Most Fabulous Bravo Personalities: #5 - Lauri Waring
As part of the NaBloPoMo celebration, I’m posting my list of top 30 Most Fabulous Bravo Personalities. The points of qualification? Only one: be utterly fabulous. “Fabulous can mean intriguing, funny, hot, crazy…or all of the above. Stop back every day during November to see if you favorite star has made the list!
Today’s Fabulous #5 is Lauri Waring, who is perhaps the most controversial housewife on The Real Housewives of Orange County.

Why is Lauri fabulous? Love her or hate her, Lauri Waring makes Bravo interesting, if nothing else.
It’s be a saga, hasn’t it. When we met her, she was going through a divorce and getting out on her on for the first time. She was trying to uphold her lifestyle even though she was being self-sufficient. Her famous quote sums it up: “I’ve been rich, I’ve been poor and you know what? Having money is easier.”
We cheered when she dumped the unworthy guys on their asses. We gasped when she went to the Playboy party. We yelled and screamed when she dating Jo’s on-again-off-again squeeze, Slade.
And then Lauri met George.
If you’ve been keeping up with Real Housewives news beyond the show (because these are real people after all), then you know that the situations surrounding George, Lauri, Lauri’s son Josh, and George’s ex Gina were not ideal, to say the least. As of now, I’m still not sure that she has much, in any, contact with Josh. What I do know is that she’s the real deal in the OC. No matter if you agree with her or not, she sums up what living behind the gates is all about.
Here’s the list of my 30 Fabulous Bravo Personalities so far:
5. Lauri Waring, The Real Housewives of Orange County
6. Jackie Warner, Work Out
7. Ted Allen, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Top Chef
8. Heidi Klum, Project Runway
9. Padma Lakshmi, Top Chef
10. Harold Dieterle, Top Chef
11. Brian Peeler, Work Out
12. James Lipton, The Actor’s Studio
13. Jai Rodriguez, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
14. Kara Keough, the Real Housewives of Orange County
15. Rebecca Cardon, Work Out
16 - 17. Zoila and Monkey, Flipping Out
18. Jo De La Rosa, The Real Housewives of Orange County
19 - 20. The Griffins, My Life on the D-List
21. Goil Amornvivat, Top Design
22. Steven Asprinio, Top Chef Season One
23. Andy Cohen, Bravo Exec
24. Marcel Vigneron, Top Chef Season Two
25. Kelly Wearstler, Top Design
26. Chloe Dao, Project Runway Season Two
27. Vicki Gunvalson, The Real Housewives of Orange County
28. Dale Levitski, Top Chef Season Three
29. Carson Kressley, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
30. Jeff Lewis, Flipping Out
Have someone you’d like to nominate? Feel free to email me at allison.boyer - at - yahoo - dot - com today or leave a comment telling us why your nominee is Bravo-fabulous!
April 9th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Husband george’s big development in san juan capistrano just got swatted by city planners there. see http://www.thecapistranodispatch.com