Erica Mena was born on 8th November 1987, in The Bronx, New York USA of Puerto Rican and Dominican descent. She is a television personality, actress, designer, singer and model, as well as a passionate traveller,. Mena has been active in the entertainment industry since 2001.
Having so many endeavours, the girl should be rich. So, is she? It has been estimated that Erica Mena’s net worth is as much as $350,000, as of the latest data.
Erica Mena Net Worth $350,000
Erica was raised in The Bronx, and from an early age was interested in arts and modelling, and even began sketching dresses from the age of eight years. Later, working alongside Randa Quaraan, she launched her own clothing line titled HER. At the age of 14 she took part in the contest “Jennifer Lopez look-alike”, which she won, and this was her chance to enter the modelling world. Being 170cm tall and almost perfect measurements of the body 34-24-39 inches, she was quickly engaged in modelling work. Several popular magazines including SHOW and KING, Maxim, XXL, Smooth, The Source invited Erica Mena to become the model on their covers.
As a model, she has also participated in various campaigns, for Tommy Hilfiger, Roca Wear and L’Oreal. More, she has made numerous appearances on MTV channel including taking part in music videos “Breathe” by Fabolous , “Yo (Excuse Me Miss)” by Chris Brown and other videos. Modelling has certainly added considerable revenue to her wealth, as well as increasing her popularity.
Further, Mena is the author of a biography “Underneath It All” (2013) published by La Femme Fatale Publishing. The author of the book talks about her complicated childhood, reveals the secrets of the family and depicts the controversial character of her father. Even though the author calls it a biography, she reveals very little personal information and very little is written about her life as an adult. Despite this, the book is popular among fans of Erica Mena, and adds sums to her net worth, too.
Most recently, she became one of the main cast members of the reality television series “Love & Hip Hop: New York” (2011 – present) broadcast on VH1 in 2013. The show is focused on the lives particular women, including hip hop music singers. Currently, the lives of Yandy Smith, Tara Wallace, Amina Buddafly, Cyn Santana, Chrissy Crastanda and Erica Mena are being chronicled. According to statistics, this source of net worth is the most useful of all to Erica, as the show has high audience ratings.
Finally, the personal life of this singer, author and model is very stormy and complicated. Erica Mena was married to actor Raul Conde, and they have a son but divorced not long after his birth. Afterwards, Erica was dating DJ Envy to whom she was introduced by Lady L. They were a couple for more than three years, until Erica discovered that her boyfriend was already married. In addition to this, she has been in relationships with Akon, Fabolous and Fat Joe. At present, Mena is dating a woman, the model Cyn Santana.
