Raquel Leviss

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 after she began dating Vanderpump Rules star James Kennedy and made appearances on season 5, which aired in 2016. She has since become a regular on the Bravo series.

The TV personality met Kennedy on New Year’s Eve in 2015. Two months later, the couple became Instagram official. After a few relationship ups and downs, the twosome moved in together in 2018.

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The DJ proposed to Leviss during her “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.