Vanity (Denise Katrina Matthews) Net Worth: Denise Katrina Matthews is a former model, singer/song writer, and actress who has a net worth of $1.5 million. Better known by her stage name "Vanity", she pursued a glittering career from the 1980s through the early mid-'90s. A Canadian native, Matthews was born on January 4, 1959, in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Since her parents divorced when she was very young, she and her sisters grew up in a so-called "broken home". Vanity made her beginnings as a beauty pageants competitor. She won the Miss Niagara Hospitality title in 1977, before moving to Toronto where she competed for Miss Canada in 1978 and went on modeling. By the time she turned 17, she was already settled in New York in order to further her career. Vanity soon signed with the Zoli Modeling agency, even though her short stature limited her appearances to commercials and photo shoots. Namely, she did ads for Pearl Drops toothpaste and she posed twice for Playboy magazine, in May 1985 and in April 1988. In the 1980s, she met Prince who became her lover and supporter, as well as he was the one to rename her Vanity. Once Prince realized that Matthews has a wonderful voice he even asked her to be the lead singer of the group Vanity 6. Known for its sexually explicit lyrics and performances, the group's biggest hit was "Nasty Girl". After touring with Prince and The Time, Vanity decided to leave the group. In 1984, she signed as a solo singer with Motown Records, releasing two studio albums "Wild Animal" and "Skin on Skin" respectively. Even though she went on to sign recording deals with other record companies, her music career ceased by 1989. As for her screen career, she appeared as a guest star on various TV shows and movies. Vanity also starred in such movies as Never Too Young to Die (1986), 52 Pick-Up (1986) and Action Jackson (1988). It was in the mid-90s that she had no other choice but to retire from screen and stage as she was heavily addicted to crack cocaine at the time. Today, she lives in Fremont, California.
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