Rachel Leviss

Rachel Leviss, formerly known as Raquel Leviss, was born in September 1994 in California. She was a pageant queen growing up, winning Miss Sonoma County before competing in the Miss California and Miss Malibu USA events.

The model graduated from Sonoma State University in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology.

Leviss rose to fame when she began dating DJ and Vanderpump Rules star James Kennedy. She began making regular appearances on the show in season 5, which aired in 2016.

Kennedy proposed to Leviss during her televised “Rachella” bash in Palm Springs, California, in May 2021. However, the duo called off their engagement seven months later, announcing the split via social media in December 2021.

Leviss became the subject of significant media attention after being embroiled in Scandoval, a 2023 cheating scandal, with her Vanderpump co-star Tom Sandoval. Leviss left the show after the scandal, failing to return for season 11 in 2024. She began a podcast detailing her side of the story, Rachel Goes Rogue, in the same year.