Bio
Kelly Killoren Bensimon is an American author, jewelry designer, former model and reality television personality best known as one of the stars of the reality series The Real Housewives of New York City.
The mother of two daughters, Kelly is a model, equestrian, author, editor and designer. Her line of costume jewelry collaboration with Mouwad has been sold in major department stores.
In addition to her own show on Plum TV called Behind the Hedges, she has also published three books – The Bikini Book, American Style, and In The Spirit of the Hamptons – and donates a portion of her book proceeds to the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Bensimon is the Editor-at-Large for both Hamptons and Gotham magazines and was Editor of Accessories for Elle Magazine for the first two issues.
An avid supporter of the charity Feeding America, she also donates her time to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Kelly also added a new publication to her modeling portfolio – Playboy, with a March cover, spread/interview.
She splits her time between New York City and East Hampton.