Five Things To Know About Cindy Barshop

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Last seaon's Real Housewives of New York brought the drama big time. There were mental breakdowns, a friendship destroyed, even a wedding and a baby.

But now that Bethenny Frankel has decided to call it quits, producers are throwing a new Housewife into the mix. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Cindy Barshop.

Here are five things you must know about the newest addition to the cast.

1. She Loves Clean Lines—Bikini Lines, That Is: Barshop is the proud owner of the lucrative Completely Bare spas in New York and Palm Beach, which specialize in laser hair removal all over.  They are also experts in "vajazzling" one's nether regions. Her celeb clients include Kimora Lee Simmons, and she has a reputation for being a hardass businesswoman.

2. She's Not Afraid of Breaking Out the Credit Card:  Barshop is able to switch up her style, and is known to wear minis by Proenza Schouler and tower in sky-high heels. She loves fashion so much, she once almost bought a $25,000 Hermès Birkin bag at Maxfield's in L.A., then decided against it last-minute.

3. She's a Kickass Single Mom to Twin Girls:  And she went through a long IVF process to have them. Zoe and Jesse, born in 2009, are being raised by Barshop without the help of a man.

"What many of you probably don't know is that I spent years going through several IVF treatments to have a baby," Barshop writes on her blog. "It took determination, desire, painful shots, weight gain, and emotional stress to have them in my life. I look at them and know that in a heartbeat I would do it all again and again. Getting pregnant and becoming a mother has been, and will continue to be the most important thing I have ever and will ever do in my life."

Unless she can bring as quick a wit and can keep it real with Team Jill then I don't know how you can replace Bethenny. Ramona's too psycho and while Alex found some balls last season, you can't help but think that that was because of Bethenny (as Bethenny herself said). Funny too how Bravo cast aside Jennifer Gilbert like she was never there.