How Matthew McConaughey's Wife Became Outlandishly Rich Without His Help
Camila Alves, the wife of the Academy Award-winning actor, Matthew McConaughey is more than a beautiful model and designer. Born in Brazil in 1982, she traveled to the US at the age of 15 years old to visit a relative. However, she made Los Angeles her home and started her life there.
When Alves was 19 years old, she started modeling in New York. She even made some appearances in music videos for Ne-Yo and Chingy. However, her biggest modeling gig was in 2012 when she became Macy's face for its I.N.C. clothing line. Starting from a young age, Alves started to diversify and focused her attention on many things, such as business, writing, and philanthropy. She and McConaughey share a 16-year love story and three children, however, she didn't need him to gather her high net worth.
6 Camila Alves McConaughey And Matthew McConaughey's Relationship
Alves and McConaughey met in 2006 in a bar in California. Instantly, they had chemistry and stayed all night talking and drinking together. They spoke Portuguese, which is her native language, and McConaughey's second language.
According to McConaughey, Alves caught his eyes from across the room. He vividly remembers exactly what she was wearing. That night, her car got towed, so he invited her to stay the night in his guest room, and she did. After that night, they both agreed to a second date.
From there on, the rest was history. They had their first child two years later and their second one in 2010. After getting engaged in 2011, the two tied the knot in June 2012 and had their third child in late December 2012.
5 Camila Alves McConaughey Is An Entrepreneur
Alves' mother is a crafty designer, and she dragged her daughter into designing and making handbags along with her in 2008. Alves' first business was when she started a line of handbags with her mother called My Muxo. Since then, Alves has rocked her handbag line and wore them in events and interviews. The handbags were often very busy and have prints, ribbons, or a fringe, which gave them a unique personality.
The businesswoman didn't stop there. Working with Agatha Achindu, she launched the organic food brand for babies and toddlers in the USA, Yummy Spoonfools. The brand aimed to provide healthy food for babies.
4 Camila Alves McConaughey Is A Successful TV Host
The beautiful model hosted a hairstyling reality show on Bravo TV called Shear Genius. Hosting, she donned many amazing hairstyles that really highlighted her beauty.
She later co-hosted a cooking competition show called the Kids BBQ Championship. That walked hand in hand with her passion for healthy eating and being a caring mother of three. That was all before she started her own show called, Camila's Code, on her Facebook account, where she gave cooking and crafting tips.
3 Camila Alves McConaughey Is A Philanthropist
In 2008, Alves and McConaughey co-founded the Just Keep Living Foundation which is a charity that aims to empower the youth. It's especially to help high school students lead successful lives and make healthy choices. This foundation has been active for many years, and it helped many young people all over the USA.
Alves also launched an online health and nutrition platform called Women of Today. To this day, she uses her lifestyle website to encourage people to embrace their differences, learn from each other, and share tasty cooking recipes.
2 Camila Alves McConaughey Is A New York Times Bestselling Author
Published in 2022, Alves co-wrote "Just Try One Bite" with Adam Mansbach. This cooperation is the best of both worlds, as Alves is a healthy eating advocate and Mansbach is a bestselling author, who's famous for his children's bedtime book for adults, "Go the F*** to Sleep."
In the book, kids try to get their parents to quit junk food and eat healthy, reversing the stereotypical roles in a fun way. In April 2022, her husband announced on Instagram that Alves joined New York's bestselling author list, alongside McConaughey for his book "Greenlights."
1 Camila Alves McConaughey Made Her Net Worth By Herself
Alves started from the bottom, working as a waitress and cleaning houses to making a career and a name for herself. Through modeling, writing, hosting TV shows, philanthropy, and even acting, she made herself a fortune. The mother, businesswoman, and McConaughey's wife gathered a net worth of $6 million all by herself. She started from being a Brazilian immigrant to being a Hollywood celebrity and a contributing person to the community.
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