3.Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi – $5 million
Making it into the top 3 people who turned into rich reality TV stars is Nicole Polizzi.
Most popularly known as Snooki, she also became famous off of Jersey Shore and Snooki and JWoww, as our number 2 did.
Snooki became one of the highest paid reality stars ever, making the whooping sum of $150.000 per episode. She has released three books and is estimated to have a net worth of $5 million.
At 27 years, she gained popularity by appearing on various talk shows, including The View, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, or Late Show with David Letterman. In 2012 she got engaged to Jionni LaValle, 5 month later giving birth to her first child.
Snookie went through a lot of body changes, her gaining and losing weight constantly. In 2014 she announced that she is expecting her second child.
She gave birth to 8 kids and that made her famous! ->
