ARNETTE, Bethany E.

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BETHANY ERIN ARNETTE bethany erin arnette (born 09/01/1990) is an american model, socialite, and reality television personality best known for her starring role in bravo's gallery girls and in kanye west's music video/short film runaway. she is the youngest child to late artist jean-pierre arnette and renowned art curator and dealer carolyn smith-arnette.

- "Bethany Arnette shows us how to do Paris Fashion Week in style. (E! Online)"

- "@wmag: The best of NYC according to @betharnette in the September edition of W! #PageSix #WhatsHot"

- "Bethany Arnette Valentino Gown for Met Ball 2013"

your signature: legs, style, and personal life.
your coffee order: Cinnamon dolce latte.
your go-to magazine: W Magazine.
your favorite brand: Balmain, sometimes Margiela.
your ultimate goal: Find my own personal fountain of youth.

I absolutely don't understand: Lil Wayne fans.
I've always looked up to: Jimi Hendrix, Basquiat, my dad.
I'm most likely to feud with: Nicki Minaj.
I'm starting to pay attention to: The color green, it's becoming a fast favorite.
I've always wanted to hook up with: Frank Ocean even though I know he's bisexual.
I wonder what it's like to be: a man having an orgasm.

"Being normal is NEVER fun or exciting but neither is being an over the top basket-case. Just be yourself and find out what works for you."

what, if anything, keeps you grounded?

I might be misinterpreting but my father died before his time, he wasn't exactly old which showed me that life is short. His death really just makes me remember what's really important in life and while it seems like partying or living a fast life is exciting it does have it's side effects.

would you rather relive your best moment or redo your worst mistake?

Relive my best moment. I'd rather have fun than to feel stressed by trying to fix something. Everything happens for a reason, there's no time to wonder how things could have been different!

where's your escape from the city?

I really enjoy going out west. A lot of people talk shit about LA from NYC but the vibe and lifestyle is so different and a lot more fun. Plus I just love the relaxing lifestyle LA has to offer.

what are you like when you're out of the spotlight?

I'd like to think I'm the same. A lot of people criticize me because I'm very much an artist at heart. Haha I spend my free time traveling or reading or going to art galleries. I'm kind of a bum which makes people mad.

how do you think your team would describe working with you?

I'm not the easiest to get along with. I sometimes let stress get to me and I take it out on other people. I'm working on building a brand for myself so I may seem really bitchy. I just want things perfect.

were there any deciding moments in your career?

My birth, I think the fact that my dad was a famous artist and my mother a famous curator kind of makes things work to my advantage. Unfortunately I'm still trying to find my path.

any inside details on your latest project?

My siblings and I are currently working with a network for our own show just trying to see how each one of us makes it in the artistic world ~living in the shadows of our parents~ So far that's the biggest thing but I'm really interested in possibly going back to school for a second degree.

father: Jean-Pierre Arnette, deceased.
mother: Carolyn Arnette, art curator and dealer
siblings: Aristide Arnette, photographer
Andie Arnette, painter
Caleb Arnette, graphic designer
other: N/A


Despite being on reality TV shows and having parties every other day I wasn’t born from an old money family like so many of my friends in New York City. Both parents came from working class families. My father was born and raised in Miami, Florida to Haitian refugees. By the time he was fifteen his family relocated to New York City and he became inspired by the art scene here, even taking his Miami roots with him. My mother was born in Brazil to Afro-Brazilian shop owners. When she was six years old her family also moved to New York City. My father applied to art schools for college but ended up getting rejected so the scholarship money and cash his family saved for him to attend college was spent traveling throughout Europe. There he sort of attended his own sort of art school drawing inspiration from the Italians, English, but mainly the French. My mother studied Art History at NYU and during one of her study abroad seminars in Paris she met my father. They were twenty at the time.

Fast forward a few years they were married with a couple of children. By then my dad’s art was being sold throughout New York to wives of CEOs, investment bankers, corporate presidents, etc. My mother opened a gallery and from there things just sort of took off. People were interested in how quick my family took off. Throughout my life I never had to worry about money, my parents always had it but because they grew up having to earn things they tried to make us understand the value of a dollar. We did for a while but when I was seventeen my dad died in a freak car accident. His death is a reminder that life is short so since then I’ve pretty much done whatever I wanted. I appeared in Kanye West’s music video and short film called runaway as his phoenix and did a few modeling jobs here and there while in college. Once I graduated I decided to try out the family business but so far I haven’t been able to find what I’m really interested in so for the most part I model for artists instead of huge luxury brands like I did the last five or six years. Right now I live in New York City and I get money for doing appearances around the city—especially in the art world. I’m still finding my niche but I’m having way too much fun right now to really settle down into a stable career.

alias: Bria
age: 20
play-by: J.Tookes
spotlight group: limelight
city: nyc
listening to: applause - lady gaga

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