Erica Mena is an American reality TV star, model, author, TV personality and businesswoman.

Her estimated net worth is somewhere around 350$ thousand.

Early life

Erica Mena was born on November 8, 1987 in Bronx, New York. Her family is of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent. Even as a little girl she always dreamed about becoming famous and performing in one way or another.

When she was 14 years old she was the Jennifer Lopez look-alike award. Since she was very beautiful since she was very young, she decided to get into the modeling industry. Erica was very young when she started booking modeling gigs and even acting in videos for many popular recording artists.

Career and rise to fame

Erica was featured on many magazines and magazine covers and some of them include Maxim, The Source and the KING. One of her biggest appearances was in the music video for Chris Brown’s music video “Yo” and also Missy Elliot’s music video for the song “Breathe”.

Since that time Erica has been very active and wanted by many famous brands as one of the most beautiful models currently in the industry. She also modeled for some large brands like Loreal, Tommy Hilfiger and Roca Wear.

Most of her net worth comes from her modeling jobs but another big project that Erica started in 2012. She was offered a chance to appear on the Love and Hip Hop: New York. She joined the cast in the second season as a supporting role but since the third season she has been a regular or main cast member of the LHHNY.

Erica appeared also on the reality TV show Kourtney and Kim Take New York. Her acting career consists mostly of smaller roles in TV series and shows like CSI: Cyber, Wild’n Out, 106 & Park, and Bad Girls Club: Social Disruption.

Another love of hers is fashion and designing. She used to sketch drawing of dresses and clothes when she was really young. To make her longtime dream come true she co-operated with Randa Quraan to create her first collection.

To promote her clothes she wore them in the fifth season of Love and Hip Hop: New York. to share her life with her fans and to make herself more open to them, Erica wrote an autobiography where she summed up her life and career and shared her deepest darkest secrets.

Her autobiography was a success. Erica has many followers on the social media and she often shares images from her private life and announces her appearances and new business ventures. Most of her net worth currently comes from her appearance on the show.

Because of her exposure on TV she is able to earn more money from her modeling as well and we will probably see more of her in the future.

Personal life

Erica has a son King with Raul Conde. She broke up with him few years back and her son is, as she said, her biggest pride so far. Because of her good looks she has often been linked to many famous men in the show business.

She dated DJ Envy for a while and the relationship ended badly when she found out that he was ctually married. This incident was made public and Erica was devastated by the betrayal. She is currently dating Cyn Santana.

Erica hasn’t yet shared the news about the relationship to her son King but she is planning to do it pretty soon. She wants to keep him away from the drama and give him a normal childhood.

Quick summary:

Full Name: Erica Mena

Date of Birth: November 8, 1987

Birth Place: Bronx, New York

Age: 30 years

Profession: reality TV star, author, businesswoman, TV personality, model

Height: 1.70 m

Weight: 64 kg

Net worth: 350$ thousand