geezy. == Philanthropy ==