Full Name Nadine Haobsh Role Novelist Name Nadine Courtney | Occupation Author, Blogger Nationality American Alma mater Barnard College | |
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Born August 23, 1980 (age 43) ( 1980-08-23 ) New York City, New York, U.S. Books Beauty Confidential, Confessions of a Beauty Addict Profiles | ||
Epic Author Facts: Nadine Jolie Courtney | Romancing The Throne
Nadine Jolie Courtney (née Haobsh; born August 23, 1980) is a Circassian-American novelist, blogger and reality TV personality. She is the author of Beauty Confidential: The No Preaching, No Lies, Advice-You'll-Actually-Use-Guide to Looking Your Best and Confessions of a Beauty Addict. Her blog Jolie in NYC received international press in 2005 after Courtney, a former beauty editor, was outed and dooced for anonymously blogging about the beauty industry. The New York Post subsequently dubbed her "the poster girl for the blogger generation".
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- Epic Author Facts Nadine Jolie Courtney Romancing The Throne
- Nadine Jolie Courtney Beauty Travel Royalty Writing
- Controversy
- Present day
- Books
- References
In 2015, she appeared on season 2 of Bravo's reality documentary television series Newlyweds: The First Year alongside her husband, filmmaker Erik Courtney.
Nadine Jolie Courtney: Beauty, Travel, Royalty, Writing
Controversy
After graduating from Barnard College, Courtney worked at FHM, Lucky, and Ladies' Home Journal. In March 2005, she began blogging under the pseudonym Jolie in NYC, where she dispersed beauty advice and celebrity gossip. Her identity was revealed by the New York Post in July 2005, and when she was asked to leave Ladies' Home Journal while an offer at Seventeen magazine as Beauty Editor was simultaneously rescinded, her story received international coverage. Courtney appeared on Anderson Cooper, MSNBC, ABC, Fox and CNN and was profiled by the New York Times , People Magazine, The Guardian, Cosmopolitan magazine, Women's Wear Daily, Fashion Week Daily, and Time. She was subsequently spotted on the town in 2005 with Entourage star Adrian Grenier.
Present day
From 2005 – 2007, Courtney worked as a business consultant to 10-goal polo player Carlos Gracida and in 2006 was Creative Consultant to Sarah, Duchess of York. She has written for Town & Country, Vanity Fair, Robb Report and FoxNews.com.
Under her maiden name Haobsh, Courtney is the author of the bestselling beauty guide Beauty Confidential: The No Preaching, No Lies, Advice-You'll-Actually-Use-Guide to Looking Your Best;. Her first novel Confessions of a Beauty Addict was published in January 2009.
Courtney lives in Santa Monica with her husband Erik Courtney, an independent information technology consultant and filmmaker. They have a daughter, Aurelia, whose birth was kept secret until the reality show's final episode. Her third book, a young adult novel called Romancing the Throne, was published in summer 2017. Courtney's fourth book, a young adult novel called All-American Muslim Girl, is scheduled to be published by FSG Books for Young Readers in spring 2019.
On March 25, 2016, Courtney's relative Pierre Haobsh was arrested on suspicion of murdering a Chinese herbalist, his wife and 5-year-old daughter in Santa Barbara, California. Courtney released a statement on March 27, 2016 condemning the murders and extending prayers to the family.