How Venita Aspen Changed Southern Charm

Essence Magazine:

By Taylor Crumpton ·Updated January 19, 2024

“As a Black woman in The South, you kind of already know that you will be the last resort for a lot of people,” Venita Aspen says on a 2020 episode of Words With Witte. “You won’t be the first person they call and that’s just the sad reality.” 

When Aspen entered Bravo’s Southern Charm, the Charleston, South Carolina native was thrust into a predominantly

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