This Texas native and Miami/LA resident is a public figure, reality star, published author, mom, wife, charity fundraiser, beauty and skincare business-woman. Lea launched the Sudden Youth Skincare Facial in the '80s and after twenty years in the beauty and fashion industry, she ventured into entertainment and media. Lea appeared in cast of Bravo's The Real Housewives of Miami and is a regular on Jeff Lewis's Flipping Out. She has also appeared on various lifestyle, advice and talk shows and recently appeared on People Magazine Investigates: Crimes of Fashion - The Gianni Versace Assassination. Lea is a regular on SiriusXM's Radio Andy Jeff Lewis Live Satellite Radio Show. She also has her own podcast and weekly web series, Lunch With Lea Black. As founder of the celebrity packed "Blacks' Annual Gala," she has raised millions of dollars over twenty years for troubled teens and at risk youth through her Consequences Charity. Lea writes lifestyle and advice columns and is a contributor for various magazines worldwide. Lea has completed a fictional yet scandalous "tell-all" mystery novel based on Miami's society titled, Red Carpets & White Lies. She is a former dancer, trained vocalist, political activist and avid reader. Lea is married to top criminal defense trial attorney, Roy Black. They have one son, R.J., who is 17.