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1. NeNe Leakes

“I used the name Holly and then Silk. I thought I made pretty good money. It was a great hustle,” The “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star said of her stripper days. “If I needed to make $1,000, I got dressed and went to the club. If me and my roommate needed $5,000 by the weekend, I would work all week. What you mentally wanted to make, you could make. Everybody dancing beside you is usually another student. Atlanta strip clubs are full of students. There are a lot of conventions there. You can make a ton of money. I remember working at the strip club about a month and then bought a new car. The money was fast.”

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