selling sunset took netflix by storm but
of all the agents working at the
oppenheim group heather ray young has
made a splash in her personal life as
well from her small town upbringing to
slaying it in hollywood as a real estate
power couple this is heather ray's
stunning transformation
heather ray young certainly brings all
the glitz and glam to the screen on
selling sunset but what if we told you
that she was brought up in more of a
countryside setting as it turns out
young grew up in running springs
california a small mountain town near
the san bernardino national forest
before she embraced a life of high heels
and million dollar real estate listings
young recalled to motor trend i would
hike down to the creek and swim go
sledding in the winter and i had a
handful of ski resorts to choose from it
might sound dorky but i love skiing as
playboy noted young spent a good chunk
of time outdoors hiking with her dogs
taking dance lessons and enjoying the
small town life as she told it i was
learning good small town values and a
strong work ethic from my parents
most of us probably worked odd jobs in
high school and young was no exception
in an interview with motor trend she
revealed just how she entered the
workforce and how her very first job was
as a waitress at a pizza restaurant and
considering her proximity to a mountain
her second job was naturally as a ticket
checker for the snow valley ski resort
before she took the plunge and moved out
of her hometown she also briefly worked
as a video store clerk but young knew
that sticking around her small town
wasn't for her in the long term she told
the outlet i moved out right after i
turned 18. even though running springs
is a great place to raise a family i
knew i wanted something more and to get
that i needed to move off the mountain
young moved to redlands california to
launch her career but before she would
meet her destiny on the sunset strip she
first pursued a career in the modeling
industry and that was thanks to playboy
when she was just 14 years old she laid
eyes on her very first issue of the
magazine she was stunned by the
beautiful models and wanted to pursue
the same for herself telling motor trend
it sounds stereotypical but i thought
the playmates were the most beautiful
women in the world i looked up to them
and i wanted to be glamorous like they
were young got herself a manager and an
agent and sent her shots to the hugh
hefner-led empire
according to playboy it was young who
discovered an opportunity that would
become her chance in a lifetime as she
told the outlet one day i went online
and found out about the 55th anniversary
casting call at the playboy mansion in
2008. i freaked because i think it's
every girl's dream to go to the mansion
and see what it's like so i did i was
working my bunny costume at a lot of the
parties the decision paid off young
scored a callback and modeled for
playboygirls.com as a result noting how
quickly her career took off the blonde
beauty said it happened so fast that i'm
stunned young went on to model for
several major alcohol brands as well as
a number of lingerie and fashion houses
but she really made a name for herself
when she landed the miss february
centerfold for playboy at the time she
said i'm so thrilled to be representing
the love month because i have tons of
love in my life i loved playboy when i
was growing up in those mountains and
now look at me i miss february
unbelievable
like many young hopefuls in los angeles
young quickly turned her attention
toward acting and since she had found
success as a model getting in front of a
couple movie cameras seemed like a
natural progression but while she landed
a few roles here and there she
ultimately confessed that acting was not
something she saw herself pursuing
forever she told women's fitness i was
basically thrown into acting it's not my
passion but i had some fun with it i
went to a serious acting school for
about three years worked on a few great
sets and movies alongside vince vaughn
and owen wilson but when i stopped
loving it i quit going to auditions and
moved on to other things that i enjoyed
while she may have given up acting as a
viable career option young still had a
few tricks up her sleeve and she made
several appearances on the late night
circuit that may have flown under the
radar for jay leno and jimmy kimmel she
told women's fitness it was super fun
and nerve-wracking doing a live skit and
they didn't tell me what he was going to
do or what i was going to read
beforehand so it was all on a whim when
i walked up the stage i said did i black
out because i don't remember what i said
but i did good given how often young has
to think on her feet on settling sunset
it's no surprise she was a natural on a
few late night sketches
young jumped into modeling transitioned
into tv and then set her sights on the
real estate industry she clearly had a
natural talent for engaging people based
on her years of being in the spotlight
and turning her attention to selling
multi-million dollar homes was hardly a
stretch as reported by screen rant young
earned her real estate license in 2014
and quickly made a name for herself
within her new industry with every
single job that i've ever done i put 100
into every single thing i do calling it
a natural progression in her career
young characterized the switch as a
positive change in her life and she has
certainly reaped the benefits she told
pop sugar real estate felt like a good
transition for me because i'd met so
many people and i'm really good at
building relationships and making
contacts a couple of my friends actually
suggested it and originally i said no
but you know what i did it i studied my
ass off i passed the test and then
