3.Leighton Meester
And we’re down to 3 more Wealthy Celebrities That Were Once Extremely Poor, and we carry on with Leighton Meester.
Born in Fort Worth, Texas on April 9, 1986, the star from Gossip Girl is the daughter of Constance and Douglas Meester.
At that time, her mother was serving a federal prison sentence for smuggling drugs, and nursed her for three months in a half way house and then returned to prison to finish her sentence.
In the time that her mother was in prison, her grandmother took care of her.
When Leighton’s mother was released, they moved to New York, where Leighton started working as a model.
In 2007 she was cast as the role of Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl, and now Leighton is worth approximately $5 million.