within my first three months of doing
real estate i sold a 7.2 million dollar
house and a 1.5 million dollar condo
after proving her talents to herself
young took her skills to one of the
hottest firms in los angeles of course
we're talking about the oppenheim group
the central focus of selling sunset i
was basically the first girl to ever
work there out of all of us girls and
then they all started
joining the group and we became a family
young joined the firm before the reality
show ever became a thing and she was
happy to defend her real estate record
and that of the firm when it was
questioned by none other than chrissy
tygan tygan took to twitter to claim
that in all of her years of
participating in the hollywood real
estate scene she had never heard of the
agents at the oppenheim group but young
was having none of it she told ktla my
response to that is i have had my real
estate license since 2014. i've been
with the oppenheim group since 2015. i
sold my first house within three months
of having my license you can look up the
proof she went on to say that she and
other agents had been in business for
more than five years at the time tygan
handed down her criticism young added
maybe because she doesn't know us
doesn't mean we're not real real estate
agents
there is a little competition with some
of the girls in my office but i'm not
worried about it many fans first got to
know heather rae young thanks to her
role on selling sunset young proved a
number of times that she has what it
takes to be successful within the office
and in her personal life but on season
one of the show fans will remember that
young was maintaining a long-distance
relationship with her international
hockey star boyfriend nick ebert their
face timing even got in the way of one
of her important sales i definitely
let my personal life get in the middle
of work of course young's fall from
grace during season one happened when
she showed up to a coveted 40 million
dollar listing without her clients the
whole thing was just as awkward for her
as it was for her boss jason oppenheim
while most of the drama from season one
took the form of christelle and
christine's budding feud young was there
to witness it all plus her personal life
would soon take a turn that would go on
to impact season 2.
the long-distance relationship between
young and her boyfriend was definitely a
defining story point in season one of
selling sunset and it turns out that the
relationship also stopped her now fiance
flipper flaps tarik al-musa from
initiating their future romance as noted
by people el musa asked young out on a
date but she responded by saying that
she had a boyfriend it appeared that the
reach out was a flop or so he thought el
moussa recalled that he bumped into
young again out with some friends asked
her out on a date again and luckily for
him she said yes the two were first
spotted as a couple over a fourth of
july weekend in 2019 in redondo beach
california and they soon became social
media official which is basically like
announcing your engagement at this point
young wrote on instagram about her new
man my heart is so full and happy
sometimes someone comes into your life
and you just know they are meant to be
there young and el musa got engaged in
july 2020 during a gorgeous intimate
beach proposal at sunset on catalina
island all of which was of course
captured by the cameras
still in her mid-30s young's trajectory
has been a fairly swift trip into the
stratosphere she went from playboy model
to actress to real estate agent to
reality star and now she can add one
more defining role to the list stepmom
el musa has two kids with his ex-wife
christina hawk and as such young has
stepped up as a bonus mom to taylor and
breeden as noted by people al-musa
finalized his divorce from hawke in 2018
and young has happily joined the blended
family as yet another devoted parental
figure to the kids i just kind of moved
myself in and
we became this cute little family as far
as their wedding plans go the couple
revealed to entertainment tonight that
they were once hoping to tie the knot in
2021 young said that they were still
deciding on locations but had narrowed
it down to either california or cabo
it's been reported that young has chosen
her wedding dress that her sister will
be her maid of honor and that el
moussa's kids will be part of the
ceremony but however it actually goes
down the cameras will be rolling as al
musa told us weekly we are going to be
doing a wedding special this was
actually a big decision for us because
i've been on tv for 10 years obviously
we're talking with the networks and
people have followed our story around
the world it's almost like we feel like
we owe it to them to show them our
marriage happening
it looks like young will be able to add
yet another line to her resume as noted
by fox news she has been slated to
launch the oppenheim group's new branch
in newport beach the move will likely be
a welcome change for young considering
how much time she's been spending in
orange county with her fiance el musa
but don't worry young will still be
starring on selling sunset even jason
oppenheim seemed supportive of young and
the new venture he told fox news heather
is going to be working out of that
office and my best friend is going to be
managing the office the office that
we're looking at is insane i mean it's
insane so hopefully i'll be signing the
lease soon so how would a newport beach
office fold into the existing realm of
the oppenheim group and what will become
of young's career and family life looks
like we'll just have to wait for new
episodes of selling sunset to find out
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